Amir Albazi goes down! Mexico’s Brandon Moreno took on, and defeated, the UFC’s third ranked fighter, heading off a brand new contender to the throne. Now, Moreno will look forward. Regardless of dropping to Alexandre Pantoja twice and a 3rd time on The Final Fighter, Moreno continues to be going for gold. Whereas not more likely to get a title shot but, Moreno nonetheless has a future that is filled with enjoyable fights. Let’s see what could possibly be subsequent.
Brandon Moreno vs. Tatsuro Taira: A brand new contender emerges
Tatsuro Taira is coming off of a tricky loss towards Brandon Royval within the hopes of a primary contender battle. However what if I instructed you that Taira isn’t out of the shot of a title simply but. Taira may tackle a former champion and elite fighter to get one other shot. That former champion/elite fighter could possibly be Brandon Moreno.
Brandon Moreno is just not getting a title shot any time quickly so Taira could possibly be subsequent for Moreno who’s trying to get rid of all different competitors for his coveted quantity two rating. This check may assist enhance the boldness of Taira, reply questions on his placing protection, and provides Brandon Moreno a contemporary identify with a novel problem: a wrestling energy home that’s Tatsuro Taira.
Working it again with Brandon Royval
With the collection tied at 1-1, the UFC and Brandon Moreno may choose to maintain each of those two high contenders busy whereas the flyweight division types out. Battle of the Brandons has taken place twice already with the 2 fights going reverse methods.
Alexandre Pantoja has already overwhelmed Moreno and Royval. Twice. A chunk. Neither are contemporary matchups and it’s clear the UFC feels the identical manner now that promotional newcomer Kai Asakura is getting the shot at Pantoja. These two may determine who’s the actual primary contender and knock the opposite off as a possible challenger for the title certainly one of nowadays.
The wild card: Asu Almabayev
If I’m arguing towards each Taira and Royval for Brandon Moreno, I’ll level to Taira coming off of a loss and Royval just lately beating Moreno. If these are eliminating components, I’ve to get rid of names like Steve Erceg who’s on a two battle dropping streak. Moreno’s already overwhelmed Kai Kara-France. He simply beat Albazi and Alex Perez is damage. Subsequent in line is Asu Almabayev.
At 21-2, Almabayev’s document is impeccable and the Kazakhstan native is searching for a shot at a excessive rating opponent. He’s coming off of a convincing win over Matheus Nicolau this previous October.
Moreno, having been round for therefore lengthy, might search for an opponent that’s a brand new problem for him. Why not give Asu Almabayev a shot? He gave Deiveson Figueiredo 4 possibilities in spite of everything.
