UFC Mexico City: ‘Moreno vs. Royval 2’ Live Results and Highlights

The Octagon heads south of the border for tonight’s UFC Mexico City event, a 13-bout fight card headlined by Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval.

Moreno (21-7-2 MMA) will be competing for the first time since losing the promotion’s flyweight title to Alexandre Pantoja this past July at UFC 290. Prior to that setback, ‘The Assassin Baby’ was coming off back-to-back TKO victories over Kai Kara-France and Deiveson Figueiredo.

Meanwhile, Brandon Royval (15-7 MMA) will also enter tonight’s headliner with hopes of returning to the win column. ‘Raw Dawg’ most recently competed at December’s UFC 296 event, where he fell short in his quest to dethrone reigning flyweight kingpin Alexandre Pantoja. Prior to that setback, Royval was on a three-fight winning streak, which included stoppage wins over Matt Schnell and Matheus Nicolau.

Brandon Moreno and Brandon Royval previously collided at UFC 255 in November of 2020, with the Mexican emerging victorious by way of first-round TKO.

UFC Mexico City is co-headlined by a featherweight rematch between Yair Rodriguez and Brian Ortega.

Rodriguez (19-4 MMA) will enter the bout looking to rebound, this after suffering a TKO loss to Alex Volkanovski in July of last year. Prior to that setback, ‘El Pantera’ was coming off back-to-back stoppage wins over Josh Emmett and Brian Ortega respectively.

Meanwhile, Brian Ortega (15-3 MMA) will be returning to the Octagon for the first time in 19 months this evening in Mexico City. ‘T-City’ enters the bout looking to snap a two-fight losing skid, his most recent being a TKO loss to Yair Rodirguez.

Get all of tonight’s live results and highlights below (refresh for updates):

UFC Mexico City Main Card (10pm EST on ESPN+)

Brandon Moreno (126) vs. Brandon Royval (126) – Royval def. Moreno by split decision (48-47, 49-46, 48-47)

Yair Rodriguez (146) vs. Brian Ortega (146) – Ortega def. Rodriguez via submission at 0:58 of Round 3

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Daniel Zellhuber (156) vs. Francisco Prado (156) – Zellhuber def. Prado by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Raul Rosas Jr. (136) vs. Ricky Turcios (136) – Cancelled (Rosas Jr. was sick and could not compete)

Yazmin Jauregui (115) vs. Sam Hughes (115) – Jauregui def. Hughes by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

Manuel Torres (155) vs. Chris Duncan (156) – Torres def. Duncan via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:46 of Round 1

MANUEL TORRES WITH THE FIRST ROUND FINISH ⚡ #UFCMexico pic.twitter.com/wykh9wyZP5

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) February 25, 2024

UFC Mexico City Preliminary Card (7pm EST on ESPN+)

Cristian Quinonez (135) vs. Raoni Barcelos (135) – Barcelos def. Quinonez via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:04 of Round 3

https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1761586813045510414

Jesus Aguilar (126) vs. Mateus Mendonca (126) – Aguilar def. Mendonca by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Edgar Chairez (131)** vs. Daniel Lacerda (127)* – Chairez def. Lacerda via submission (triangle choke) at 2:17 of Round 1

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Claudio Puelles (156) vs. Fares Ziam (156) – Ziam def. Puelles by split decision (28–29, 30–27, 29–28)

Luis Rodríguez (126) vs. Denys Bondar (126) – Rodriguez def. Bondar via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:59 of Round 2

https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1761560390633246985

Victor Altamirano (125) vs. Felipe dos Santos (124) – Dos Santos def. Altamirano by split decision (27-30, 29-28 x2)

Muhammad Naimov (146) vs. Erik Silva (146) – Naimov def. Silva via TKO (knee injury) at 0:44 of Round 1

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Who are you picking to win tonight’s UFC Mexico City main event rematch between Brandon Moreno and Brandon Royval?