BRANDON MORENO ON INSPIRING JOURNEY TO UFC CHAMPION, AMIR ALBAZI MATCHUP! | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW!
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THE ASSASSIN BABY!
On the latest episode of "MightyCast", Demetrious Johnson is joined by former UFC flyweight champion, "The Assassin Baby" Brandon Moreno!
0:00 Intro
1:01 Mighty and Brandon Bond Over Parenting
3:36 How Brandon Got His Nickname “The Assassin Baby”
5:00 Brandon’s Intro into MMA
9:13 Brandon’s First MMA Fights (Fighting at 12)
13:02 Brandon’s First Pro Fight at 17
14:02 Brandon’s Amateur Fighting Career
14:58 Why Brandon is SO Good at Fighting
16:20 Brandon Got Kicked Out of High School
18:14 When Brandon Went All in on Fighting
19:49 Getting Selected for the UFC Development Program
22:19 Becoming a Regional MMA Champion
24:22 Working for his Parent’s Pinata Business While Fighting
26:02 Going on the Ultimate Fighter (Winner Fights DJ)
28:53 Brandon’s UF Season was STACKED
30:25 Brandon’s First UFC Run
32:57 Brandon’s First UFC Fight
34:01 Brandon’s Second UFC Fight
34:58 Brandon’s Famous Champ Speech Backfired…(Released From UFC)
37:54 Did The UFC Tell Brandon 125 lbs Divison was Getting Cut?!
39:41 Getting Released by the UFC (Hard Times)
41:12 Fighting in LFA for a Title
42:35 Getting Resgined by the UFC
43:12 Fighting Deiveson for the Title(VERY Short Notice)
46:58 Deiveson vs Moreno 2
50:11 Deiveson vs Moreno 3 and 4
53:40 Why Moreno Took a Break From Fighting
56:00 DJ SOUNDS OFF on Fighters Getting Title Shots
1:01:17 Picking Fights is HARD
1:02:33 How Much Longer Will Brandon Fight?
1:04:00 What Will Brandon Do After Fighting?
1:06:14 UFC 290 was ELECTRIC For Moreno
1:09:49 Michael Gives Moreno Insight on Amir Albazi
1:10:25 Albazi and Moreno Used to Train Together
1:11:22 Will Moreno Ever Move to Up to 135?
1:12:41 Moreno’s Recovery Routine
1:13:43 Moreno vs Cejudo?!
1:16:13 Moreno Gives DJ His Flowers
1:17:06 Training with Aljo and Mikey Musumeci is a NIGHTMARE
1:19:31 Mighty Recap!
1:19:42 Moreno has Been Training FOREVER
1:21:04 Mexico LOVES Moreno
1:22:25 Moreno is SO Well Rounded
1:23:13 Amir Albazi vs Brandon Moreno BREAKDOWN
1:24:54 The Flyweight Division ALMOST Got Cut
1:27:21 Why Didn’t Moreno Fight at the Sphere?!
1:29:29 The Talent at Flyweight is Not as Strong as Other Divisions?
1:30:10 COMMENT BELOW: Should Fighters Get Title Shots Off Losses?
1:32:49 Moreno is the Face of the Flyweights Since DJ Left?
Produced/Edited by Michael Wonsover (@mwonsover on IG/Twitter)
Edited by Nick Pappas (@nick_pappas44 on IG)