On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Flyweight. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as wrestler or grappler and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Flyweight meaning
- A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
- A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
- Small, light or unimportant.
Using Flyweight
- The main meaning on this page is: A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force. | A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms. | Small, light or unimportant.
- Useful related words include: wrestler, grappler, matman, boxer.
- In the example corpus, flyweight often appears in combinations such as: flyweight division, flyweight title, the flyweight.
Context around Flyweight
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flyweight
- In this selection, "flyweight" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, light, super, aba, title, division and championship stand out and add context to how "flyweight" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against longtime flyweight champion demetrious and and light flyweight silver in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flyweight" sits close to words such as abnormality, absenteeism and absorbent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flyweight
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Former UFC women’s flyweight fighter Rachael Ostovich has apparenly fully transitioned to modeling. (14 words)
There have been eight flyweight matchups since the opening of the women’s flyweight division. (15 words)
A former strawweight champion, Namajunas is seeking to climb the contender rankings in the flyweight division. (16 words)
In total, Team Nigerian won six medals at the tournament with three gold medals claimed by the winners in the finals and three bronze medals secured by Adeola Oyesiji in the flyweight, Nene Ojo in the featherweight, and Patricia Mbata in the middleweight. (43 words)
In an all-action main event, Mexico's Alexa Grasso retained the womens flyweight title with a split draw against Kyrgyzstan's Valentina Shevchenko, the fighter she took the title from last March. (33 words)
In the first fight of the night, Nigerian combat athlete, Stanford Ebere a.k.a ‘Shaolin Tiger’ defeated his opponent Ken Boton from DR Congo via technical knockout in a flyweight challenge. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
The year that he made the Olympics O’Sullivan won the Welsh light flyweight title again, against Michael Pickett, and also won the British Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) flyweight title.
She won the UFC women’s flyweight championship in 2018, has successfully defended it twice since, and currently remains undefeated at flyweight.
This will be Cejudo’s first time headlining a UFC card, and his first fight since winning the flyweight title in stunning fashion against longtime flyweight champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson.
Twenty-nine-year old Flissi has two World Championship medals to his name, having gone home with flyweight bronze in 2015 and light flyweight silver in 2013.
There have been eight flyweight matchups since the opening of the women’s flyweight division.
Former UFC women’s flyweight fighter Rachael Ostovich has apparenly fully transitioned to modeling.
In an all-action main event, Mexico's Alexa Grasso retained the womens flyweight title with a split draw against Kyrgyzstan's Valentina Shevchenko, the fighter she took the title from last March.
In the first fight of the night, Nigerian combat athlete, Stanford Ebere a.k.a ‘Shaolin Tiger’ defeated his opponent Ken Boton from DR Congo via technical knockout in a flyweight challenge.
In total, Team Nigerian won six medals at the tournament with three gold medals claimed by the winners in the finals and three bronze medals secured by Adeola Oyesiji in the flyweight, Nene Ojo in the featherweight, and Patricia Mbata in the middleweight.
Kazuto Ioka claimed the WBA super flyweight title via unanimous decision Saturday over Joshua Franco of the United States in their rematch.
Kazuto Ioka (left) attacks Joshua Franco during their WBA super flyweight championship bout at Ota City General Gymnasium on Saturday.
Men’s flyweight fights without a championship on the line rarely headline UFC cards, with the last one coming in August 2017.
Sivenathi 'Special One' Nontshinga will defend his BF junior-flyweight against Filipino Regie Suganob on Sunday in front of his home crowd.
Their bout will serve as the main attraction scheduled for 10-rounds in the super flyweight division.
They will battle for the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) Global light flyweight title for 12 rounds on Saturday, November 4, 2023, at the Bohol Wisdom School gymnasium in Tagbilaran City.
Adding attraction to this slam bang affair is the all-female bout between PMI’s Althiea Shine Pores against Maria Theresa Pinili of Iligan City for the Philippine Female Jr. Flyweight title.
A former strawweight champion, Namajunas is seeking to climb the contender rankings in the flyweight division.
After a surprise defeat in 2023, he’s flying again and his clash with former world flyweight champion is a cracker.
A surprising title shot for challenger Steve Erceg, who faces in the variance-filled flyweight division.
Had he not jumped the flyweight division, it would be five weights and he would have been untouchable at all those weights.
Common combinations with flyweight
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: