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Three-time Octagon veteran Lone’er Kavanagh will be thrown into the fire at UFC Mexico City. | Getty/UFC
It appears that Brandon Moreno will remain in the UFC Mexico City main event after all.
Moreno was originally slated to face Asu Almabayev on Feb. 28 in Mexico City before his opponent withdrew from the flyweight bout due to an arm injury. As a result, the former 125-pound king will now face Lone’er Kavanagh in the new UFC Fight Night 268 headliner at Arena CDMX in Mexico City. The UFC announced the new pairing on Wednesday.
There is a significant gap in experience between the two combatants. Moreno is a two-time UFC flyweight champion with 19 Octagon appearances to his credit, while Kavanagh is 2-1 during his brief tenure within the Las Vegas-based promotion.
Moreno had a two-bout winning streak snapped in his last outing, when he suffered a secondp-round technical knockout loss to Tatsuro Taira at UFC 325 this past December. Prior to that the two-time flyweight king had earned consecutive five-round verdicts over Amir Albazi and Steve Erceg.
Kavanagh, meanwhile, earned a UFC contract with a first-round knockout of An Tuan Ho on Dana White’s Contender Series in August 2024. He kicked off his Octagon tenure with unanimous decision triumphs over Jose Ochoa and Felipe dos Santos before suffering a second-round KO defeat against Charles Johnson at UFC Fight Night 269 this past August.
UFC Fight Night 269 Update
Kavanagh was originally expected to face Bruno Silva in a flyweight contest at UFC Fight Night 269 on March 14 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. With the 26-year-old Brit shifting to Mexico City, former opponent Johnson will step in and face Silva at the event. Both fighters confirmed the booking following an initial report from Laerte Viana.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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