MMAmania.com - UFC 256 results: Live stream updates, highlights, fight videos | ‘Figueiredo vs Moreno’ Best UFC website for news, UFC results, fight highlights and UFC schedule, including live streaming updates, breaking MMA news and much more!https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49461/mania-f.png2022-09-26T16:01:30-04:00http://www.mmamania.com/rss/stream/219358312022-09-26T16:01:30-04:002022-09-26T16:01:30-04:00Report: Figgy-Baby 4 Headed To UFC 283 In Brazil
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<p id="zASGIX"><a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2022/1/23/22898100/ufc-270-deiveson-figueiredo-brandon-moreno-agree-a-fourth-fight-is-needed">Super necessary</a>.</p>
<p id="7jvoiI">Reigning UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo and current interim 125-pound titleholder Brandon Moreno will collide for a fourth (and hopefully final) time as part of the upcoming UFC 283 pay-per-view (PPV) event, <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2022/8/10/23300039/viva-brazil-ufc-283-official-jan-21-rio-mma">recently made official</a> for Sat., Jan. 21, 2023 inside Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.</p>
<p id="lZMpYr">That’s according to <a href="https://twitter.com/RodDelCampo">Rodrigo Del Campo Gonzalez</a>.</p>
<aside id="vwfndn"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Figueiredo-Moreno Confrontation At UFC 277 Was ‘F—ing Rude’","url":"https://www.mmamania.com/2022/7/31/23286275/deiveson-figueiredos-ufc-277-face-off-with-brandon-moreno-was-rude-pretty-disrespectful-dana-white"}]}'></div></aside><p id="8LWdeZ">Figueiredo (21-2-1) and Moreno (20-6-2) battled to a draw on the UFC 256 card in late 2020, then ran it back at UFC 263 the following June. That’s where Moreno captured a submission win over “Daico” — only to come up on the losing end of a unanimous decision in their UFC 270 trilogy earlier this year.</p>
<p id="aNNEUP">“The Assassin Baby” was later awarded the interim title by stopping Kai Kara France at UFC 277, a bout that was hastily assembled when Figueiredo took leave due to injury. Despite <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2022/6/6/23157263/brandon-moreno-nobody-cares-if-deiveson-figueiredo-goes-to-bantamweight-ufc">rumors of a trip to bantamweight</a>, it sounds like the Brazilian is ready to close the book on his Moreno rivalry once and for all.</p>
<p id="02WBZJ">Whether or not it <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2022/2/1/22913246/deiveson-figueiredo-big-payday-fourth-brandon-moreno-one-million-dollars-mma-ufc">cost the promotion $1 million</a> remains to be seen.</p>
<aside id="QOknAy"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Jose Aldo Retires, Won’t Compete At UFC 283","url":"https://www.mmamania.com/2022/9/18/23359508/jose-aldo-retires-from-ufc-may-continue-fighting-in-different-combat-sports"}]}'></div></aside><p id="d3ukHc">UFC 283 does not yet have a main event but could feature Charles Oliveira if “Do Bronx” is successful (and uninjured) in <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2022/7/21/23272668/latest-ufc-280-fight-card-ppv-lineup-oliveira-vs-makhachev-oct-22-etihad-abu-dhabi-mma">his UFC 280 lightweight title fight</a> opposite Islam Makhachev. Middleweight mauler Paulo Costa may also be in consideration for the Jan. 21 fight card, but those details probably won’t be finalized for several weeks.</p>
<p id="2fzBsE">Stay tuned.</p>
https://www.mmamania.com/2022/9/26/23373540/report-deiveson-figueiredo-vs-brandon-moreno-4-targeted-ufc-283-rio-brazil-mmaJesse Holland2022-09-04T11:00:00-04:002022-09-04T11:00:00-04:00JDS Rips Gane Over Illegal Strike: ‘What A Dirty Fighter’
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<p>Junior dos Santos called out Ciryl Gane following his UFC Paris win over Tai Tuivasa for hitting his opponent with a punch to the back of the head. </p> <p id="3UMhtV">Junior dos Santos is still upset about how his final UFC fight against Ciryl Gane <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2022/9/2/23334927/ufc-paris-free-fight-ciryl-gane-smashes-junior-dos-santos-earns-first-knockout-inside-octagon-mma">went down back in Dec. 2020</a>.</p>
<p id="z52PEt">dos Santos fell to Gane in the second round of their UFC 256 fight, with “Bon Gamin” hitting “Cigano” with a monster elbow that dropped the former Heavyweight champion. According to dos Santos — and many others who watched the replay several dozen times — the finishing blow looked suspiciously like an illegal shot to the back of the head.</p>
<p id="RRl1He">Now, JDS says Gane is up to his old tricks again at UFC Paris, where the French fighter defeated Tai Tuivasa via third round knockout <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2022/9/3/23335877/tai-tuivasa-ciryl-gane-ufc-paris-full-fight-video-highlights-results-espn-mma">(watch highlights here)</a>.</p>
<p id="eUsWMv">“What a dirty fighter this Gane is,” dos Santos wrote on Twitter. “Again hitting the back of the head. And now what are those ‘fight experts’ will say about it?”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Que cara sujo esse Gane <br>De novo batendo na nuca, o que esses “especialistas” vão dizer agora? <br>.<br>What a dirty fighter this Gane is<br>Again hitting the back of the head<br>Nad now what are those “fight experts” will say about it? <a href="https://twitter.com/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ufc</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@danawhite</a> <a href="https://t.co/EP6NUlwmWs">pic.twitter.com/EP6NUlwmWs</a></p>— Junior Dos Santos ️➕ (@junior_cigano) <a href="https://twitter.com/junior_cigano/status/1566217074963267589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2022</a>
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<p id="a3vEL6">The video dos Santos shared shows Gane throwing a wild hammer fist, which clearly bounces off the back of Tuivasa’s head. Gane would go on to finish the fight with his follow-up punch.</p>
<p id="CQmDeN">As laid out in the Unified Rules of MMA, strikes to the back of the head or neck are quite illegal. But, just like many other illegal moves in MMA, they tend to happen a lot without any meaningful action from the referee. Many referees seem to make a distinction between a strike that hits the back of the head during a flurry or scramble and a fighter purposefully attacking the back of the head on the ground.</p>
<p id="wkJFx6">That leads to incidents like Gane beating dos Santos with an unacknowledged iffy elbow, and now Gane hitting Tuivasa on the back of the head during their bout.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">December 12, 2020 <br><br>UFC 256 <br><br>In traditional HW matchmaking, Gane had to take out an older man. <br><br>TKOs Junior Dos Santos in Rd 2. <br><br>UFC did JDS dirty <a href="https://t.co/QXIXMR14uy">pic.twitter.com/QXIXMR14uy</a></p>— Ocelot MMA (@Ocelot_MMA) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ocelot_MMA/status/1564552486752555009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2022</a>
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<p id="W8hGHd">dos Santos has his reasons for being bitter about his loss. It was his fourth defeat in a row, resulting in the promotion releasing him from the roster. It’s clear <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2021/3/19/22340527/junior-dos-santos-blasts-ufc-following-cold-release-they-just-dont-care-mma-heavyweight-espn-white">“Cigano” was unhappy about being tossed by UFC</a> after 12 years with the promotion. And going out on a questionable finish was apparently just salt in the wound.</p>
<p id="un5WhA">After a 1.5-year break from competing, dos Santos returned at an Eagle FC event in May 2022, losing a fight against Yorgan De Castro after his shoulder <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2022/5/22/23136980/junior-dos-santos-releases-statement-after-shoulder-injury-loss-at-eagle-fc-47">spontaneously dislocated on him</a> in the third round (<a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2022/5/20/23133307/eagle-fc-47-full-fight-video-highlights-junior-dos-santos-vs-yorgan-de-castro-results-mma-shoulder">watch it</a>). While Eagle FC head honcho, Khabib Nurmagomedov, was clearly hoping to set up a JDS vs. Fedor Emelianenko fight, <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2022/6/7/23157936/sorry-but-fedor-doesnt-want-junior-dos-santos-fight-because-cigano-keeps-losing-mma">the stoppage loss via injury scuttled those plans</a>.</p>
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<p id="5Smy3x"><strong>For complete UFC Paris: “Gane vs. Tuivasa” results and play-by-play, click </strong><a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2022/9/3/23327248/ufc-paris-live-stream-results-gane-vs-tuivasa-play-by-play-updates-whittaker-vettori-mma"><strong>HERE</strong></a>.</p>
https://www.mmamania.com/2022/9/4/23336615/junior-dos-santos-rips-dirty-fighter-ciryl-gane-again-hitting-the-back-of-the-headRyan Harkness2021-08-16T11:57:11-04:002021-08-16T11:57:11-04:00Figueiredo Slams Moreno For Avoiding Trilogy
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<p id="bwqKMX">Wait ... I thought Brandon Moreno was <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2021/6/8/22524800/ufc-263-embedded-video-ep-2-brandon-moreno-not-assassin-baby-hes-crybaby-mma">supposed to be the crybaby?!?</a></p>
<p id="o21XWF">Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo is still salty about <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/ufc-263-results-live-stream-fight-card-start-time-date-location-odds-highlights-adesanya-vettori-2-espn-ppv-mma/2021/6/13/22530797/ufc-263-full-fight-video-highlights-deiveson-figueiredo-brandon-moreno-results-espn-ppv-mma-arizona">his third-round submission loss</a> to “The Assassin Baby” at UFC 263 back in June and won’t rest until the promotion books an immediate trilogy.</p>
<p id="YsAXUo">Figueiredo and Moreno first fought to a draw at UFC 256 last December.</p>
<aside id="axAZgj"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Moreno Scores Championship Mural","url":"https://www.mmamania.com/ufc-263-results-live-stream-fight-card-start-time-date-location-odds-highlights-adesanya-vettori-2-espn-ppv-mma/2021/6/14/22532734/pic-brandon-moreno-scores-championship-mural-commemorate-ufc-263-title-win-mma"}]}'></div></aside><p id="DRciCQ">“Brandon Moreno is a pussy because I was sick when I fought and beat him, and I gave him the rematch right away,” Figueiredo told <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/2021/8/15/22590335/deiveson-figueiredo-pussy-brandon-moreno-trilogy-fight-mexico-ufc">MMA Fighting</a>. “I won that fight. They took a point away from me, he pretended to be hurt, he faked an eye poke so they would take points from me, but I still won. And now he doesn’t want to give me a rematch? He’s a pussy.”</p>
<p id="mFNK2d">Figueiredo, 33, blamed his UFC 256 performance on a <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2020/12/13/22172410/deiveson-figueiredo-spent-the-night-before-ufc-256-in-the-hospital-due-to-weight-cut">mysterious stomach infection</a> and vowed to establish his dominance in their UFC 263 rematch. When that plan fell apart, thanks to Moreno’s rear-naked choke, “Daico” <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/ufc-263-results-live-stream-fight-card-start-time-date-location-odds-highlights-adesanya-vettori-2-espn-ppv-mma/2021/6/14/22533112/ufc-263-deiveson-figueiredo-blames-weight-cut-brandon-moreno-loss-calls-immediate-rematch-mma">dug up yet another excuse</a>.</p>
<aside id="h5GDwb"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Figueiredo Contemplates Jump To Bantamweight","url":"https://www.mmamania.com/2021/6/15/22533698/midnight-mania-deiveson-figueiredo-bantamweight-title-loss-ufc-263-brandon-moreno"}]}'></div></aside><p id="c5f7t3">“I deserve this trilogy because of all the great fights I’ve done,” Figueiredo continued. “I go in there to put on a show in all of my fights. I haven’t fought well this time, unfortunately. It wasn’t Deiveson Figueiredo fighting there. I want the opportunity now. I’ll show my true self in there, a knockout artist. I won’t be so passive in there. We’ll brawl from start to finish.”</p>
<p id="MGDPbw">Working in the Brazilian’s favor is the fact that <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2021/8/11/22618727/latest-ufc-rankings-derrick-lewis-drops-no-3-vicente-luque-climbs-no-4-ufc-265-mma">No. 2-ranked</a> Askar Askarov is injured.</p>
<aside id="qOSfDN"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Cejudo Unimpressed By Moreno: ‘He Sucks’","url":"https://www.mmamania.com/2020/11/30/21726828/ufc-henry-cejudo-adds-brandon-moreno-list-flyweight-tomato-cans-he-sucks-too-mma"}]}'></div></aside><p id="zJgxcj">“Right now the division is so weird – maybe,” Moreno previously told <a href="https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2021/08/ufc-video-brandon-moreno-not-sure-first-title-defense">MMA Junkie</a> about a Figueiredo rematch. “Maybe the trilogy. To be real, real honest with you, to think about the trilogy is boring for me because we fought twice in the past. But at the end of the day, I’m a fighter – we can do that. Or we can wait and see what happens in the other fights.”</p>
https://www.mmamania.com/2021/8/16/22627084/ufc-deiveson-figueiredo-blasts-p-ssy-brandon-moreno-avoiding-flyweight-trilogy-mmaJesse Holland2021-07-22T20:00:00-04:002021-07-22T20:00:00-04:00Blind ‘Idiot’ Billy Q Could ‘Barely See Anything’ In Past Fights
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<p>UFC Vegas 31 marked the first time Billy Quarantillo fought without fears of going half-blind mid-fight.</p> <p id="HtT9yq">Billy Quarantillo owes the assist to Gavin Tucker for finally pushing him to get corrective eye surgery.</p>
<p id="oMemwp">Quarantillo (16-3) put Gabriel Benitez through the wringer over the course of three rounds during their fight at UFC Vegas 31 inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, earlier this month. Billy Q told <a href="http://MMAMania.com">MMAMania.com</a> just how bad his eyesight was in a new interview off the heels of his third round technical knockout finish (<a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2021/7/17/22581903/highlights-billy-quarantillo-batters-gabriel-benitez-bloody-earns-ref-stoppage-at-ufc-vegas-31">watch highlights</a>).</p>
<p id="G7I8HG">“It was something I should have done years ago. So every single fight up until this last one, I would fight either with contacts and or like basically blind,” he revealed. “I didn’t have great eyesight. So most of the fights, one of the contacts would get knocked out and everything would be blurry. And for this last fight [against Benitez], it was the first time ever that I had 20/15 vision. I have better than 20/20 vision. </p>
<p id="bcRL8G">“I was just so comfortable because I had all these things that got fixed and I was in great shape,” he continued. “So I went in there with so much confidence I could see everything perfectly. There was nothing in the back of my head like, ‘You could lose your eyesight any second now because if a contact comes out. My future seems to be really bright now going into the next fight with a lot more confidence.”</p>
<aside id="7mP5m5"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"‘I Wouldn’t Buy Into’ T.J. Dillashaw","url":"https://www.mmamania.com/2021/7/21/22587358/tj-dillashaw-adrian-yanez-cory-sandhagen-randy-costa-ufc-vegas-32-mma-news"}]}'></div></aside><p id="OfDFht">It took Quarantillo 18 professional fights — and his first UFC loss to Gavin Tucker — to convince him to correct his vision.</p>
<p id="GBCz6t">“We’re not supposed that we’re not supposed to wear contacts because of a certain athletic commission,” he said. “The Gavin Tucker fight I wore my contacts, even though you’re not supposed to, which is silly because I think it’s safer to fight with contacts than fight blind. In the first round, my eye contact gets knocked out. So the second and third rounds, my one eye is super blurry and it affects your whole vision. And then, sure enough, we like collided heads in the third round and it busted my eye open even more. So if you watch that fight like the end of the fight, the last like three minutes of the fight, I can barely see anything. Everything was super blurry. There’s blood in my eye. I’m losing the fight.</p>
<p id="tjQ8V2">“After the fight, I stayed up all night,” he continued. “I’m like, ‘What are you thinking? Going into a high-caliber fight like this? There’s so much money on the line. Your reputation is on the line, your record is on the right, your career is on the line.’ And it comes down to a little tiny contact lens that can mess up your entire vision. I was just being an idiot for not getting this done sooner. But that was definitely the worst. It was just like the last straw for me. I’m like, ‘I’m never gonna let this happen again and I’m going to pay.’ I would have paid whatever money it took to get my eyes fixed. Luckily, it was only like four grand. So it wasn’t too bad, but it was something that I needed done. And I made all those adjustments. And that’s why these last seven months, I basically corrected everything I needed to correct from that last fight and, you know, made it work for my advantage.”</p>
<p id="DHk9T4">Quarantillo dominated as an underdog going into UFC Vegas 31, but he almost didn’t make it to showtime. The Featherweight fighter suffered a cut over his eye about two weeks out from the fight and was “pretty close” to pulling out.</p>
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<p id="n35E0n">“If I would have gone out there and got punched in the first 10 seconds, it busted open and blood everywhere, they could have stopped the fight,” he said. “So that was something that we were obviously considering. And I talked to my coach, my manager, and I talked to some other guys, like big names in the UFC that have been there, done that. And about half of them were like, ‘Dude, you need to pull out of this fight and reschedule it and put it back for a few weeks.’ So I got super, super nervous. And one guy that talked me into it [fighting], gave me that peace of mind was James Krause. I’m a huge fan. I talk to him all the time. He was actually on the other end.</p>
<p id="WzDGaX">“He’s like, ‘Listen, dude, just don’t do any contact for the next week and you should be fine. Hopefully, it doesn’t even get cut open.’ And his sense of ‘I think you’ll be okay’ type of situation outweighed the other people that told me to pull out because I still wanted to fight. Hearing from a veteran like that who I have a lot of respect for, that made my decision a little bit easier,” Quarantillo explained. “I couldn’t roll, I couldn’t spar. All I can really do is do strength and conditioning work. And we just made the most out of it and it worked out.”</p>
<p id="ZxTE27">The worst injury Quarantillo suffered in the fight is one you probably wouldn’t spot.</p>
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<p id="WdrglG">“I bit through the side of my tongue. So there’s like a huge gash in the side of it. It looks like a shark fin,” he shared. “And we went to like this five-star steakhouse after the fight. We were some ballers. I knew that they were going to pay for the meal. And they’re talking about all of these specials and everything. And I’m like, ‘Dude, honestly, like, every bite I take of food is painful.’ So I just order a pretty basic filet, nothing crazy. And every bite, it was so salty it would burn my mouth. So as good as the food tasted and as excited as I was for that food, it still right now really hurts. Maybe in a couple of weeks, I’ll be able to enjoy things again. But right now I’m just pitying myself a little bit.”</p>
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https://www.mmamania.com/2021/7/22/22589139/billy-quarantillo-blind-ufc-vegas-31-gavin-tucker-gabriel-benitezShakiel Mahjouri2021-03-18T10:56:12-04:002021-03-18T10:56:12-04:00Cigano Files Appeal In Loss To Gane
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<p id="CYyUO5">Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos recently filed an appeal with Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), demanding <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2020/12/11/22159038/ufc-256-live-stream-results-play-by-play-updates-figueiredo-moreno-las-vegas-apex-mma">his loss to Ciryl Gane at UFC 256</a> be overturned after referee Jerin Valel misinterpreted the rules.</p>
<p id="RfSjbf">Gane landed a fight-ending elbow at 2:34 of round two.</p>
<aside id="XWdsAC"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Cigano Insists He Can Beat Deontay Wilder","url":"https://www.mmamania.com/2019/6/27/18761064/junior-dos-santos-can-beat-deontay-wilder-because-boxing-champ-has-many-many-holes-in-his-game"}]}'></div></aside><p id="WweYUe">“We have not and do not allege that the referee did not see the foul; rather, he saw the blow to the back of Junior’s head, but as a result of his misinterpretation of the rule, he wrongly failed to call it a foul, and he wrongly awarded a victory to the offending contestant, Cyril Gane,” attorney Ana Guedes wrote in a letter to NSAC (via <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/2021/3/18/22337459/junior-dos-santos-appeals-ufc-256-loss-to-ciryl-gane-with-nevada-athletic-commission">MMA Fighting</a>). “There is no doubt the elbow was the initial point of contact of the blow, and where Gane’s power struck – precisely, squarely, directly on the illegal striking zone.”</p>
<p id="iwAo4s">The Brazilian compared himself to <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2021/1/7/22218570/junior-dos-santos-still-fuming-illegal-loss-ciryl-gane-compares-himself-victim-murder-rape-mma">a victim of theft, murder, or rape</a>.</p>
<aside id="CjCtxG"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Junior Dos Santos Will Submit Someone (Someday)","url":"https://www.mmamania.com/2012/8/26/3270173/ufc-155-junior-dos-santos-will-submit-someone-someday"}]}'></div></aside><p id="e0oOt0">Dos Santos, 37, was <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2021/3/3/22312403/junior-dos-santos-announces-ufc-release-cut-12-years-espn-mma">released by UFC</a> after dropping four straight fights, all by way of knockout. No word yet on where the 21-9 “Cigano” will fight next, but he’s already generated interest <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2021/3/5/22315368/bkfc-trying-recruit-alistair-overeem-junior-dos-santos-bareknuckle-boxing-ufc">from promoters in bareknuckle boxing</a>.</p>
https://www.mmamania.com/2021/3/18/22337960/junior-dos-santos-files-appeal-overturn-loss-ciryl-gane-ufc-256-mmaJesse Holland2021-02-25T09:36:55-05:002021-02-25T09:36:55-05:00Figueiredo Vs Moreno Rematch Booked For June 12
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<p id="Z22nKE">Reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo is scheduled to rematch top contender Brandon Moreno on June 12, following <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2020/12/13/22171544/watch-ufc-256-full-fight-video-highlights-figueiredo-moreno-results-espn-ppv-mma">their majority draw</a> at the UFC 256 pay-per-view (PPV) event last December in Las Vegas.</p>
<p id="x25YKk">That’s according to a report from <a href="https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/30962174/ufc-flyweight-champion-deiveson-figueiredo-again-fight-brandon-moreno-june-12-sources-say">ESPN</a>.</p>
<p id="krvsnZ">Their first go-round was a competitive affair, but the point deduction from referee Jason Herzog kept “The Assassin Baby” out of the loss column — while overshadowing some questionable scoring from judge Junichiro Kamijo.</p>
<aside id="UNlLGv"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"A ‘Mortal’ Figueiredo Is Good News For The Flyweight Division","url":"https://www.mmamania.com/2020/12/13/22172253/ufc-256-deiveson-figueiredo-looking-mortal-is-good-for-the-flyweight-division-yet"}]}'></div></aside><p id="6X1BVx">A city and venue have yet to be determined at this time but their 125-pound rematch is likely to take place in either Las Vegas (APEX) or Abu Dhabi (Fight Island) as the promotion continues to map out its live events schedule for the remainder of 2021.</p>
<p id="HoKYWi">Figueiredo remains <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2020/12/14/22174019/ufc-odds-deiveson-figueiredo-opens-sizable-betting-favorite-rematch-mma">the odds-on betting favorite</a>.</p>
<p id="fhmvFG">The winner will likely move on to battle undefeated flyweight contender Askar Askarov later this year, but only if the Russian “Bullet” — who also went to a draw with Moreno — is able to get past Joseph Benavidez at UFC 259.</p>
https://www.mmamania.com/2021/2/25/22300932/deiveson-figueiredo-vs-brandon-moreno-rematch-set-ufc-event-june-12-mmaJesse Holland2021-02-18T11:18:00-05:002021-02-18T11:18:00-05:00Figueiredo Eyes Moreno Rematch In June
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<p id="Z22nKE">Reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo is expected to grant top contender Brandon Moreno an immediate rematch following <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2020/12/13/22171544/watch-ufc-256-full-fight-video-highlights-figueiredo-moreno-results-espn-ppv-mma">their majority draw</a> at the UFC 256 pay-per-view (PPV) event last December in Las Vegas.</p>
<p id="x25YKk">That’s according to longtime manager Wallid Ismail.</p>
<p id="Gkv8NE">“100 percent his next fight is Moreno,” Ismail told <a href="http://BJPenn.com">BJPenn.com</a>. “We are working on it happening in June. There is no date yet but Deiveson wants June.”</p>
<aside id="OlzOK1"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"A ‘Mortal’ Figueiredo Is Good News For The Flyweight Division","url":"https://www.mmamania.com/2020/12/13/22172253/ufc-256-deiveson-figueiredo-looking-mortal-is-good-for-the-flyweight-division-yet"}]}'></div></aside><p id="krvsnZ">Their first go-round was a competitive affair, but the point deduction from referee Jason Herzog kept “The Assassin Baby” out of the loss column — while overshadowing some questionable scoring from judge Junichiro Kamijo.</p>
<p id="6X1BVx">Nothing is official at this time but their 125-pound rematch is likely to take place in either Las Vegas (APEX) or Abu Dhabi (Fight Island) as the promotion continues to map out its live events schedule for the remainder of 2021.</p>
<p id="HoKYWi">Figueiredo remains <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2020/12/14/22174019/ufc-odds-deiveson-figueiredo-opens-sizable-betting-favorite-rematch-mma">the odds-on betting favorite</a>.</p>
https://www.mmamania.com/2021/2/18/22289387/manager-deiveson-figueiredo-vs-brandon-moreno-rematch-targeted-june-mmaJesse Holland2020-12-17T16:13:51-05:002020-12-17T16:13:51-05:00Get DEEP With UFC 256 ‘Fight Motion’
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<p id="RXZUfd">Nobody died at UFC 256 last weekend in Las Vegas but I probably would have been okay with Kevin Holland doing that whole <em>Ressssst Innnnn Peeeeaaaaccceee</em> shtick from The Undertaker after pulling off a sit-up knockout against Ronaldo Souza.</p>
<p id="kp4jLY">That was one of many entertaining highlights from the UFC 256 “Fight Motion” video released this week to celebrate some of the top moments from Deiveson Figueiredo, Mackenzie Dern, and many others inside the promotion’s APEX facility.</p>
<p id="11JYw3">Seriously though ... that armbar Charles Oliveira had on Tony Ferguson was DEEP.</p>
<aside id="kJhLgD"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Highlights! ‘God Of War’ Draws Moreno In Best UFC Flyweight Fight Ever","url":"https://www.mmamania.com/2020/12/13/22171544/watch-ufc-256-full-fight-video-highlights-figueiredo-moreno-results-espn-ppv-mma"}]}'></div></aside><p id="zaU7RW">Elsewhere on the card, Junior dos Santos was put out to pasture by Ciryl Gane, while Daniel Pineda went nighty-night at the end of Cub Swanson’s fist. In addition, Chase Hooper went home with Peter Barrett’s leg after two-and-a-half rounds of action.</p>
<p id="no1xc7">For complete UFC 256 results and play-by-play coverage click <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2020/12/11/22159038/ufc-256-live-stream-results-play-by-play-updates-figueiredo-moreno-las-vegas-apex-mma">here</a>. For more video highlights and post-fight coverage for “Figueiredo vs. Moreno” click <a href="https://www.mmamania.com/2020/12/13/22171856/heres-everything-that-happened-at-ufc-256-last-night">here</a>.</p>
https://www.mmamania.com/2020/12/17/22187569/video-watch-kevin-hollands-undertaker-sit-up-knockout-courtesy-ufc-256-fight-motion-mmaJesse Holland