A kick moved Brandon Moreno one step closer to becoming the undisputed flyweight champion.
Moreno defeated Kai Kara-France to become the interim flyweight champ at UFC 277, with the fight’s defining moment taking place in the third round. Moreno (20-6-2), wearing a bloody gash under his right eye from a ground-and-pound Kara-France elbow earlier that round, found an opening and delivered a ferocious left kick to Kara-France’s liver.
“I knew I connected and hit him hard,” Moreno says. “I was ready to keep going, but I hit him in the right place.”
A few strikes followed, but that kick effectively ended the bout, breaking a three-fight win streak for Kara-France (24-10, 1 NC).