It appears that Deiveson
Figueiredo won’t be moving to the bantamweight division just
yet.
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After his loss to Brandon
Moreno at UFC 283 in January, it was expected that the former
flyweight king would move to 135 pounds for his next promotional
appearance. Case in point: On the heels of a victory against
Adrian
Yanez at UFC 287, Rob Font called
for an opportunity to
weclome the Brazilian to the bantamweight division.
Not so fast, says Figueiredo.
“That will not happen for now,” Figueiredo told Sherdog.com in
response to Font. “After talking to my manager, Urijah
Faber, and my trainer, I’ve decided to stay in flyweight
division. I still have a story to write there. I want to
have my three next fights at flyweight.”
According to the former champion, his initial plan is face the
winner of the possible next title bout between Brandon
Moreno and Alexandre
Pantoja. Moreno vs. Pantoja has not been formally
announced by the UFC, however. Figueiredo’s last four UFC bouts
have been against Moreno, with “Daico” going 1-2-1 against the
Mexican standout.