Brandon Moreno He will seek to leave with his arm raised for the first time in his country UFC Mexico and get closer to a fight for the flyweight title when he faces Brandon Royval in the rematch this Saturday, February 24 at the Mexico City Arena.
This will be Moreno’s first fight since losing the flyweight title against Alexandre Pantoja in July 2023 and the third in Mexico where he has failed to win. In 2017 he lost to Sergio Pettis by unanimous decision and in 2019 he drew with Askar Askarov. A victory over Royval, who also comes from being defeated by the Brazilian, I would put the Mexican as first on the list of challengers for the belt.
Brandon Royval He replaced Amir Albazi, the Mexican’s original rival, who was injured and abandoned the fight. In the first confrontation, Brandon Moreno defeated the American by technical knockout at UFC 255, an event that took place in November 2020.
For his part, Yair Rodríguez will also star in a rematch with Brian Ortega in the co-main event of UFC Mexico and He wants to repeat the knockout victory he achieved in 2022. The Pantera also returns to action after losing the opportunity to be crowned full featherweight champion against Alexander Volkanovski.
The UFC Mexico card will feature the presence of nine Aztec prospects: Daniel Zellhuber, Raúl Rosas Jr., Yazmín Jauregui, Manuel Torres, Cristian Quiñonez, Jesús Aguilar, Edgar Chairez, Víctor Altamirano and Luis Ronaldo Rodríguez.
If you want to know how to watch UFC Mexico live: Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval 2, the schedules and the complete billboard of the eventhere we leave you all the information you need:
UFC Mexico schedules: Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval 2
The UFC Mexico card: Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval 2 will take place this Saturday, February 24 and It will begin at 6:00 p.m. in Mexico City and 7:00 p.m. in the Eastern United States. The main fights will start at 9:00 p.m. CDMX and 10:00 p.m. Eastern US.
How to watch live on TV and streaming UFC Mexico: Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval 2
TV channels:
Mexico: Fox Sports.
United States: ESPN Deportes.
Online streaming:
Mexico: ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass.
United States: ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass.
Latin America: Star+.
Complete UFC Mexico card: Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval 2
Major
Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval
Yair Rodríguez vs. Brian Ortega
Daniel Zellhuber vs. Francisco Pardo
Raúl Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios
Yazmín Jauregui vs. Sam Hughes
Manuel Torres vs. Chris Duncan
Preliminaries
Cristian Quiñonez vs. Raoni Barcelos
Jesus Aguilar vs. Mateus Mendonca
Edgar Cháirez vs. Daniel Lacerda
Claudio Puelles vs. Fares Ziam
Luis Ronaldo Rodríguez vs. Denys Bondar
Victor Altamirano vs. Felipe Dos Santos
Erik Silva vs. Muhammad Naimov
Keep reading:
· UFC Mexico: Meet the nine Aztec fighters who accompany Brandon Moreno and Yair Rodríguez
· UFC announces its return to Mexico in February with a card starring Brandon Moreno
· Brandon Moreno fought with a broken hand from the second round of the dispute where he lost his UFC title