{"id":684361,"date":"2026-05-21T03:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/684361\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T03:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:30:15","slug":"ethyn-ewing-takes-on-3rd-straight-undefeated-fighter-more-bouts-official-for-ufc-vegas-119","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/684361\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethyn Ewing takes on 3rd straight undefeated fighter, more bouts official for UFC Vegas 119"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ethyn Ewing is coming for another zero.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On Wednesday, the UFC officially announced a slew of new bouts for its upcoming UFC Vegas 119 event on June 20, which takes place at Meta Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a battle of elite flyweight contenders as Manel Kape faces Kyoji Horiguchi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The most intriguing new addition sees fast-rising men\u2019s bantamweight star Ewing (10-2) take on the undefeated Farid Basharat (15-0). Ewing\u2019s past two wins have come against opponents with a combined 24-0 record as he put on impressive performances against Rafael Estevam and Malcolm Wellmaker to hand them their first losses and he looks to play the spoiler again on June 20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Basharat has impressed since joining the UFC in 2023, winning his first six fights for the promotion including notable wins over Jean Matsumoto, Chris Gutierrez, and Da\u2019Mon Blackshear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A pair of women\u2019s bantamweights have also been added to the card, with ranked fighters Karol Rosa and Luana Santos facing off, and undefeated jiu-jitsu ace Bia Mesquta taking on Melissa Mullins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">See the updated UFC Vegas 119 lineup below (bout order to be finalized).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Mane Kape vs. Kyoji Horiguchi<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Farid Basharat vs. Ethyn Ewing<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jhonata Diniz vs. Jose Montanha<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ion Cutelaba vs. Navajo Stirling<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Karol Rosa vs. Luana Santos<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Gaston Bolanos vs. Michael Aswell<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Melsik Baghdasaryan vs. Murtazali Magomedov<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Andre Lima vs. Kevin Borjas<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hyder Amil vs. Christian Rodriguez<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bia Mesquita vs. Melissa Mullins<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Allan Nascimento vs. Mitch Raposo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ethyn Ewing is coming for another zero. 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