{
  "url": "https://www.axis-athlete.org/fighters/brandon-moreno-ufc-263",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-09-07",
  "article": {
    "slug": "brandon-moreno-ufc-263",
    "athlete": "Brandon Moreno",
    "title": "Brandon Moreno’s Return to the UFC and Flyweight Title Victory",
    "description": "Brandon Moreno went from a UFC release to the LFA flyweight championship, a UFC return and victory over Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 263.",
    "dek": "The Tijuana fighter submitted Figueiredo in the third round on June 12, 2021, in Glendale, Arizona.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "The road back to a title fight",
        "paragraphs": [
          {
            "text": "Brandon Moreno, a fighter identified with Tijuana, competed on Season 24 of The Ultimate Fighter before the UFC released him near the end of 2018. In his first LFA appearance the following June, he won that promotion’s flyweight title.",
            "claim_ids": [
              "BM1-2",
              "BM1-3",
              "BM1-4"
            ]
          },
          {
            "text": "Moreno’s first bout after returning to the UFC ended in a split draw with Askar Askarov. He then earned a unanimous-decision victory over Kai Kara-France in December 2019 and defeated Jussier Formiga in Brasilia on March 14, 2020. A first-round stoppage of Brandon Royval at UFC 255 followed.",
            "claim_ids": [
              "BM1-5",
              "BM1-6",
              "BM1-7"
            ]
          },
          {
            "text": "At UFC 263 in Glendale, Arizona, on June 12, 2021, Moreno defeated Deiveson Figueiredo to win the UFC flyweight championship. He secured the victory with a rear-naked choke 2 minutes, 26 seconds into the third round.",
            "claim_ids": [
              "BM1-1",
              "BM2-1"
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "source_ids": [
      "BM1",
      "BM2"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "BM1",
      "url": "https://www.ufc.com/news/brandon-moreno-took-long-road-title",
      "title": "Brandon Moreno Took The Long Road To The Title"
    },
    {
      "id": "BM2",
      "url": "https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-263-adesanya-vettori-2-figueiredo-moreno-2-official-scorecards-results",
      "title": "Official Scorecards | UFC 263"
    }
  ]
}