6/22/2023 0 Comments Brandon moreno mma decisions![]() ![]() This win earned him the Performance of the Night award. Moreno dominated the striking and grappling exchanges and submitted Figueiredo with a rear naked choke in the third round, becoming the first Mexican UFC champion in the process. Moreno rematched Figueiredo for the UFC Flyweight Championship on June 12, 2021, co-headlining UFC 263. This fight earned both athletes the Fight of the Night award. After five rounds of frenetic back-and-forth fighting in which Figueiredo was deducted 1 point in the third round due to a groin strike, the bout was declared a majority draw. Moreno faced Deiveson Figueiredo for the UFC Flyweight Championship on December 12, 2020, at UFC 256. He won the fight via technical knockout in round one. However, on October 2, it was announced that Cody Garbrandt, who was scheduled to fight Deiveson Figueiredo for the UFC Flyweight Championship at the event, pulled out due to a torn bicep and was replaced by Perez. Īs the first bout of his new contract, Moreno was expected to face Alex Perez on November 21, 2020, at UFC 255. Moreno faced Jussier Formiga on March 14, 2020, at UFC Fight Night 170. Moreno faced Kai Kara-France on December 14, 2019, at UFC 245. The back-and-forth bout ended in a split draw. ![]() Moreno faced promotional newcomer Askar Askarov on September 21, 2019, at UFC Fight Night 159. Moreno won the fight via technical knockout in the fourth round. Moreno signed a multi-fight contract with the Legacy Fighting Alliance and made his promotional debut against the prevailing Flyweight Champion Maikel Perez at LFA 69 on June 7, 2019. In an interview in 2019, Moreno revealed that he had been cut from the UFC in late 2018. Moreno lost the fight by unanimous decision. However, Borg withdrew from the bout to take care of his child from brain surgery, and was replaced by Alexandre Pantoja. The pairing was left intact and quickly rescheduled and was expected to take place on May 19, 2018, at UFC Fight Night 129. However, the bout was canceled after Borg was injured by glass from a bus window that was smashed by Conor McGregor. Moreno was expected to face Ray Borg on April 7, 2018, at UFC 223. USADA has determined that the presence of clenbuterol in Moreno's system likely resulted from clenbuterol-contaminated meat that Moreno had consumed in Mexico, and so Moreno was not punished by USADA. Moreno subsequently tested positive for clenbuterol from an in-competition urine sample collected on August 6, 2017, a day after his fight with Pettis. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Moreno faced Sergio Pettis on August 5, 2017, at UFC Fight Night 114. He won the fight by submission in the second round and was awarded a Performance of the Night bonus. Moreno next faced Dustin Ortiz on April 22, 2017, at UFC Fight Night 108. In his second fight for the promotion, Moreno returned to face Ryan Benoit on December 3, 2016, at The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale. The win also earned Moreno his first Performance of the Night bonus award. Moreno won the fight via submission in the first round. He faced Louis Smolka at UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. In a rare move, Moreno debuted in the UFC while his season of The Ultimate Fighter was still airing. He faced Alexandre Pantoja in the opening stage and lost the fight via submission. Moreno was selected as a member of Team Benavidez. ![]() In July 2016, it was revealed that Moreno was a participant on The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions. He would go undefeated in the promotion at 5–0 and would eventually win the Flyweight championship, which led to him being cast in the Flyweight tournament on the 25th season of The Ultimate Fighter. In 2014, Moreno would debut for the World Fighting Federation promotion. ![]() Over the next two years, he amassed a record of 6 wins and 3 losses. Moreno made his professional MMA debut in his native Mexico in April 2011. Despite earlier intentions to attend law school and become a lawyer, Moreno decided to focus solely on his mixed martial arts career. At the age of twelve, he wanted to lose weight so his mother enrolled him in the local Entram Gym where he started training mixed martial arts. Moreno was born and raised in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, in a modest family with a piñata business. As of April 18, 2023, he is #9 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings. A professional since 2011, Moreno also competed for the Legacy Fighting Alliance, where he was the Legacy Fighting Alliance Flyweight Champion. He currently competes in the Flyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current and two-time UFC Flyweight Champion. Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Raúl Arvizu īrandon Carrillo Moreno (born December 7, 1993) is a Mexican professional mixed martial artist. ![]()
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