It looks like it could be a quick turnaround reigning UFC flyweight champion and the division’s top contender.
At Saturday’s UFC 255 post-fight press conference, UFC president Dana White revealed that the promotion is working on booking Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno for a December event. A date was not given, but UFC 256, which recently lost a women’s featherweight championship bout between Amanda Nunes and Megan Anderson, seems like a strong possibility.
“We’re going to keep [Figueiredo] here,” White said at Saturday’s post-fight press conference. “He’s not going back to Brazil.