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Richard Riakporhe battles Olanrewaju Durodola for WBC 'Silver' cruiserweight belt on Saturday

Richard Riakporhe will face Olanrewaju Durodola in a big event for his WBC 'Silver' title fight. The competition is set to take place on Saturday night, November 20 at SSE Arena.  That includes the return of Albanian star Florin Marco, as well as the return of Natasha Jonas, the first female British boxer to qualify for the Olympics. In which Josiah Burton will fight Dean Aziz for the vacant British light heavyweight title, while cruiser weight Michael Lowell and heavyweight Nick Campbell will see their brilliant performances and stunning strength. While Natasha Jonas who started the fight for the world title again.Caroline Dubois, who left her post due to illness, has been replaced by Natasha Jonas. Adam and Hassan Azeem, two very interesting British boxing players, can also show their sharp razor skills. Riakporhe (12-0, 8 KOs) who, after making excellent performances and name locally from 2019 to 2021, now wants to expand his global profile. The 31-year-old stopped Sam Hyde in 2018, then defeated Tommy McCarthy, the current British, Commonwealth and European champion, Chris Blum Smith. But a hand injury kept him out of action until last month, where he knocked out Krzysztof Twardowski on the way to an eight-round victory. But speaking of Doradola, it will be the biggest challenge for him to date as he continues his comeback after fully recovering from a hand injury that kept him out of the game for two years. Kept away Dorodola, 41, has competed against one of the big-name cruiserweights for the past decade or so, including - but not limited to - Mairis Briedis, Krzysztof Włodarczyk, and Maxim Vlasov. "I fought against Macabo for the world title last year, I lost. This is a great opportunity for me to take my revenge against Macabo again, so this fight means a lot to me and I know that means a lot to him. The question arises as to whether Riakporhe will be able to beat the most dangerous rival of his career, Dorodola. The UFC is another major event that will shake up the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Bantamweight Division before the end of the year. Rayo Vallecano vs. Salamanca Font will reportedly headline the UFC Fight Night card on December 4, 2021.

The highlight of the match was the 135-pound UFC title shot that put Font (No. 4) vs. Aldo (No. 5) in the first place. That Peter Yan will challenge for the interim title in the absence of champion Aljamin Sterling.

Aldo (29-7) is a former UFC Featherweight Champion. Aldo is performing at its best since falling to 135 pounds. And he is one of the great fighters of the division

He enters the font fight with back-to-back wins against Pedro Manhoz and Marlon Vera, snatching a losing streak of three fights, including a failed UFC Bantamweight title bid for Yan.

Font (19-4) is on his career-best UFC run with four consecutive wins. He defeated former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrand, title challenger Marilyn Morris, Ricky Simon and (now) ballet bantamweight champion Sergio Pates between December 2018 and May 2021.

The question is which of Font and Aldo will get the title shot?

Below are the details of the UFC Fight Night fights on December 4

Rob Font vs. Jose Aldo

Claudio Puelles vs. Chris Gruetzemacher

Rafael Fiziev vs. Brad Riddell

Montserrat Conejo vs. Mallory Martin

Brendan Allen vs. Brad Tavares


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