Brian Ortega has lastly moved as much as light-weight, and his first battle will likely be in opposition to a former featherweight opponent.
MMA Preventing has confirmed that Ortega is trying to make his light-weight debut in opposition to Renato Moicano at UFC 331. The match was first reported by Leo Guimarães. The occasion is scheduled to happen on September nineteenth in Los Angeles.
The rematch was initially scheduled for UFC 326 in March, however Ortega was compelled to withdraw.
Ortega, who has challenged for the featherweight title twice, has struggled with weight reduce points lately, first pulling out of a battle in opposition to Diego Lopez at UFC 303 (they later met at UFC 306), then struggling to make it to 145 for his bout with Aljamain Sterling at UFC Shanghai, forcing a last-minute change to make the bout a catchweight bout. These weight reduction points coincided with a decline in efficiency for T-Metropolis, which misplaced each video games.
Moicano, at present ranked No. 10 within the UFC light-weight rankings, spent his first eight fights within the UFC at featherweight, together with a submission loss to Ortega at UFC 214 in 2017. Nevertheless, since transferring to light-weight in 2020, ‘Cash’ has improved, amassing an 8-4 document within the division and difficult Islam Makhachev for the light-weight title at UFC 311. Following his bout with Beneil Darish, “Cash” bounced again with a submission victory over prospect Chris Duncan at UFC Vegas 115 in April.
UFC 331 will happen on September nineteenth at Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles. The primary occasion and semi-main occasion haven’t but been introduced.
Mike Heck and Damon Martin contributed to this report.
