News Brandon Moreno vs Amir Albazi set for UFC Mexico, Feb. 24

[BoxerMaurits]

Main event, per Carlos Contreras Legaspi from ESPN Deportes.




UPDATE:

Official, main-event instead of co-main

 

[BoxerMaurits]

War Mexican Babyface!


@giovanni_ss

 

[JoeRowe]

5 round co-mains becoming a more regular thing for certain bouts is cool. Tough fight for Moreno but I think he pulls away late for a close decision victory.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

5 round co-mains becoming a more regular thing for certain bouts is cool. Tough fight for Moreno but I think he pulls away late for a close decision victory.

I agree, some matchups are just too good to be just 3 rounds

 

[JoeRowe]

I agree, some matchups are just too good to be just 3 rounds

Yeah I thought Poaton/Jan & Paulo/Khamzat should've been booked for 5 rounds, for example. Morales vs Matthews not so much lol

 

[Liverkick-king56]

Moreno should be able to dictate striking here but Amir did show some promise against KKF who's arguably got better TDD than Moreno.

I feel like Amir will have a bunch of success here like he did against KKF but I think Moreno's volume, cardio and jab makes up for the takedowns he gives up. Amir is a live dog here though.

 

[Psychojoe86]

Should be fairly easy win for Moreno, but Albazi has had some time to improve now and could surprise us.

 

[markys00]

Yeah I thought Poaton/Jan & Paulo/Khamzat should've been booked for 5 rounds, for example. Morales vs Matthews not so much lol

Poatan vs Jan in a 5 rounder would have been awful. They were gassed by the end of round 1

 

[The_Renaissance]

Wicked fight, will be lots of fun this one. Moreno by decision.

 

[JoeRowe]

Poatan vs Jan in a 5 rounder would have been awful. They were gassed by the end of round 1

1, That's hindsight I'm talking from the perspective of booking the fight. A clear number 1 contender fight.

2, Even still I would have rather had 2 more rds to get a clearer ending to a controversial decision.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Wicked fight, will be lots of fun this one. Moreno by decision.

I agree

 

[flektarn]

I still don't see how the judges gave Albazi the nod vs KKF. Albazi by robbery, again.

 

[Bradillac]

should be an easy win for Moreno.

 

[Dorkman]

Great fight.

 

[You Will Vote For Dreyga]

Poatan vs Jan in a 5 rounder would have been awful. They were gassed by the end of round 1

Easy fix. Have the fight anywhere that isn’t high elevation


I love that we are getting a FLYWEIGHT main event. 125 really deserves more love

 

[IneedSometop]

Good fight. I like Moreno here. I haven’t seen anything from Albazi to suggest he can keep up with Moreno in a 5 rounder

 

[xhaydenx]

5 round co-mains becoming a more regular thing for certain bouts is cool. Tough fight for Moreno but I think he pulls away late for a close decision victory.

Not the biggest fan of the idea.

If they start doing it more regularly, eventually fighters are gonna whine if they don't get it and it'll become a thing on ever card, no matter the matchup.

And half the time the UFC put sloppy HWs right up at the top just because they're big. I don't really want 5 rounds of that lol.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

I still don't see how the judges gave Albazi the nod vs KKF. Albazi by robbery, again.

I also thought thought KKF won a close but clear decision

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Going to be a banger... possibly early FOTY

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

Yeah I thought Poaton/Jan & Paulo/Khamzat should've been booked for 5 rounds, for example. Morales vs Matthews not so much lol

Yeah anything dubbed as number one contender stuff should be five.