ANAHEIM, Calif. – UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno knows his upcoming fight against Deiveson Figueiredo is significant in the grand scheme of his MMA career.
Moreno (19-5-2 MMA, 7-2-2 UFC) and Figueiredo (20-2-1 MMA, 9-2-1 UFC) are set to do something special Saturday at UFC 270 when they clash in their third consecutive flyweight title fight in the span of a 406 days. Never in the history of the UFC have two opponents fought each other three straight times.
The uniqueness of the scenario is not lost on Moreno. They fought to a draw in the first bout at UFC 256 in December 2020, then Moreno won the rematch by submission at UFC 263 last June. He wants to put Figueiredo in his past with this fight, and that means getting his hand raised by any means necessary.
