“In that moment, it was very painful” Brandon Moreno revealed his wife feared for his testicles after the low blow
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At UFC 256 main event the Flyweight division champion Deiveson Figueiredo and the challenger Brandon Moreno go toe to toe with each other for five rounds. At the end of these rounds, the fight ended in a split decision draw but during the third round, Figueiredo hit Moreno with a nasty low blow.
Moreno was immediately down after this low blow and even the referee cut one point from Figueiredo’s scorecard due to this. In his recent interview with TMZ while talking about this Moreno says, “In that moment, it was very painful, Was very, very painful because he throws a really, really hard direct to there.”
“ I don’t say it was intentional, but man it was a nasty kick directly to my balls. I think this the first time when a referee told me if I wanted to rest a little bit, my first time saying, ‘Yes, please I need this moment.”
Further talking about it Moreno even joked that his wife was happy that his reproductive system is still working after that low blow. Moreno says, “My wife asked me the same, ‘Hey, you fine?’ Like, ‘Yeah baby, no problem,” he said.
Moreno made a statement on Figueiredo being hospitalized
Deiveson Figueiredo spoke at UFC post-match press conference that he was in the hospital till late at night before his fight and even after the fight he was taken directly to the hospital. Talking about this Moreno says, “Before the fight, I don’t know anything about Deiveson being sick. He was in the hospital, but man, in this world of Martial Arts, that is very normal.”
“I had like two fights in the company, I was very sick to my stomach, but I never said nothing because it’s my problem, Excuses, I can make excuse with my arm, because to be honest, between the fight, it was very, very painful. Too much pain in my left arm from my shoulder. Excuses. Nothing else matters.”
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