A flyweight clash pitting Brandon
Moreno against Steve Erceg
will serve as the main event for the
Ultimate Fighting Championship’s upcoming card in Mexico
City.
The bout was announced during the UFC 312
broadcast this past Saturday. UFC
on ESPN 64 takes place on March 29 at Arena CDMX in Mexico City
and is also expected to included a middleweight showdown between
Kelvin
Gastelum and Joe Pyfer.
Erceg had originally been booked to face Alsu Almabayev at UFC
Vegas 103 on March 1 before the promotion changed course.
A two-time flyweight champion, Moreno snapped a two-bout losing
streak in his last outing at UFC Fight Night 246, when he defeated
Amir
Albazi via unanimous decision on Nov. 2. The 31-year-old
Tijuana, Mexico, native owns other notable victories over the likes
of Deiveson
Figueiredo (twice), Kai
Kara-France (twice), Brandon
Royval and Jussier
Formiga during his Octagon tenure.
Erceg, meanwhile, began his UFC career with successive triumphs
over David
Dvorak, Alessandro
Costa and Matt
Schnell. That propelled him into a title shot against Alexandre
Pantoja at UFC 301, where he lost a competitive unanimous
decision in May 2024. More recently, “Astro Boy” suffered a
first-round TKO defeat to Kara-France at UFC 305 this past August.