UFC Mexico City Results
Main Event:
For the first time since 2019, the MMA world leader lands back in Mexico City for a fight night event headlined by Tijuana’s Brandon Moreno.
Ex-champion Moreno enters his sixth-straight rematch when he meets Brandon Royval across five rounds or less.
Royval lost to Moreno in their first encounter, suffering a shoulder injury back in 2020. Both Brandon’s are coming off a loss to current champ Alexandre Pantoja in their last fight and look to rebound in Mexico.
Co-Main Event:
The co-main event between Yair Rodriguez and Brian Ortega is also scheduled for five rounds of action. Just like the main event, this featherweight bout is a rematch as Rodriguez TKO’ed an injured Ortega in 2022. Rodrigues vs. Ortega has major title implications at 145lbs as there is a new king in Ilia Topuria, who just dethroned Alexander Volkanovski.
Also on the Card:
The youngest fighter on the roster Raul Rosas Jr. takes on his next test in ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ 29 winner Ricky Turcios. You can catch the bantamweight bout in the middle of the main card.
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UFC Mexico City Results:
Main Card:
Brandon Royval defeats Brandon Moreno via split decision (48-47, 46-49, 48-47)
Brian Ortega defeats Yair Rodriguez via submission (arm-triangle) in round 3 (0:58)
Daniel Zellhuber defeats Francisco Prado via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios cancelled due to Rosas Jr’ illness
Yazmin Jauregui defeats Sam Hughes via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Manuel Torres defeats Chris Duncan via submission (rear-naked choke) in round 1 (1:46)
Prelims:
Raoni Barcelos defeats Cristian Quiñonez via submission (rear-naked choke) in round 3 (2:04)
Jesus Aguilar defeats Mateus Mendonça via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Edgar Cháirez defeats Daniel Lacerda via submission (triangle choke) in round 1 (2:17)
Fares Ziam defeats Claudio Puelles via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
Luis Rodríguez defeats Denys Bondar via submission (rear-naked choke) in round 1 (4:59)
Felipe dos Santos defeats Victor Altamirano via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
Muhammad Naimov defeats Erik Silva via TKO (injury) in round 1 (0:44)
