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UFC Shanghai's Denise Gomes: Yan "Not the Biggest Threat"

Denise Gomes gets a 63% win probability and a Tier 1 Live Dog designation as Yan Xiaonan returns after a 16-month layoff.

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Strawweight Denis Gomes finds herself fighting in the co-main event at UFC Shanghai this Saturday, taking on a former title challenger in China’s Yan Xiaonan. While Yan has competed for gold in the UFC previously, coming up short against Weili Zhang, Gomes doesn’t see her as the biggest threat she’s had to face. “She is a threat, but she’s not the biggest threat yet,” Gomes (12-3) said during the UFC Shanghai media day. “I’m going to use my aggr…

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There are struggles worth a win. And there are struggles that can change the course of a career. At the age of 26, Denise Gomes will have this Saturday (29), in Shanghai (CHN), just one of those opportunities. In the ‘co-main event' of UFC China, the Brazilian fighter faces Yan Xiaonan, home athlete and current number 4 of the [...] The post Gold Opportunity: Denise Gomes can make a giant jump to the top at UFC China appeared first in Ag. Fight …

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Las Vegas Review-Journal broke the news in Las Vegas, United States on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
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