Brandon Moreno is without doubt one of the most acclaimed flyweights in MMA historical past and nearly hung up the gloves for good earlier than a surge of partisan help satisfied him in any other case. Moreno will tackle Tatsuro Taira in a excessive stakes battle with main divisional penalties set for UFC 323.
This topic of virtually retiring was touched upon throughout an interview with MMA Junkie when the previous UFC flyweight champion bought into the specifics of that key time in his profession, as Moreno stated,
“I used to be this near retire, brother. I used to be this near retire once I misplaced in opposition to Brandon Royval, simply because my thoughts was out of the best spot. I felt so confused. After I hung out with my household, with my teammates, with my coaches, I spotted I actually love this sport. This second in my life, particularly in my skilled profession, is sort of a second alternative.”
“I really feel like I’m having fun with it greater than earlier than, as a result of when the title got here the primary time, you don’t notice all of the obligations, and you’re the face of a rustic like Mexico with hundreds of thousands of individuals. It’s an enormous accountability. I felt that accountability in my thoughts and in my physique.”
“Proper now I’m tremendous glad. I’m tremendous skinny. I’m in that time of my weight-reduction plan the place I’m ravenous every single day, each hour of my day, however even with that I really feel tremendous optimistic. I really feel tremendous glad. I do know Tatsuro [Taira] is tremendous powerful and I do know it’s going to be a brilliant laborious struggle, however man, I’m simply glad to maintain doing what I really like.”
Brandon Moreno provides his flyweight mount rushmore
Brandon Moreno humbly put himself on the proverbial mount rushmore of UFC flyweights and in the identical interview with MMA Junkie Radio talked about the opposite three combatants he would shout out in that context. A straightforward addition to a dialog like that is Demetrious Johnson with the inaugural UFC flyweight champion getting a choose from Moreno right here.
The 2 different slots have been crammed out by the current day UFC 125 pound titleholder Alexandre Pantoja in addition to Moreno’s very long time foe Deiveson Figueiredo with the Mexican supertar placing collectively a 2-1-1 ledger versus the Brazilian fighter.
