Brandon Moreno acquired an enormous win at UFC Mexico, besting Steve Erceg in a five-round masterclass.
Moreno and Erceg let their fingers fly early within the first spherical, however it was ‘The Murderer Child’ who acquired the perfect of the exchanges, repeatedly blasting Erceg together with his proper hand.
Within the second, ‘Astro Boy’ began to seek out his rhythm, using his jab and touchdown some stable proper fingers of his personal. Nonetheless, it was Moreno who appeared to land the extra impactful strikes of the second stanza.
Moreno struggled to land within the third spherical as Erceg appeared to get his timing down. Moreno repeatedly swung massive, solely to hit the air in entrance of him and nothing else. ‘Astro Boy’ continued to pump his jab and landed some stable mixtures, although neither related with something substantial, making it a really shut spherical for the judges to attain.
Moreno broke out his wrestling within the waning seconds of the fourth spherical, and managed to get Erceg to the mat simply because the horn sounded. Earlier than that, it was a carefully contested spherical on the ft with Erceg largely hiding behind his jab and avoiding a slew of heavy pictures from his opponent.
The fifth spherical was one other shut battle between two elite strikers, however Erceg simply didn’t appear eager about sitting down on any of his punches and giving the judges one thing that may swing the scorecards in his favor.
The spherical finally ended with Moreno getting Erceg to the mat and touchdown a couple of elbows, additional solidifying what can be his first win in Mexico Metropolis.
Official Outcome: Brandon Moreno def. Steve Erceg by way of unanimous determination (49-46, 49-46, 49-46)
