The
Ultimate Fighting Championship‘s busy February caps off with a
fight night card in Mexico City.
The main event of
UFC Fight Night 237 will see former flyweight king Brandon
Moreno take on Brandon
Royval. Both flyweights had no issue making weight for the
five-round main event, which is a rematch of their 2020 encounter
that saw Moreno finish Royval with punches within a round. As for
the rest of the card, both Edgar
Chairez and Daniel da
Silva missed weight for their fight against each other, with
Chairez coming in 5 pounds over the flyweight limit and da Silva
coming in 1 pound overweight.
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Moreno (21-7-2) is coming off a split-decision loss to Alexandre
Pantoja, which saw him drop the flyweight title. “The Assassin
Baby” is only 30, though, and will look to show what he has left in
the tank. Moreno officially weighed 126 pounds on the dot for what
is surprisingly only his third time headlining a UFC event.
Also coming off a loss is Royval (15-7), who also fell short
against Pantoja in his last outing. “Raw Dawg” had won three fights
in a row prior to the setback. The 31-year-old stepped on the scale
at 126 pounds for his first UFC main event.
UFC Fight Night 237 will air live on ESPN+ on Saturday night.
Prelims begin at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, while the main card kicks off
at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
UFC Fight Night 237 Weigh-in Results:
Brandon
Moreno (126) vs. Brandon
Royval (126)
Brian
Ortega (146) vs. Yair
Rodriguez (146)
Francisco
Prado (156) vs. Daniel
Zellhuber (156)
Raul
Rosas Jr. (136) vs. Ricky
Turcios (136)
Sam
Hughes (115) vs. Yazmin
Jauregui (115)
Chris
Duncan (156) vs. Manuel
Torres (155)
Raoni
Barcelos (135) vs. Cristian
Quinonez (135)
Jesus
Santos Aguilar (126) vs. Mateus
Mendonca (126)
Edgar
Chairez (131) vs. Daniel da
Silva (127)*
Claudio
Puelles (156) vs. Fares Ziam
(156)
Denys
Bondar (126) vs. Ronaldo
Rodriguez (126)
Victor
Altamirano (125) vs. Felipe
dos Santos (124)
Muhammadjon
Naimov (146) vs. Erik Silva
(146)
* Chairez missed weight by five pounds, and Lacerda missed
weight by one pound.