UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2

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UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2
A poster or logo for UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2.
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date February 24, 2024 (2024-02-24)
Venue Arena CDMX
City Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance 21,446
Event chronology
UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev

UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 (also known as UFC Fight Night 237 and UFC on ESPN+ 95) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 24, 2024, at Arena CDMX, in Mexico City, Mexico.[1]

Background

The event marked the promotion's sixth visit to Mexico City and first since UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Stephens in September 2019.[1]

A flyweight bout between former two-time UFC Flyweight Champion Brandon Moreno and Amir Albazi was originally expected to serve as a five-round co-main event, but was elevated as the event's headliner.[2][3] However, Albazi withdrew due to a neck injury and was replaced by former title challenger (also former LFA Flyweight Champion) Brandon Royval.[4] The pair previously met at UFC 255 in November 2020 which Moreno won by first round TKO.[5]

A featherweight rematch between former interim UFC Featherweight Champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America featherweight winner) Yair Rodríguez and former title challenger Brian Ortega took place in the co-main event, which marked the fourth time a non-main event and non-title bout has been scheduled for five rounds.[6] The pairing previously met at UFC on ABC: Ortega vs. Rodríguez which Rodríguez won by first round TKO due to a shoulder injury.[7]

A flyweight rematch between Edgar Chairez and Daniel Lacerda took place the event.[8] The pair had previously fought at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 in September 2023, where the bout was ruled a no-contest due to premature referee stoppage.[9] They were booked again for UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza two months later, but the bout was cancelled due to Lacerda suffering medical issues after the weigh-in.[10] At the weigh ins, both fighters missed weight. Chairez weighed in at 131 pounds and Lacerda at 127 pounds, five pounds and one pound over the flyweight non-title fight limit, respectively. Their bout proceeded at catchweight with both fighters fined a percentage of their purse.[11]

A bantamweight bout between Raul Rosas Jr. and The Ultimate Fighter 29 bantamweight winner Ricky Turcios was expected to take place at the event.[12] However, Rosas Jr. was forced withdraw just before the bout was expected to begin due to an illness. As a result, the bout was pushed back one week to UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev.[13]

Results

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Flyweight Brandon Royval def. Brandon Moreno Decision (split) (48–47, 46–49, 48–47) 5 5:00
Featherweight Brian Ortega def. Yair Rodríguez Submission (arm-triangle choke) 3 0:58
Lightweight Daniel Zellhuber def. Francisco Prado Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00
Women's Strawweight Yazmin Jauregui def. Sam Hughes Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Lightweight Manuel Torres def. Chris Duncan Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 1:46
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Bantamweight Raoni Barcelos def. Cristian Quiñonez Submission (rear-naked choke) 3 2:04
Flyweight Jesús Santos Aguilar def. Mateus Mendonça Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Catchweight (131 lb) Edgar Chairez def. Daniel Lacerda Submission (triangle choke) 1 2:17
Lightweight Farès Ziam def. Claudio Puelles Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Flyweight Ronaldo Rodríguez def. Denys Bondar Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 4:59
Flyweight Felipe dos Santos def. Victor Altamirano Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Featherweight Muhammad Naimov def. Erik Silva TKO (leg injury) 1 0:44

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Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[15]

  • Fight of the Night: Daniel Zellhuber vs. Francisco Prado
  • Performance of the Night: Brian Ortega and Manuel Torres

See also

References

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