The Final Combating Championship returned to us tonight, November 2, 2024, for UFC Edmonton, taking place dwell from the Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Headlining the occasion is a flyweight bout between no. 2 ranked former two-time UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno (22-8-2) and no. 3 ranked former UCMMA and FSC bantamweight champion Amir Albazi (17-2).
Moreno got here into the bout off back-to-back 5 spherical defeats in razor shut fights towards present champion Alexandre Pantoja (SD) when he misplaced the belt in July of final yr, after which no. 1 ranked Brandon Royval (SD) in his newest look earlier this yr in February.
Albazi then again had gone an ideal 5-0 inside his UFC tenure to this point, having defeated the likes of Malcolm Gordon (triangle choke), Zhalgas Zhumagulov (UD), Francisco Figueiredo (rear bare choke), Alessandro Costa (KO), and Kai Kara-France (SD) going into the most important combat of his profession.
Proceed studying to see how our UFC Edmonton flyweight fundamental occasion of the night went down:
Official Outcome: Brandon Moreno def. Amir Albazi by way of unanimous choice (49-46, 50-45, 50-45)
Spherical one was very a lot a sense out course of, Moreno catching Albazi with a stinging proper hand within the last minute of it, essentially the most important strike landed all through the opening 5 minutes.
Moreno landed a very good head kick early on within the second and had Albazi damage although he recovered properly. Albazi secured a double leg, however just for a cut up second as Moreno acquired proper again to his ft and continued out-striking him on the ft.
By the tip of two Albazi had landed simply 9 complete strikes.
The previous champion actually began to bust Albazi up within the third, using his superior boxing and footwork to win each hanging trade.
Moreno continued his hanging assault in rounds 4 and 5, hurting Albazi badly within the fifth with a nasty left hook and in addition a proper hand afterward within the spherical main as much as his handed unanimous choice victory.
After not combating since June of 2023, coming into the bout off every a coronary heart surgical procedure in addition to neck surgical procedure, together with combating one of the best fighter he’d ever competed towards; he barely acquired previous Kara-France who Moreno’s 2-0 towards, this was actually a troublesome return for Amir Albazi.
Brandon Moreno surpasses former longtime UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson for essentially the most strikes landed in flyweight historical past tonight in UFC Edmonton’s fundamental occasion.
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