Brandon Moreno-Deiveson Figueiredo Trilogy Bout Targeted For UFC 269 In December
Current UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno and former UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo have agreed to a trilogy bout.
ESPN’s Brett Okamoto was the first to report the news of the third meeting between the two flyweights, which is set for UFC 269 on December 11 in a yet to be determined location and venue. According to Okamoto’s report, the promotion initially was hoping to give Alexandre Pantoja the first shot at Moreno but a knee injury will prevent him from competing for the rest of 2021.
The trilogy is on!
Flyweight champ Brandon Moreno will make his first title defense against Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 269 on Dec. 11 — (via @bokamotoESPN) pic.twitter.com/dPMRvjCOsu
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) September 16, 2021
Moreno and Figueiredo went to a majority draw in their first meeting at UFC 256 in December 2020, in what was an instant classic fight. Moreno would make a definitive statement in their rematch though, submitting Figueiredo in the third round via a rear-naked choke at UFC 263 this past June to become the first Mexican-born UFC champion in the history of the promotion.
BRANDON MORENO IS YOUR NEW FLYWEIGHT CHAMP — #UFC263 pic.twitter.com/4H3oiP2CsN
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 13, 2021
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