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MightyCast w/ Demetrious Johnson

BRANDON MORENO ON INSPIRING JOURNEY TO UFC CHAMPION, AMIR ALBAZI MATCHUP! | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW!

Oct 30, 2024
01:34:19

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)

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