Brandon Moreno, piñatas and the promise that inspired UFC supremacy
The IndependentSign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. After submitting Figueiredo to win the gold, Moreno let it slip in a closely-contested trilogy bout in January 2022, but 12 months later the “Assassin Baby” ventured to the Brazilian’s home country to unify the flyweight titles in a fourth fight, elevating himself from interim champion to undisputed. “Obviously the last one confirmed what I know I am, so that’s why it was special,” Moreno tells The Independent. Moreno celebrating his first UFC title triumph, after submitting Figueiredo in 2021 “It’s weird, because maybe guys at 17, 18 don’t think about family, but when I was younger I was thinking about that: ‘I want to be a family guy, have my wife, my kids, and grow a nice, happy family in the future.’ I have a nice family right now!” But could Moreno ever have imagined being a father to three girls? When Moreno was forced to miss his daughter’s ninth birthday while preparing for his clash with Figueiredo in Brazil, he was grateful for her understanding; “I felt very sad that day, but she understands it’s to give them something better in the future.” If that is a promise Moreno has made, expect him to keep it – no matter the odds.
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