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UFC flyweight tournament to commence on March 3

ESPN staff
December 11, 2011
Demetrious Johnson is one of the favourites to earn the inaugural UFC flyweight title © Getty Images
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The UFC will have a flyweight division from March 3, after Dana White announced a four-man tournament to determine the inaugural champion.

Fighters will operate at a limit of 125lbs, establishing the UFC's eighth weight class. The move has been long awaited following the recent successes of the featherweight and bantamweight divisions.

No. 1-ranked flyweight Ian McCall will take on Demetrious Johnson in the semi-finals, with Jospeh Benavidez meeting Yasuhiro Urushitani in the other semi.

"Those guys will fight. The winner of those fights will fight for the 125-pound title," White explained.

"The lighter weight fighters have been putting on awesome fights for years. The more people get introduced to them, how could you not love them? They're exciting, every fight they put on."

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