UFC Fight Night Edmonton - Moreno vs. Albazi preview
"The Boys In The Back" crew looks ahead to this Saturday night's fight card at Rogers Place.
Video Transcript
Minus 173 Brandon Moreno plus 148 Amir Al Bazi.
The fight itself.
How do you feel like it plays out?
I I think Al Bazi might have the tools to be able to get it done at a dog price.
I, I think there's something interesting there, it really is just gonna depend like even in the split decision losses like Moreno still kind of looks like the guy.
Um II I, if you're giving me a coin flip, I actually lean Al Basi.
I feel like he's, he's probably the one who, who has the momentum at the moment now, granted the time off doesn't help, but I do feel like he's on the rise whereas uh Moreno has been champion and been in there for so long and fought all these tough guys.
There is a certain point where there's an exploration on that.
I something in me is just telling me that Alba is gonna be able to make it dirty and just grind a win out.
Yeah, I feel like the way Brandon Moreno gets this done is just like going back to classic Brandon Moreno pushing the pace mixing in takedowns just using the striking beautifully.
I mean, he's been in there with so many people, but he's kind of like the Max Holloway effect.
He's been around for so long.
He's still only 30 years old.
Like he, he's got a lot of left on the tires.
But man, you don't, you don't want to lose three straight and then you're, then you're really stacked up against it because then you've got a loss to Pantoja multiple times, a loss to Royval loss to Amir Al Basi.
Now you're getting these new faces, uh and Asakura and everything like it really feels like you're getting very far away, uh, from ever getting back to that title shot.
Do you think there's any chance with a loss?
Brenon Moreno would consider going up to 135 possibly?
II, I mean, I still think he's viable at light at Flyway rather.
Um, but how many, how many times can you try to climb that mountain?
You know, and, and especially when you're, you're seemingly one away, right?
It seemed like if, if he was able to get past Royval, he'd be right there and it seems like you're right on the doorstep.
How many times can you, can you continue to do that?
We're seeing it again with Max Holloway.
Like, maybe this might be the last time he tries that to, to do that at featherweight.
It's a, it's a personal thing.
It's, it's, he'll have to make that decision.
Ultimately though, I think there's fun fights for him at 135.
I mean, we just saw Davis and Figueiro go up to 135 and have tremendous success.
That is a rivalry that started at flyweight.
You could always kind of bring that back at 135.
Would that be the fifth one?
Uh, that'd be the fifth.
No, 4th, 5th.
I think it's, I think they had four already.
Yeah, it is.
It would be the fifth.
Um And by the way, they did, uh they did four Davis and Davis and Davis and Kai Davis, all four are Bangers.
So like you give me five, I'm I'm all in, especially at 135 and there's a fresh coat of paint on it.
So yeah, I could see that but I could also see him saying like, no, I think, I think I can get back there at 25.
He's never going to be too far because the division is kind of shallow and lacking contenders.
That's why we've seen this run back so many times.
It's gonna be up to him.
Ultimately, I could see it though.
I could definitely see it.
I just, I just wonder if you've done that.
How many times you want to try to do that at 35?
You're getting a, you're getting a brand new look and it, it won't take as long.
You, you get one or two under your belt like we're seeing with Davison.
Now, they're starting to say, how far is Davison from a title shot?
So he could, he could take that similar path f prediction.
I think Abazi wins.
All right.
I'm gonna go more.
