Brandon Moreno is favored against Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane on Saturday, January 22 in Anaheim, California. This event is one of four fights on the main pay-per-view card. Moreno is 19-5-2 in his career, while Figueiredo is 20-2-1 in his career. There are a total of 13 fights with four on Pay-Per-View, four on ESPN2/ESPN+ and five on ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass at UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane. Let’s look at the bout between Moreno and Figueiredo and UFC predictions.
UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane takes place at Honda Center in Anaheim, California on Saturday, January 22 with 13 fights, four on Pay-Per-View, four on ESPN2/ESPN+ and five on ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.
UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane Betting
Brandon Moreno (19-5-2, 7-2-2 UFC)
Moreno came into the UFC with a record of 11-3 and he has seven wins, two losses, and two draws in the UFC. In his last six fights, he has four wins and two draws. He defeated Kai Kara-France by unanimous decision, Jussier Formiga by unanimous decision, Brandon Royval by TKO, and Deiveson Figueiredo by rear-naked choke submission; while fighting to a draw against Askar Askarov and Deiveson Figueiredo. Moreno’s last loss in his career was against Alexandre Pantoja by unanimous decision on May 19, 2018.
Moreno has been a pro since 2011 and he has three wins by TKO/KO and 11 by submission. He has eight first round finishes.
Moreno said this to sports.yahoo.com about his upcoming fight against Figueiredo, “The guy is angry and hungry. He wants to do something different on this one.
And I'm prepared for that. I'm really prepared for another war if it's necessary. But the goal is to finish this guy and don't see his face again because I'm sick of this guy, man. I'm sick of this guy. I'm sick of his fake world. So I just want to finish this guy again and move the page to the other contender.”
Deiveson Figueiredo (20-2-1, 9-2-1 UFC)
Figueiredo came into the UFC with a record of 11-0 and he has nine wins, two losses, and one draw in the UFC. In his last six fights, he has four wins, one loss, and one draw. He defeated Tim Elliott by guillotine choke submission, Joseph Benavidez by TKO, Joseph Benavidez by technical submission, and Alex Perez by guillotine choke submission; while losing to Brandon Moreno by rear-naked choke submission and fighting to a draw against Brandon Moreno. Figueiredo has been a pro since 2012 and he has nine wins by TKO/KO and eight by submission. He has 11 first round finishes.
Figueiredo said this to mmanews.com about his upcoming fight against Moreno, “You know, my second fight (with Moreno) I was not good. I did not feel good. But now, with new training, I’m going to be great. I’m going to take Brandon Moreno’s head off. This fight is going to be a wonderful fight. I’m very motivated… It’s going to be the revenge; it’s going to be big revenge… I’m going to take his head off and I’m going to make him pay.”
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Moreno 3.44 / Figueiredo 3.24
Striking Accuracy: Moreno 39% / Figueiredo 56%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Moreno 3.29 / Figueiredo 3.40
Defense: Moreno 58% / Figueiredo 49%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Moreno 2.05 / Figueiredo 1.54
Takedown Accuracy: Moreno 47% / Figueiredo 52%
Takedowns defended: Moreno 65% / Figueiredo 58%
Submission average: Moreno 0.8 / Figueiredo 2.1
UFC Picks
It is almost unheard of for two fighters to be matching up for the third consecutive time. Yes, you will see fighters face each other three times, but I can’t ever remember it happening consecutively. They fought to a draw in December of 2020 and then Moreno won by submission last June. This looks like another even fight that could go either way. The interesting thing to me in this one is the rounds. Figueiredo has fought 23 times in his career and only five times has the fight gone the distance. Moreno goes the distance more often, but 14 of his 19 wins have come by finish. I don’t see this one going the distance, so I will lay the small price and bet this fight not to go the distance.
UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane Card & Odds
| DATE | FIGHTERS | MONEY LINE |
| 01/22 | Ciryl Gane | -160 |
| Francis Ngannou | +127 |
| 01/22 | Deiveson Figueiredo | +139 |
| Brandon Moreno | -175 |
| 01/22 | Trevin Giles | +115 |
| Michael Morales | -145 |
| 01/22 | Cody Stamann | +172 |
| Said Nurmagomedov | -220 |
| 01/22 | Saimon Oliveira | +190 |
| Tony Gravely | -245 |
| 01/22 | Jasmine Jasudavicius | +197 |
| Kay Hansen | -255 |
| 01/22 | Matt Frevola | -215 |
| Genaro Valdez | +168 |
| 01/22 | Wellington Turman | +221 |
| Rodolfo Vieira | -290 |
| 01/22 | Andre Fialho | +235 |
| Michel Pereira | -310 |
| 01/22 | Victor Henry | +322 |
| Raoni Barcelos | -450 |
| 01/22 | Charles Jourdain | +376 |
| Ilia Topuria | -545 |
| 01/22 | Vanessa Demopoulos | -145 |
| Silvana Gomez Juarez | +115 |
| 01/22 | Pete Rodriguez | +244 |
| Jack Della Maddalena | -325 |
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