It felt as though they were attached at the hip for years.
Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo made history and helped the Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight division get back on its feet, as they locked horns four times between Dec. 12, 2020 and Jan. 21, 2023. Moreno won two of the three encounters, with the other ending in a stalemate on the scorecards. Now two-plus years removed from what figures to be their final pairing, the two former champions remain interminably linked by what took place between them inside the cage.
As the distance between them widens with each passing day, a by-the-numbers look at the unforgettable Moreno-Figueiredo rivalry:
770: Days between the first and fourth Moreno-Figueiredo meetings.