Moreno vs Figueiredo III

Who won Moreno vs Figueiredo III?

Deiveson Figueiredo beat Brandon Moreno by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest, during the co-main event of UFC 270, on Saturday 22nd January 2022 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The scorecards were announced as 47-48, 47-48, 47-48 in favor of winner Deiveson Figueiredo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

This contest was for the UFC flyweight championship.

Moreno vs Figueiredo III stats

Brandon Moreno stepped into the ring with a record of 18 wins, 5 loses and 2 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Deiveson Figueiredo made his way to the ring with a record of 20 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, with 9 of those wins by knock out and 8 by submission.

The stats suggested Figueiredo had a large advantage in power over Moreno, boosting at 45% knock out percentage over Moreno's 17%.

Brandon Moreno was the younger man by 6 years, at 28 years old.

Moreno had a height advantage of 2 inches over Figueiredo. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Moreno was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 9 months earlier than Figueiredo, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 70 to Figueiredo's 48.

Moreno vs Figueiredo III form

Moreno had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by in the 3rd round in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at Gila River Arena, Glendale, United States.

Previous to that, he had drawn with Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by majority draw in their 5 round contest in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had drawn with Askar Askarov at UFC on ESPN+ 17 on 21st September 2019 by split draw in their 3 round contest at Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.

Before that, he had beat Maikel P rez at LFA 69 on 7th June 2019 by knockout in the 4th round in their LFA Flyweight championship fight at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, United States.

He had been beaten by Sergio Pettis at UFC Fight Night 114 on 5th August 2017 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mexico City Arena, Mexico City, Mexico.

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Moreno's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.