With the flyweight championship on the line in the main event, a pivotal matchup has been added to the UFC’s November pay-per-view card to likely determine the next title challenger.
Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a top-five matchup between Brandon Moreno and Alex Perez is being targeted for UFC 255 following an initial report from Milenio. The event will take place Nov. 21 in a location yet to be officially announced, but expected to be Abu Dhabi.
While both fighters stated their case to be the first to challenge newly-crowned champion Deiveson Figueiredo on a recent episode of MMA Fighting’s What the Heck, the shot went to former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt in the event’s headliner.