In the morning of March 26, Vietnam time, former UFC Brandon Moreno championship officially announced that he left the tournament indefinitely. This information was confirmed by Moreno's body through a video posted on his personal Instagram page, and quickly shared with international audiences.
According to sharing from Moreno, he wants to spend more time to stabilize psychologically, stay with the family and try at other jobs. “I did not retire, but only temporarily away from the fighting floor, temporarily resting for a while before returning,” Moreno said. This is reasonable, because he just turned 30.
After 13 years of professional MMA competition, Moreno has 31 matches. He won 21 matches (5 no, 11 submission), drew 2 and lost 8. All 8 defeats of Moreno were losing points. He has never let the opponent lower himself a knock-out or successfully locked the lock.
However, there is another reason why Moreno wants to temporarily leave the UFC tournament. He has lost 2 matches in a row in the past 1 year, and those are unclear losses. In July 2023, Moreno lost the championship belt. The one who defeated him in UFC 290 at that time was equal to the score of Alexandre Pantoja.
The match transcript between Moreno and Pantoja surprised many viewers. Inspection No. 1 Dot Moreno won 49-46 (won 4/5 Hiep and lost only 1 half). But the remaining two assessments pantoja won 48-47 (won 3 rounds, lost 2 rounds), so Pantoja could win the final.
The “strange” transcript in Moreno's evil match again appeared in February 2024. He lost to Brandon Royval, also equal to the point of disagreement after 5 rounds. Inspection No. 2 Dot Moreno won 49-46, but the remaining two dots he lost 47-48, similar to the time when this boxer was tried to lose to Pantoja.
Similar to Moreno, Sean Strickland recently spoke about the psychological pressure of MMA boxers. This seems to be the way Strickland refers to he disagrees with losing the point in the match against Dricus Du Plessis, thereby losing the Middleweight championship into the opponent's hands.