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Brandon Moreno will get top billing in his home country on Feb. 28. | Getty/UFC
The lineup for UFC Mexico City appears to be nearing completion.
The Las Vegas-based promotion on Wednesday confirmed nine bouts for the Feb. 28 event, which takes place at Arena CDMX in Mexico City and airs on Paramount+. UFC Mexico City — which is also known as UFC Fight Night 268 — is headlined by a flyweight duel pitting ex-champ Brandon Moreno against Asu Almabayev. In the co-main event, Ailin Perez will face Macy Chiasson in a women’s bantamweight tilt. Since most UFC events have 13 fights, the promotion is likely to add a few more bouts to the card in the coming weeks.
Moreno, who enjoyed two separate reigns as UFC flyweight champion, is coming off a 1-1 campaign in 2025. He began the year with a five-round verdict over Steve Erceg in the UFC on ESPN 64 headliner in March before suffering a second-round technical knockout defeat to Tatsuro Taira at UFC 323 on Dec. 6. “Assassin Baby” owns other notable victories against the likes of Amir Albazi, Deiveson Figueiredo (twic), Kai Kara-France (twice), Brandon Royval and Jussier Formiga.
Kazakhstan’s Almabayev has been victorious in six of his first seven Octagon appearances — with his lone defeat coming to Manel Kape this past March. The 31-year-old rebounded from that loss to post back-to-back triumphs over Jose Ochoa and Alex Perez.
UFC Mexico City Card:
Brandon Moreno vs. Asu Almabayev
Macy Chiasson vs. Ailin Perez
Edgar Chairez vs. Felipe Bunes
Imanol Rodriguez vs. Kevin Borjas
Wesley Schultz vs. Damian Pinas
Jose Medina vs. Ryan Gandra
Ernesta Kareckaite vs. Sofia Montenegro
Cristian Quinonez vs. Kris Moutinho
Santiago Luna vs. Angel Pacheco
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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