Ufc 270 Results, Highlights
So while Figueiredo retained his title, the ending was a bit anti-climactic. It’s a matchup that could deliver a spectacular, fast-paced battle, and it forms the co-main event of UFC 270 on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Moreno faced Deiveson Figueiredo for the UFC Flyweight Championship on December 12, 2020 at UFC 256. After five rounds of frenetic back-and-forth fighting and in the third round, Figueiredo was deducted 1 point due to a groin strike, the bout was declared a majority draw. This fight earned both athletes the Fight of the Night award.
The third round saw both fighters land heavy power shots. A left hand from Moreno wobbled Figueiredo, but Figueiredo fired back with more leg kicks and a big right hand that dropped the champion with seconds left in the round. Figueiredo started to gain momentum in the fourth with more attacks to Moreno’s lower leg and a few good combinations. Moreno hung in the pocket, but struggled to land at the volume he did earlier in the fight. The Mexican flyweight lost his UFC title to the man he won it from in Saturday’s UFC 270 co-main event in Anaheim, Calif. Moreno ( MMA, UFC) lost a unanimous decision to Figueiredo ( MMA, UFC) with scores from all three judges.
He found himself without having done anything significant by the end of round one and desperately trying to play catch up which evidently ended up with him walking directly into a jab and being caught coming in anyway. The trilogy rematch with Figueiredo for the UFC Flyweight Championship was scheduled to take place on December 11, 2021 at UFC 269 initially, but it was moved to UFC 270 as the co-main event. In 2020, Deiveson Figueiredo put the UFC flyweight title on the line against Brandon Moreno.
Figueiredo is a balanced fighter who has great takedown ability, can fight from his back and is quite slippery on the canvas with his scrambling skills. He has solid wrestling and has eight career champ submissions, with five of them coming via guillotine choke. Figueiredo is also skilled on the feet, with knockout power and solid head movement that make it tough for an opponent to land cleanly.
The first two fights in the rivalry were good, but the rubber match was an instant classic. The Boston Celtics have announced the first of three waves of its All-Celtics team, including five of the best players in franchise history. On Saturday, with a sell-out crowd at the Honda Center cheering on every move that Moreno made, Figueiredo showed that he learned from the previous two fights. However, I’m not interested in betting the total (projected +132, listed +110 to go the distance) on this fight. Overall, I think that the first fight — when both men appeared at their best — tells us much more about this stylistic matchup than the second fight in which Figueiredo looked utterly drained of energy. Sean Zerillo breaks down how he's betting Saturday's Co-Main event.
And even if the prediction market sets Moreno as the favorite now (projected 53.8% or -116 implied), there’s still betting value on the challenger at current odds. And while it’s possible that he’s now simply too old for the division, and the game is about to pass him by, that performance was such an outlier that you almost have to disregard it entirely. Figueiredo is typically a fast starter, and he was known to fade later in fights. Moreno Live after Round 2 seemed like a solid spot for the first meeting.
On the feet, Moreno has made significant strides and has developed into a tough and fundamental boxer with some real pop in his strikes. He typically keeps a defensive guard, allows his opponent to swing and hit his guard, and then return with a combination, often ripping the body and pelting the chin. Moreno’s bread and butter though is his grappling and submissions. He is technical, strong, and fluid on top or from his back in any position.
Moreno came out more determined to attack his opponent and managed to throw Figueiredo on one occasion, but he had the quick reaction of not letting himself be submitted. Little by little the champion is imposing conditions in the battle. The sold-out crowd booed as the Brazilian challenger was announced the winner by virtue of scores on all three judges’ cards. Ultimately, the question is this — was the drop in performance in 2021 his age catching up to him, or was it due to something else? Back in 2018, in which a mean right hook rocked Moraga, causing him to drop his defenses and allowing Figueiredo to throw some hard right hands to the body.
“The UFC flyweight title rematch between Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno is set for June 12, per multiple sources,” Helwani wrote on social media. Moreno will fight for the first time since he submitted the Brazilian via rear-naked choke in the third round of their rematch in June 2021 for the UFC flyweight title. A UFC Flyweight Championship trilogy bout is scheduled as the UFC 270 co-main event this Saturday night in Anaheim, California. In an extremely close fight, Deiveson Figueiredo won a unanimous decision over Mexico's Brandon Moreno in the UFC 270 main event.
The third round saw both fighters land heavy power shots. A left hand from Moreno wobbled Figueiredo, but Figueiredo fired back with more leg kicks and a big right hand that dropped the champion with seconds left in the round. Figueiredo started to gain momentum in the fourth with more attacks to Moreno’s lower leg and a few good combinations. Moreno hung in the pocket, but struggled to land at the volume he did earlier in the fight. The Mexican flyweight lost his UFC title to the man he won it from in Saturday’s UFC 270 co-main event in Anaheim, Calif. Moreno ( MMA, UFC) lost a unanimous decision to Figueiredo ( MMA, UFC) with scores from all three judges.
He found himself without having done anything significant by the end of round one and desperately trying to play catch up which evidently ended up with him walking directly into a jab and being caught coming in anyway. The trilogy rematch with Figueiredo for the UFC Flyweight Championship was scheduled to take place on December 11, 2021 at UFC 269 initially, but it was moved to UFC 270 as the co-main event. In 2020, Deiveson Figueiredo put the UFC flyweight title on the line against Brandon Moreno.
Figueiredo is a balanced fighter who has great takedown ability, can fight from his back and is quite slippery on the canvas with his scrambling skills. He has solid wrestling and has eight career champ submissions, with five of them coming via guillotine choke. Figueiredo is also skilled on the feet, with knockout power and solid head movement that make it tough for an opponent to land cleanly.
The first two fights in the rivalry were good, but the rubber match was an instant classic. The Boston Celtics have announced the first of three waves of its All-Celtics team, including five of the best players in franchise history. On Saturday, with a sell-out crowd at the Honda Center cheering on every move that Moreno made, Figueiredo showed that he learned from the previous two fights. However, I’m not interested in betting the total (projected +132, listed +110 to go the distance) on this fight. Overall, I think that the first fight — when both men appeared at their best — tells us much more about this stylistic matchup than the second fight in which Figueiredo looked utterly drained of energy. Sean Zerillo breaks down how he's betting Saturday's Co-Main event.
And even if the prediction market sets Moreno as the favorite now (projected 53.8% or -116 implied), there’s still betting value on the challenger at current odds. And while it’s possible that he’s now simply too old for the division, and the game is about to pass him by, that performance was such an outlier that you almost have to disregard it entirely. Figueiredo is typically a fast starter, and he was known to fade later in fights. Moreno Live after Round 2 seemed like a solid spot for the first meeting.
On the feet, Moreno has made significant strides and has developed into a tough and fundamental boxer with some real pop in his strikes. He typically keeps a defensive guard, allows his opponent to swing and hit his guard, and then return with a combination, often ripping the body and pelting the chin. Moreno’s bread and butter though is his grappling and submissions. He is technical, strong, and fluid on top or from his back in any position.
Moreno came out more determined to attack his opponent and managed to throw Figueiredo on one occasion, but he had the quick reaction of not letting himself be submitted. Little by little the champion is imposing conditions in the battle. The sold-out crowd booed as the Brazilian challenger was announced the winner by virtue of scores on all three judges’ cards. Ultimately, the question is this — was the drop in performance in 2021 his age catching up to him, or was it due to something else? Back in 2018, in which a mean right hook rocked Moraga, causing him to drop his defenses and allowing Figueiredo to throw some hard right hands to the body.
“The UFC flyweight title rematch between Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno is set for June 12, per multiple sources,” Helwani wrote on social media. Moreno will fight for the first time since he submitted the Brazilian via rear-naked choke in the third round of their rematch in June 2021 for the UFC flyweight title. A UFC Flyweight Championship trilogy bout is scheduled as the UFC 270 co-main event this Saturday night in Anaheim, California. In an extremely close fight, Deiveson Figueiredo won a unanimous decision over Mexico's Brandon Moreno in the UFC 270 main event.
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