{"id":545428,"date":"2026-03-17T04:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T04:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/545428\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T04:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T04:16:06","slug":"vallejos-robertson-make-big-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/545428\/","title":{"rendered":"Vallejos, Robertson make big moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 16, 2026, 10:15 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">UFC Fight Night 269 was an all-action event filled with thrilling moments, causing names to shift around in several divisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In the main event of UFC Fight Night 269, Kevin Vallejos entered his first main event in the promotion, taking on Josh Emmett. Vallejos proved why he&#8217;s one of the most discussed rising stars on the roster, as he made quick work of Emmett, finishing the fight in just 3:33. In this week&#8217;s featherweight rankings update, Vallejos jumps from the honorable mentions into the No. 11 spot, trading places with Emmett.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The co-feature saw strawweight contender Gillian Robertson pick up a key win over Amanda Lemos. Coming into the week as No. 11 at 115 pounds, Robertson lands at No. 7, sending Lemos tumbling from No. 6 to No. 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Check out all of the moves in the latest <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/rankings\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USA TODAY Sports\/MMA Junkie rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/88839499007-ufc-fight-night-269-event-poster-emmett-vs-vallejos.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 16, 2026, 10:15 p.m. ET UFC Fight Night 269 was an all-action event filled with thrilling moments,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[202558,64,63,786,785,17425,85,203779,203780,206534,203781,235716,202563,203139,202561],"class_list":["post-545428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-accessfree","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-nv","tag-sports","tag-sstssportsufc","tag-sstsnufc","tag-taglas-vegas","tag-tagmartial-arts","tag-tagmma-rankings","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}