UFC Fight Night is set to take place on Sunday the 25th of February at the CDMX Arena in Mexico. We look at the main event between Moreno and Royval as well as 2 additional fights on the card from a betting angle.
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BRANDON MORENO vs BRANDON ROYVAL 2
Flyweight Main Event:
Brandon Moreno is a well balanced Mexican mixed martial artist who fights with a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu style. He has been in the UFC since 2016 and his 6 fights have been title fights, where he won 3, lost 2 and drew 1. His most recent fight was against Alexandre Pantoja in June last year at UFC 290, where he lost by decision, losing his belt.
Moreno will enter this fight as a comfortable favourite, and he will be looking to get back on the winning side of things.
Brandon Royval is an American fighter who made his UFC debut in 2020, since then he has had another 7 fights with him winning 5 and losing 3 of his 8 total fights so far. He is known for his grappling, and he is a challenging opponent to beat on the canvas. His most recent fight took place at UFC 296 in December where he lost to Alexandre Pantoja by decision in a title fight.
Although he enters as the dark horse in the betting markets, he will be looking to catch Moreno with a submission and claim an upset win.
BETTING – click here to bet
Moreno 7/20
Royval 95/40
PREDICTION:
I believe the fight will go the distance with Moreno winning by decision.
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BRIAN ORTEGA vs YAIR RODRIGUEZ
Featherweight Co-main Event:
Brian Ortega is an American fighter who is packed with experience, he has also fought at the top of the division at times, including title shots, but he has been unable to claim the division title. He has not fought in a while, with his last fight being in 2022, when these 2 fighters met for the first time and Rodriguez won by TKO in round 1.
He will be determined to pick up an upset win this weekend and reignite a spark to keep his career alive.
Yair Rodriguez is a Mexican fighter with plenty of experience to his name and he has fought amongst the top fighters in the featherweight division for a while now. He is known for his stamina and clean striking, however his last fight that took place at UFC 290 saw him lose his title to Alexander Volkanovski by TKO in late round 4.
Due to his experience and the fact he has beaten Ortega before, he will enter this weekend with the betting odds in his favour.
BETTING – click here to bet
Ortega 13/10
Rodriguez 13/20
PREDICTION:
I believe that just like the first fight Rodriguez will have no problem overcoming Ortega and I predict he will win in round 2 by TKO.
DANIEL ZELLHUBER vs FRANCISCO PRADO
Lightweight Bout:
Daniel Zellhuber is a Mexican fighter who fights with a freestyle fighting style,. Since losing his debut fight in the UFC by decision, he has turned things around, winning his other 2 fights so far with his most recent fight ending in a round 2 submission over Christos Giagos. He will enter this fight as the favourite.
Francisco Prado is an Argentinian fighter with just 2 UFC fights to his name. He also lost by decision in his debut bout against Jamie Mullarkey and his most recent fight resulted in a round 1 TKO win over Ottman Azaitar in July last year. Due to him being slightly less experienced, he enters the fight with the betting odds against him.
BETTING – click here to bet
Zellhuber 37/100
Prado 22/10
PREDICTION:
I believe that Zellhuber will win this fight by submission in round 2.
Suggested Bet:
Moreno vs Royval
Moreno by decision at 16/10
Rodriguez vs Ortega
Rodriguez by KO at 21/10 (for a bigger price Rodriguez in round 2 at 8/1)
Zellhuber vs Prado
Zellhuber by submission at 5/1
All prices correct at time of writing but subject to change.
