Brandon Moreno has settled an all-time nice rivalry with Deiveson Figueiredo. A slicing punch by Moreno compelled a health care provider stoppage of their UFC flyweight title unification struggle at UFC 283 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday.
Figueiredo, who entered with the total title, and Moreno, who entered with the interim strap, threw down for the fourth time of their historic rivalry the place the 2 sat at 1-1-1 in three earlier fights, all contested for the UFC flyweight championship.
Moreno instantly had Figueiredo considering, mixing up takedown makes an attempt and a wide range of strikes. Figueiredo stored Moreno on his toes with counter-guillotine chokes, together with a very threatening one within the second spherical. The first two rounds have been fairly aggressive and will have gone both method. Round 2 additionally featured some fascinating scrambles. Moreno practically accomplished a takedown however had it reversed by Figueiredo. Moreno swept Figueiredo’s ankle out from below him and shot for one more takedown, resulting in Figueiredo leaping on a decent guillotine, which Moreno was fortunate to flee.
Moreno blitzed ahead with a mixture midway by means of Round 3 that Figueiredo instantly protested to referee Herb Dean. It was unclear within the quick trade if Moreno landed a punch or poke to Figueiredo’s eye, however the referee didn’t halt the struggle. A replay revealed that Moreno’s knuckle was chargeable for the harm and thus the strike was authorized. Figueiredo fought the rest of the spherical off his again with an eye fixed that was swollen shut and terribly minimize beneath.
A health care provider examined Figueiredo between Round 3 and Round 4, deeming Figueiredo unable to proceed. Moreno was awarded a third-round physician stoppage TKO and promoted to undisputed champion.
“I undoubtedly perceive the individuals,” Moreno instructed UFC commentator Daniel Cormier in his post-fight interview. “But the individuals want to know that I used to be simply attempting to get meals for my household.
“I used to be attempting to be very, very good and put a variety of my gameplan into this struggle. I used to be very emotional within the final struggle. I used to be attempting to place a variety of stress on him this time.”
Figueiredo introduced post-match that he will probably be transferring to the bantamweight division following 4 consecutive flyweight title fights towards Moreno and 25 profession fights at 125 kilos.
“Hopefully I haven’t got any lasting issues with my eyes,” Figueiredo stated. “I’m uninterested in making this weight in order that’s why I’m transferring up.”
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