Brandon
Moreno can finally move forward with his career after putting
one of the sport’s most protracted rivalries to bed.
The reigning
Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight titleholder completed
his tetralogy with
Deiveson
Figueiredo in the
UFC
283 co-main event, where he prompted a doctor stoppage in
between the third and fourth rounds of their Jan. 21 encounter.
Moreno now holds a 2-1-1 advantage in their head-to-head series and
will enter his next assignment on the strength of back-to-back
victories, both of them finishes. Most expect his first title
defense to come against
Alexandre
Pantoja—a man who defeated him in an exhibition on Season 24 of
“The Ultimate Fighter” reality series in July 2016 and again at UFC
Fight Night 129 some two years later.
As Moreno awaits his latest marching orders from UFC matchmakers, a
look at some of the numbers that have accompanied him to this
point:
29: Years of age for Moreno, who was born on Dec. 7, 1993 in
Tijuana, Mexico—roughly 140 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
11: Moreno wins by submission, accounting for 52% of his career
total (21). His methods of choice: six rear-naked chokes, two
triangle chokes, two armbars and one guillotine choke. Moreno owns
five other wins by knockout or technical knockout (24%) and five
more by decision (24%).
61: Rounds completed by Moreno as a professional mixed martial
artist. He has gone the distance on 13 different occasions and
carries a 5-6-2 record in those bouts.
2: Stalemates on the Moreno resume. He fought to a split draw with
Askar
Askarov at UFC Fight Night 159 in 2019 and fought to a majority
draw with Figueiredo at UFC 256 in 2020.
740: Significant strikes landed by Moreno as a UFC flyweight,
placing him fourth on the promotion’s all-time list at 125 pounds.
Only
Demetrious
Johnson (1,059),
Joseph
Benavidez (824) and
Tim Elliott
(751) have connected with more.
58: Seconds needed for Moreno to submit
C.J. Soliven
with a rear-naked choke at a World Fighting Federation show on
Sept. 20, 2014. More than eight years later, it remains his fastest
finish to date.
13: Consecutive calendar years in which Moreno has fought at least
once. In addition to his 1-0 mark in 2023, he went 1-1 in 2011, 3-2
in 2012, 2-0 in 2013, 2-0 in 2014, 2-0 in 2015, 3-0 in 2016, 1-1 in
2017, 0-1 in 2018, 2-0-1 in 2019, 2-0-1 in 2020, 1-0 in 2021 and
1-1 in 2022.
300,000: Dollars in post-fight bonuses banked by Moreno across his
14 appearances in the UFC. He has been awarded “Performance of the
Night” on three occasions and “Fight of the Night” on three
others.
4: Countries in which Moreno has plied his mixed martial arts
trade. He has gone 17-3-1 in the United States, 2-2-1 in his native
Mexico, 2-0 in Brazil and 0-1 in Chile.
87: Combined victories between the six men—Figueiredo,
Alexandre
Pantoja,
Sergio
Pettis,
Brenson
Hansen,
Ron
Scolesdang and
Marco
Beristain Castillo—who have defeated Moreno. They boast a
cumulative .729 winning percentage at 87-32-1.