UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2

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UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateFebruary 24, 2024 (2024-02-24)
Venue Arena CDMX
City Mexico City, Mexico
Attendance21,546 [1]
Total gateNot announced [1]
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. [2]

Contents

Background

The event marked the promotion's sixth visit to Mexico City and first since UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Stephens in September 2019. [2]

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. [3] [4] However, Albazi withdrew due to a neck injury and was replaced by former title challenger (also former LFA Flyweight Champion) Brandon Royval. [5] The pair previously met at UFC 255 in November 2020 which Moreno won by first round TKO. [6]

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 sixth time a non-main event and non-title bout has been scheduled for five rounds. [7] The pairing previously met at UFC on ABC: Ortega vs. Rodríguez which Rodríguez won by first round TKO due to a shoulder injury. [8]

A flyweight rematch between Edgar Chairez and Daniel Lacerda took place the event. [9] 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. [10] 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. [11] 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. [12]

A bantamweight bout between Raul Rosas Jr. and The Ultimate Fighter 29 bantamweight winner Ricky Turcios was expected to take place at the event. [13] However, Rosas Jr. was forced withdraw just before the bout was expected to begin due to an illness. As a result, the bout was initially pushed back one week to UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev [14] before it was ultimately cancelled by the promotion. [15]

Results

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Flyweight Brandon Royval def. Brandon Moreno Decision (split) (48–47, 46–49, 48–47)55:00
Featherweight Brian Ortega def. Yair Rodríguez Submission (arm-triangle choke)30:58
Lightweight Daniel Zellhuber def.Francisco PradoDecision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)35:00
Women's Strawweight Yazmin Jauregui def. Sam Hughes Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
LightweightManuel Torresdef.Chris DuncanSubmission (rear-naked choke)11:46
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Bantamweight Raoni Barcelos def.Cristian QuiñonezSubmission (rear-naked choke)32:04
FlyweightJesús Santos Aguilardef.Mateus MendonçaDecision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)35:00
Catchweight (131 lb)Edgar Chairezdef.Daniel LacerdaSubmission (triangle choke)12:17
Lightweight Farès Ziam def. Claudio Puelles Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
FlyweightRonaldo Rodríguezdef.Denys BondarSubmission (rear-naked choke)24:59
FlyweightFelipe dos Santosdef.Victor AltamiranoDecision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Featherweight Muhammad Naimov def.Erik SilvaTKO (leg injury)10:44

    [16]

    Bonus awards

    The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [17]

    See also

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