UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs Royval 2 aka UFC Mexico City airs live from Arena CDMX in Mexico City on Saturday, February 24.
In the main event, former two-time 125-pound champion Brandon Moreno (21-7-2) steps inside the Octagon in front of his home country crowd against American former title challenger Brandon Royval (15-7) in the rematch at flyweight. The co-main event is a rematch between Mexico’s former interim featherweight champion Yair Rodriguez (19-4, 1 NC) and former title challenger Brian Ortega (15-3, 1 NC) of the U.S.
Also on the card, Francisco Prado (12-1) of Argentina goes up against Mexico’s Daniel Zellhuber (14-1) at lightweight. As well, American Ricky Turcios (13-3) takes on the representative of the country-host Raul Rosas Jr. (8-1) at bantamweight.
Plus, Yazmin Jauregui (10-1) of Mexico and Sam Hughes (8-5) of the U.S. clash at women’s strawweight. In addition, Manuel Torres (14-2) of Mexico and Chris Duncan (11-1) of Scotland battle it out at lightweight.
UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs Royval 2 results
Get UFC Mexico City: Moreno vs Royval 2 full fight card results below.
Main card
- Brandon Royval def. Brandon Moreno by split decision (48-47, 46-49, 48-47) | Watch finish
- Brian Ortega def. Yair Rodriguez by submission (arm-triangle choke, R3 at 0:58) | Watch finish
- Daniel Zellhuber def. Francisco Prado by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios – canceled*
- Yazmin Jauregui def. Sam Hughes by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Manuel Torres def. Chris Duncan by submission (rear-naked choke, R1 at 1:46)
Preliminary card
- Raoni Barcelos def. Cristian Quinonez by submission (rear-naked choke, R3 at 2:04) | Watch finish
- Jesus Santos Aguilar def. Mateus Mendonca by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Edgar Chairez def. Daniel Lacerda by submission (triangle choke, R1 at 2:17) | Watch finish
- Fares Ziam def. Claudio Puelles by split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
- Luis Rodriguez def. Denys Bondar by submission (rear-naked choke, R2 at 4:59) | Watch finish
- Felipe Dos Santos def. Victor Altamirano by split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
- Muhammad Naimov def. Erik Silva by TKO (leg injury, R1 at 0:44)
*Fight was cancelled prior to the walkouts.