{"id":951029,"date":"2026-10-29T20:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T20:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/951029\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T20:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T20:14:09","slug":"ranked-bantamweights-announced-for-ufc-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/951029\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranked bantamweights announced for UFC Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Jacqueline Cavalcanti faces the undefeated Michelle Montague at UFC Qatar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The UFC announced Thursday that Cavalcanti (10-2) is set to fight Montague (8-0) in a battle of ranked bantamweights set to take place at Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha on Nov. 21. Cavalcanti is No. 9 at 135 pounds in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/rankings\/511846\/mma-divisional-rankings-arman-tsarukyan-makes-case-for-lightweight-crown-after-ufc-331-statement-win\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Fighting Global Rankings,<\/a> with Montague a few spots behind at No. 12. Both women also hold top 15 spots in the UFC\u2019s official rankings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Cavalcanti looks to rebound from her first UFC loss after starting off 5-0 in the promotion. She dropped a unanimous decision to longtime contender Ketlen Vieira this past May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">A former PFL standout, Montague has won her first two UFC fights, earning decisions over one-time title challenger Mayra Bueno Silva and Luana Carolina. Montague won her first six pro bouts via rear-naked choke submission prior to joining the UFC in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">A welterweight bout between Dom Mar Fan (9-3) and Nikolas Motta (15-6, 1 NC) has also been officially added to the Nov. 21 card.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">UFC Qatar is headlined by a light heavyweight bout between Jiri Prochazka and Navajo Stirling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">See the updated lineup below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Jiri Prochazka vs. Navajo Stirling<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Aljamain Sterling vs. Kevin Vallejos<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Dan Hooker vs. Brian Ortega<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Asu Almabayev vs. Kyoji Horiguchi<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Jared Cannonier vs. Ikram Aliskerov<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Aleksandre Topuria vs. Santiago Luna<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Shamil Gaziev vs. Tallison Teixeira<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Jake Matthews vs. Tahir Abdullayev<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Amir Albazi vs. Alessandro Costa 2<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Jacqueline Cavalcanti vs. Michelle Montague<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Dom Mar Fan vs. Nikolas Motta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacqueline Cavalcanti faces the undefeated Michelle Montague at UFC Qatar. The UFC announced Thursday that Cavalcanti (10-2) is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,701,638,82,640,702],"class_list":["post-951029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}