April 13, 2024 6: 45 pm ET
Deiveson Figueiredo’s relocation to bantamweight is resulting rather well for him.
The previous UFC flyweight champ now is 2-0 consideringthat moving up to 135 pounds in December. Figueiredo (23-3-1 MMA, 12-3-1 UFC) developed off his effective divisional launching by sending Cody Garbrandt (14-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) in the opening bout at UFC 300 Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
It was an outstanding success by Figueiredo.
After a rough start in Round 1, in which the Brazilian was stunned a couple of times by Garbrandt, Figueiredo came back in the 2nd round to control. He rapidly took down Garbrandt, threatened with an arm-triangle choke, then changed to the back to se