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In his first title protection since regaining the UFC flyweight championship, Brandon Moreno will stand throughout the Octagon from a well-known foe. Moreno is ready to face Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 290 on July 8, UFC chief enterprise officer Hunter Campbell instructed ESPN.
The two males beforehand met in May 2018, with Pantoja scoring a unanimous determination victory. Later that 12 months, Moreno was launched from his UFC contract. He can be again, after all, occurring a seven-fight unbeaten streak that culminated in a win over Deiveson Figueiredo to seize the flyweight championship after the 2 had battled to a draw of their first assembly.
Moreno dropped the title again to Figueiredo in his subsequent struggle, then captured the interim belt with a win over Kai Kara-France. He then regained the undisputed championship with a TKO win over Figueiredo of their fourth struggle.
Since successfully ending Moreno’s first UFC stint, Pantoja has gone 6-2, together with a present three-fight successful streak. The two defeats got here in opposition to Figueiredo and Askar Askarov. With Askarov shedding his most up-to-date struggle to Kara-France, Pantoja slides into the chance to defeat Moreno once more, this time with championship gold on the road.
Moreno vs. Pantoja joins the beforehand introduced UFC 290 bout between featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and interim champion Yair Rodriguez. Highly touted prospect Bo Nickal can be set for the cardboard, taking over Tresean Gore.
UFC 290 takes place from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Traditionally, the July pay-per-view card is likely one of the largest of the 12 months for the UFC and the 2 title fights are a great begin towards this 12 months being no completely different.
