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¡Buenos días! Join us as we cover the fiesta that is UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2, which is going down on February 24th from the Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Mexico. A pair of rematches will serve as storylines in the main and co-main events for tonight’s UFC fight card night, where both of the initial encounters involved an injury TKO. The headliner will see former UFC flyweight king, Brandon Moreno, run it back with recent title challenger, Brandon Royval, and then before that former interim featherweight champ, Yair Rodriguez, is rematching a returning Brian Ortega. The start time for this UFC fight card is set for 7:00 pm ET.
Let’s go Brandon? At least for this UFC fight card’s main event, which will settle the score between Brandon and Brandon, with Moreno already holding a TKO victory over Royval. We almost got a full round out of their first fight, but a freak shoulder injury brought an end to that one. Royval has fought five-times since then, and it doesn’t appear to be a reoccurring injury. Perhaps we’ll get a full fight this time.
If Royval’s incident against Moreno is considered a freak accident, then I would call what happened to Brian Ortega’s shoulder against Yair Rodriguez a forced injury. The flashy striker in Yair locked up a wicked armbar on the BJJ product, and since Brian wasn’t about to tap, his only two other options were succumb to a technical submission, or he would have to rip his own arm out of its socket. So he ripped his arm out of the socket, and took the TKO loss instead. If Rodriguez can match Ortega in the grappling again, he could make this a long night for the returning fighter.
**Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios was cancelled during the UFC fight card broadcast due to a Rosas Jr. illness.
UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 takes place on February 24th, at the Arena CDMX Mexico City, Mexico. The main card starts at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card begins at 7:00 p.m. ET.
UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 Full fight card results
Main card
- – Brandon Royval def. Brandon Moreno by split decision (48-47 x2, 46-49): Flyweight
- – Brian Ortega def. Yair Rodriguez by submission (Arm Triangle) at :58 of round 3: Featherweight
- – Daniel Zellhuber def. Francisco Prado by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 x2): Lightweight
– Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios: Bantamweight- – Yazmin Jauregui def. Sam Hughes by unanimous decision (30-27 x3): Strawweight
- – Manuel Torres def. Chris Duncan by submission (RNC) at 1:46 of round 1: Lightweight
Prelims
- – Raoni Barcelos def. Cristian Quiñonez by submission (RNC) at 2:04 of round 3: Bantamweight
- – Jesus Aguilar def. Mateus Mendonça by split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29): Flyweight
- – Edgar Cháirez def. Daniel Lacerda by submission (Triangle) at 2:17 of round 1: Flyweight
- – Fares Ziam def. Claudio Puelles by split decision (30-27, 29-28, 28-29): Lightweight
- – Ronaldo Rodríguez def. Denys Bondar by submission (RNC) at 4:59 of round 2: Flyweight
- – Felipe dos Santos def. Victor Altamirano by split decision (29-28 x2, 27-30): Flyweight
- – Muhammad Naimov def. Erik Silva by TKO at :44 of round 1: Featherweight
Live streams
UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 can be live streamed on ESPN+ in the United States and Canada. For full streaming details, and compatible devices go here.