LAS VEGAS — Alexandre Pantoja will fight for a UFC title for the first time Saturday at T-Mobile Arena when he challenges champion Brandon Moreno for the flyweight belt in the co-main event of UFC 290. Pantoja already has two wins over Moreno, coming by submission on 'The Ultimate Fighter' in 2016 and by decision in a bout in Chile in 2018.
March 23, 2023, Mexico City, Mexico: The Mexican professional mixed martial artist and the UFC flyweight champion, Brandon Moreno"The Assassin Baby", attends a news conference to announce a fight in Mexico at Hyatt Regency Hotel. will fight for a UFC title for the first time Saturday at T-Mobile Arena when he challenges champion Brandon Moreno for the flyweight belt in the co-main event of UFC 290.
"People love this kid; I mean, they loooooooooove him," White said."He's become one of the biggest stars we have. When he goes out to do signings, it's insane the number of people he gets. It's at another level than [most of the other fighters]. I mean, he's a huge, huge star." When he's asked about what Pantoja said about doing a Fight of the Year type battle with a sold-out blood-thirsty crowd roaring in delight, he interrupts before the question is completed.
, but that's largely due to his recent run of success and a dominant win in January in Brazil over former champion Deiveson Figueiredo. "So you ask me about can he overcome mentally having lost twice to the same guy? That's hard, but let's talk Israel Adesanya."
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