Former two-time flyweight champion Brandon Moreno meets recent title challenger Brandon Royval in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Mexico City. The fights at Mexico City Arena are on ESPN+, with the 10 p.m. ET main card preceded by prelims at 7 p.m.
Moreno (21-7-2), who is from Tijuana, Mexico, has not fought since July, when he lost his 125-pound title to Alexandre Pantoja. Moreno is No. 2 in the ESPN men’s flyweight rankings.
The seventh-ranked Royval (15-7) also is coming off a loss to Pantoja, dropping a unanimous decision in a December title challenge. Royval is from Denver.
Moreno and Royval met in 2020, with the Mexican winning by first-round TKO. Moreno was originally scheduled to face Amir Albazi this weekend, but Albazi withdrew because of an unspecified injury.
How to watch the fights
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The UFC Mexico City fight card
ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET
Men’s flyweight: Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval
Men’s featherweight: Yair Rodriguez vs. Brian Ortega
Lightweight: Daniel Zellhuber vs. Francisco Prado
Men’s bantamweight: Raul Rosas vs. Ricky Turcios
Strawweight: Yazmin Jauregui vs. Sam Hughes
Lightweight: Manuel Torres vs. Chris Duncan
ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET
Men’s bantamweight: Cristian Quiñonez vs. Raoni Barcelos
Men’s flyweight: Jesus Aguilar vs. Mateus Mendonca
Men’s flyweight: Édgar Cháirez vs. Daniel Lacerda
Lightweight: Claudio Puelles vs. Farés Ziam
Men’s flyweight: Luis Rodriguez vs. Denys Bondar
Men’s flyweight: Victor Altamirano vs. Felipe dos Santos
Men’s featherweight: Erik Silva vs. Muhammad Naimov
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Brandon Moreno to now face Brandon Royval at UFC Mexico City