What ensued was an 11-year war that claimed as many as half a million casualties before the Treaty of Cordoba in 1821 ended three centuries of Spanish rule over Mexico. 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo, a Catholic priest stationed in the central Mexican town of Dolores who is widely considerted the country's primary founding father, let out the first cry for freedom. marks the colonies' split with England, Dieciséis de Septiembre commemorates Mexico's declaration of independence from Spain. Much like the Fourth of July holiday in the U.S. What is celebrated on Dieciséis de Septiembre? So how exactly did combat sports come to be synonymous with the weekend? From Julio Cesar Chavez to Canelo Alvarez and now Grasso, we take a look at the some of the key figures and moments behind this marriage of sports and culture. Mexican fight fans will once more have a few of their own to cheer for this weekend, albeit strictly in the Octagon. has become an unofficial holiday in Las Vegas. It's only natural, then, for the fighting spirit of a country that has produced over 200 world boxing champions to take center stage on the weekend - one of two big fight dates within any given calendar year.ĭieciséis de Septiembre - which usually signals the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month festivities that begin Friday and last through Oct. Mexico's long fight for independence over 200 years ago took a heavy toll on the country and its people. The date itself, which not coincidentally also marks Mexico's Independence Day, holds a special place for boxing fans, too mid-September championship fights in the Nevada desert have been a mainstay for decades. 16, Mexico's Alexa Grasso will defend her UFC women's flyweight title in a rematch with Valentina Shevchenko in Las Vegas. Why Mexican Independence Day impacts the boxing and MMA schedules Since we fought, I’ve fought two top-five guys, two former champions.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]() “Chris Weidman thinks that he should get the shot over me?” Gastelum said. Active fighters, fighters who are winning fights and fighting in the big fights, they should be rewarded. He says he’s the most decorated fighter, but that’s in the past, man. “He’s been injured, he’s been out, unfortunately. “I don’t know how he feels he deserves it,” Gastelum said. However he has not competed since a year due to injury and therefore Gastelum believes he should be the priority over Weidman. It just wouldn’t be a position where I would be fighting for a title any time soon.”Īnother candidate campaigning for the shot is former UFC middleweight champion Chris ‘The All-American’ Weidman. Just because Romero had missed weight, he wouldn’t have been getting the belt and then it just would have created this whole scenario where I’m definitely not getting the next shot. ![]() “And selfishly I thought, I was hoping they’d give it to Whittaker. “I thought Romero would have been getting the nod, but obviously he didn’t,” Gastelum said. Gastelum believes Romero did enough to get the job done that night but is happy by the way things panned out. Whittaker last fought at UFC 225 last month where he edged out Yoel Romero via a razor thin split decision. In my opinion, I match up horribly for him.” I think I give him the most difficult time if we step in the cage and I think he knows that. “I know that he’s been offered the fight against me twice and he has not been wanting to fight me,” Gastelum told Luke Thomas on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. After impressive victories over two legends in Michael Bisping and Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza, surging Kelvin Gastelum (15-3-1NC MMA, 10-3-1NC UFC) believes he’s next in the line for the title shot.
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