The Octagon went south of the border for tonight’s UFC Mexico Metropolis occasion, a 13-bout combat card headlined by Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval.
The extremely anticipated males’s flyweight major occasion proved to be an exciting twenty-five-minute affair. Brandon Moreno bought off to a robust begin within the opening two rounds, however Brandon Royval stormed again within the last fifteen minutes of the combat. ‘Uncooked Dawg’ utilized ahead strain and a plethora of strikes to in the end get the higher of ‘The Murderer Child’, incomes a well-deserved break up resolution victory.
UFC Mexico Metropolis is co-headlined by a featherweight rematch between Yair Rodriguez and Brian Ortega. The competition resulted in a third-round submission victory for Ortega. After a troublesome opening spherical, which included getting dropped by a punch, ‘T-Metropolis’ was in a position to flip the tide in spherical two due to his ahead strain and grappling. Then, in spherical three, Ortega was in a position to get the combat to the ground early and promptly locked up a fight-ending arm triangle choke.
Following the conclusion of tonight’s occasion, UFC officers introduced on the post-fight press convention that 4 fighters could be taking dwelling efficiency bonuses.
Struggle of the night time: Light-weight fighters Daniel Zellhuber and Francisco Prado every pocketed $50k for his or her thrilling battle on tonight’s UFC Mexico Metropolis major card. Zellhuber in the end received the competition by unanimous resolution.
Efficiency of the night time: Brian Ortega earned an additional $50k for his third-round submission victory over Yair Rodriguez (see that right here).
Efficiency of the night time: Manuel Torres pocketed an additional $50k for his first-round submission victory over Chris Duncan.
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