UFC president Dana White expressed regret for allowing Deiveson Figueiredo to come into the octagon and confront Brandon Moreno at UFC 277.
It’s not often the UFC allows this types of situations to happen. However, when Moreno (20-5-2 MMA, 8-2-2 UFC) won the interim flyweight title with a third-round TKO of Kai Kara-France this past Saturday, it set up an unprecedented fourth meeting with Figueiredo (21-2-1 MMA, 10-2-1 UFC) to unify the belts.
To get the hype off to an early start, Figueiredo entered the cage to face off with Moreno. Both men kept professional and even shook hands, but afterward White told reporters he felt it was “rude” and “pretty disrespectful” to take away from Moreno’s moment after a big win.
