Our flyweight essential occasion is official 🚨
#UFCMexico @BrandonRoyval
is available in at 126 kilos! pic.twitter.com/ESJj6zZYJ0— UFC (@ufc)
February 23, 2024
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship>’s busy February caps off with a
fight night card in Mexico City.
The main event of
UFC Fight Night 237 will see former flyweight king Brandon
Moreno tackle Brandon
Royval. Each flyweights had no challenge making weight for the
five-round essential occasion, which is a rematch of their 2020 encounter
that noticed Moreno end Royval with punches inside a spherical. As for
the remainder of the cardboard, each Edgar
Chairez and Daniel da
Silva missed weight for his or her combat towards one another, with
Chairez coming in 5 kilos over the flyweight restrict and da Silva
coming in 1 pound chubby.
Moreno (21-7-2) is coming off a split-decision loss to Alexandre
Pantoja, which noticed him drop the flyweight title. “The Murderer
Child” is just 30, although, and can look to indicate what he has left in
the tank. Moreno formally weighed 126 kilos on the dot for what
is surprisingly solely his third time headlining a UFC occasion.
Additionally coming off a loss is Royval (15-7), who additionally fell brief
towards Pantoja in his final outing. “Uncooked Dawg” had received three fights
in a row previous to the setback. The 31-year-old stepped on the dimensions
at 126 kilos for his first UFC essential occasion.
UFC Struggle Night time 237 will air stay on ESPN+. Prelims start at 7 p.m.
ET/4 p.m. PT, whereas the principle card kicks off at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m.
PT.
UFC Struggle Night time 237 Weigh-in Outcomes:
Brandon
Moreno (126) vs. Brandon
Royval (126)
Brian
Ortega (146) vs. Yair
Rodriguez (146)
Francisco
Prado (156) vs. Daniel
Zellhuber (156)
Raul
Rosas Jr. (136) vs. Ricky
Turcios (136)
Sam
Hughes (115) vs. Yazmin
Jauregui (115)
Chris
Duncan (156) vs. Manuel
Torres (155)
Raoni
Barcelos (135) vs. Cristian
Quinonez (135)
Jesus
Santos Aguilar (126) vs. Mateus
Mendonca (126)
Edgar
Chairez (131) vs. Daniel da
Silva (127)*
Claudio
Puelles (156) vs. Fares Ziam
(156)
Denys
Bondar (126) vs. Ronaldo
Rodriguez (126)
Victor
Altamirano (125) vs. Felipe
dos Santos (124)
Muhammadjon
Naimov (146) vs. Erik Silva
(146)
*Chairez missed weight by 5 kilos, and Lacerda missed weight by
1 pound.
