{"id":4719,"date":"2024-11-03T06:22:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T05:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=4719"},"modified":"2024-11-03T10:09:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T09:09:34","slug":"brandon-moreno-impresses-with-a-powerful-victory-over-amir-albazi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/brandon-moreno-impresses-with-a-powerful-victory-over-amir-albazi\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Moreno Impresses with a Powerful Victory Over Amir Albazi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mexican star Brandon Moreno, former UFC Flyweight Champion, made a triumphant return with an impressive performance against Iraqi competitor Amir Albazi in the main event of <em>UFC Fight Night 246<\/em>, held at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Moreno (22-8-2 in MMA, 10-5-2 in UFC) displayed his skill and strength throughout the 25-minute fight against Albazi (17-2 in MMA, 5-1 in UFC), winning with judges\u2019 scores of 49-46 and 50-45 twice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The bout opened with an exchange of direct strikes, where Moreno relied on his left hand for a series of powerful combinations, while Albazi attempted to leverage kicks. However, Moreno quickly gained the upper hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the second round, Moreno landed a head kick that stunned Albazi, though he quickly regained balance to continue the fight. In the third round, as Moreno&#8217;s intensity increased, Albazi seemed to struggle to keep up.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4719-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/OkyP0l35TKYJ32Tw.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/OkyP0l35TKYJ32Tw.mp4\">https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/OkyP0l35TKYJ32Tw.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Moreno launched continuous attacks in the fourth round, maintaining control through to the final moments of the fight, finishing off with a powerful kick attempt in the last second as the crowd applauded his remarkable performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This victory ended Moreno\u2019s recent losing streak, reaffirming his determination to reclaim the Flyweight title and regain dominance in the 125-pound division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamalsoussi10\/status\/1853000940715905520<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican star Brandon Moreno, former UFC Flyweight Champion, made a triumphant return with an impressive performance against Iraqi competitor Amir Albazi in the main event of UFC Fight Night 246, held at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Canada. Moreno (22-8-2 in MMA, 10-5-2 in UFC) displayed his skill and strength throughout the 25-minute fight against Albazi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,86,21,91],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"category-mma-video","9":"category-ufc-news","10":"category-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4719"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4724,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions\/4724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}