Brandon Moreno, UFC Edmonton official weigh-in Credit score: Jay Anderson/Cageside Press
This 12 months’s UFC Mexico Metropolis card has its essential occasion.
Throughout Saturday’s UFC 312 Pay-Per-View broadcast, promotion officers introduced that former flyweight champ Brandon Moreno (22-8-2) will face latest title challenger Steve Erceg (12-3) within the card’s essential occasion, set for March 29, 2025 on the Area CDMX in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico.
The struggle finds Moreno seeking to construct off a win over Amir Albazi that got here in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada final November. On the time, a lot had been remodeled Mexico’s Moreno, a two-time UFC flyweight champion, taking a short hiatus from MMA, and lacking out on Noche UFC/UFC 306 at The Sphere in Las Vegas.
All of it labored out for the most effective, nonetheless, with Moreno successful a one-sided unanimous resolution over Albazi, snapping a two-fight skid within the course of (together with the lack of his title to Alexandre Pantoja in July 2023).
Australia’s Steve Erceg began his professional profession 12-1, which took him to a title struggle with Pantoja at UFC 301 final Might. After dropping a choice, Erceg was completed by New Zealand’s Kai Kara-France at UFC 305 in August.
With its essential occasion now set, UFC Mexico Metropolis on March 29 now options the next reported match-ups:
Brandon Moreno vs. Steve Erceg
Édgar Cháirez vs. C.J. Vergara
Ronaldo Rodríguez vs. Kevin Borjas
Kelvin Gastelum vs. Joe Pyfer
Crazy Godinez vs. Julia Polastri
David Martínez vs. Saimon Oliveira
José Medina vs. Ateba Abega Gautier
