![]() "Deiveson, I think he made a few changes in his training camp going with Cejudo in Arizona and having a better training camp and gameplan for the third fight against me," Moreno said. Figueiredo knocked down Moreno twice in Round 3 and once in Round 5, ultimately winning 48-47 on all three judges' scorecards. Moreno actually outstruck Figueiredo in most frames, but Figueiredo's power was even more potent than in their first meeting. Figueiredo was zeroed in and remained a constant threat over five rounds. Figueiredo 3 played out more like the first fight than the second. The whole time, I wanted to get a green card. "The second fight, I just had a lot of things going on in my life. "The third fight, I felt really good about going and working with Cejudo," Figueiredo said. Cejudo once mentored Moreno before a rift between them, adding further fuel to the rubber match. Fellow world champions Jon Jones, Jiri Prochazka and Zhang Weili have since aligned with Cejudo's team. Figueiredo was an early adoption of coach Henry Cejudo, now retired from active competition. Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 - the UFC's lightest male division and heaviest sharing center stage. I'm so happy to be part of the history of this sport."Įven Figueiredo, an exciting finisher who was regularly given fights during this period, was prepared to jump ship to bantamweight.įigueiredo and Moreno kicked off 2022 with a trilogy fight nestled underneath Francis Ngannou vs. But right now, I think the flyweights are more than alive. ".There is a lot of history: good and bad history. "It's crazy how the history of this division is like a roller coaster ride," Moreno told CBS Sports. Many notable flyweights departed the company between 20 despite coming off wins or no more than one consecutive loss. Moreno was released alongside fellow ranked flyweights Hector Sandoval and Matheus Nicolau. Moreno, a ranked fighter at the time, parted ways with the UFC in late 2018 after consecutive losses to high-level fighters Sergio Pettis and Alexandre Pantoja. Moreno himself was a victim of this off-loading. What followed was a flyweight exodus that caused many fans to panic. Johnson was traded from UFC to ONE Championship in 2018, after losing a debatable decision to Cejudo. UFC's impression of the flyweight division went from dismissive to disruptive between 20. This time, after the Kai Kara-France fight, he came to the Octagon trying to find some problems, but then he looked calm. The next week he started talking shit about me again. "Then I beat him in the second fight and the guy hugged me and lifted me up. "Since the first fight, he's been talking shit about me," Moreno told CBS Sports ahead of UFC 283. Figueiredo and Moreno will meet for the fourth time on Saturday - making history as the first four-fight series in UFC and the added distinction of each bout being contested for a title.įigueiredo and Moreno gifted the flyweight division a lifeline at a time of great uncertainty: its first truly great rivalry. Henry Cejudo is the only Olympic gold medalist to become a UFC champion and one of only four UFC fighters to become simultaneous two-division champions. Inaugural champion Demetrious Johnson holds the record for consecutive and successful UFC title defenses and is considered one of the greatest of all time. Figueiredo and Moreno will make history at UFC 283, but making history is nothing new to these stalwarts at 125 pounds.Ī division that had traditionally been overlooked by promoters and fans, the four kings of flyweight are among the most accomplished athletes in MMA history. ![]() I just want to go back to the gym, spend time with my family, watch the fight again and be back stronger.Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno are two of the four pillars upon which the UFC flyweight division is built. Deiveson did an amazing job and a better game plan. ![]() I don’t want to be that guy that makes excuses. He had his own moments, too, and I need to recognize that. ![]() “But it is what it is because it was a really hard fight. I was like, ‘OK, this feels like sh*t, but I know I lost.’ But this time I felt like I won. “I remember my last two loses against (Alexandre) Pantoja and (Sergio) Pettis, and I knew in that moment I lost. It’s a weird feeling because it’s the first time in my life where I lost a decision, but I felt like I won,” Moreno told reporters at the UFC 270 post-fight news conference. Moreno said he was disappointed he lost the title and thinks he did enough to retain it. Moreno (19-6-2 MMA, 7-3-2 UFC) lost a unanimous decision to Figueiredo (21-2-1 MMA, 9-2-1 UFC) with 48-47 scores from all three judges. ![]() 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. – Brandon Moreno doesn’t think things aren over between him and Deiveson Figueiredo. ![]()
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