Female UFC Fighter Shanna Young Cuts Hair For Her Fight

By Shreya Jha Image Credit: UFC

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Shanna Young made her UFC debut in February 2020. In her short UFC career, she has so far won one out of her three fights.

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Other than Young, four more fighters missed weights at the UFC Vegas 64 weigh-ins. On the main card Grant Dawson missed the weight and is fined 30% of his fight purse.

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The winner from Rodriguez and Lemos will be the strong contender to get the strawweight title shot against current champion Carla Esparza.

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Female UFC Fighter Shanna Young Cuts Hair For Her Fight

Other than Young, four more fighters missed weights at the UFC Vegas 64 weigh-ins. On the main card Grant Dawson missed the weight and is fined 30% of his fight purse.

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