Just 2 days’ notice: Ethyn Ewing wins 2nd MMA fight in 8 days; UFC debut at Madison Square Garden
NEW YORK (AP) — Ethyn Ewing needed only two days’ notice and a short rest to win his first fight in the UFC.
Ewing got the call on Thursday morning after Cody Haddon dropped out of the fight due to injury, and he was needed in a pinch. One problem: Ewing missed that call—and many more attempts to reach the MMA fighter. He joked that he slept through about 40 missed calls before finally answering the phone.
He then answered the bell at Madison Square Garden, where former New York Knicks great Patrick Ewing’s No. 33 banner hangs in the rafters.
The 27-year-old Ewing had fought just days earlier on November 7 as part of the A1 Combat 32 promotion and came in riding a nine-fight winning streak overall. After his UFC win, he expressed a desire to stay at the big-league level and called out UFC president Dana White to make that happen.
“I have to say, that was an amazing performance,” Ewing said inside the cage. “Mr. White?”
Ewing won the fight with the judges scoring the bout 30-27, 29-28, and 29-28 in his favor.
In the main event, Jack Della Maddalena is set to defend the 170-pound championship against Islam Makhachev.
Meanwhile, Zhang Weili is aiming to become a champion in at least two UFC weight classes when she challenges Valentina Shevchenko for the 125-pound belt. This highly anticipated matchup features two fighters widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound competitors in the women’s division.
Zhang, a former two-time strawweight champion, recently vacated her title last month to take this shot at Shevchenko’s flyweight crown.
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