LAS VEGAS – Brandon Moreno is days away from his first UFC title fight that one way or another doesn’t have ties with Deiveson Figueiredo.
The Mexican star has been in five UFC flyweight championship bouts, and Saturday night he’ll clock in his sixth when he faces Alexandre Pantoja in the co-main event of UFC 290 at the T-Mobile Arena. Four of the five title bouts were against Figueiredo and the other was an interim title fight against Kai Kara-France, which led to the final fight against Figueiredo.
Now fighting Pantoja (25-5 MMA, 9-3 UFC), Moreno (21-6-2 MMA, 9-3-2 UFC) is thankful for the rivalry, as it elevated his career, but glad it’s no longer a thing.
