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Deiveson Figueiredo wants shot at UFC champ Henry Cejudo: 'I touch him and he goes down'

Deiveson Figueiredo scored the 13th finish of his 15-0 MMA career at UFC Lincoln when he stopped top-ranked flyweight John Moraga in eight minutes — and now he wants a shot at the belt.

Figueiredo handed Moraga the fastest loss of his career in the main card portion of the Fight Night event this past weekend, improving to 4-0 in the UFC with three finishes, and wasn’t surprised by how he was able to stop “Chicano.”

”Hard training, easy fight. I go there for the kill,” Figueiredo told MMA Fighting. “That’s exactly how I envisioned myself knocking him out, man.