On this week’s episode of What the Heck, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck chats with No. 1-ranked UFC flyweight Brandon Moreno (5:13) as he recaps his first-round finish of Brandon Royval at UFC 255, talks getting his opportunity to fight Deiveson Figueiredo for the 125-pound title at UFC 256 on Dec. 12, if he was impressed with the champion’s submission over Alex Perez, what being champion will mean to him, and Figueiredo saying there’s bad blood with Moreno.
UFC middleweight Joaquin Buckley (25:36) discusses his performance bonus-earning second-round KO of Jordan Wright at UFC 255, the pressures he felt to top his knockout of the year frontrunner over Impa Kasanganay, training with Khaos Williams, his response to James Krause’s accusations on a past episode of What the Heck, wanting the fight with Krause and future matchups with everyone possible from Glory MMA, and more.