“Horrible human being”- Brandon Moreno offers a scathing indictment of former foe Deiveson Figueiredo


“Horrible human being”- Brandon Moreno offers a scathing indictment of former foe Deiveson Figueiredo

Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno

Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo fought for the third time for the featherweight title at the co-main event of UFC 270. Figueiredo came out on top after five rounds of a back-and-forth battle, he dethroned Moreno to once again become the featherweight champion, and they are getting ready for a fourth meeting.

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Moreno talked about this fight during the MMA Hour, he watched the fight again, and he believes he should’ve got the decision. “I am still saying I have enough arguments to say that I won that fight, says Moreno, “But the most important thing is not to be focused on the past, I mean I need to be focused on the future in my present and future and be ready for the next step in my career.”

“For sure I won the second, the fourth and fifth, continues Moreno, “But I was watching all the fight like man, I was like with a lot of volume with a lot of pressure… a lot of precision like bam bam bam! I understand I don’t have the power maybe, I am not born with that power [like Figueiredo] but man, I am doing my job, I’m proposing the fight, a lot of technique.”

“Only exciting fight in the flyweight division“- Brandon Moreno makes case for a fourth fight against Deiveson Figueiredo

Brandon Moreno on Deiveson Figueiredo
Brandon Moreno on Deiveson Figueiredo

Many people protested when the idea of a fourth fight between these two was introduced. They claimed they have had enough of it, and they want to see other contenders fighting for the belt. Addressing this in his recent interview, Moreno said, “It’s the only exciting fight right now in the flyweight division, man like four or five years ago the flyweight division was dead, and now it’s like more than alive man. So, man, that’s why I believe it makes sense, I mean I completely believe I want to fight, and I started to feel like weird, I started to feel like very excited like let’s go! I can do it again.”

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While for Figueiredo, his thoughts are still the same. “I don’t have nothing you know… my thoughts are the same, like horrible human being, amazing fighter that’s it,” Moreno claimed.

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