{"id":235240,"date":"2017-04-24T08:27:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T15:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=235240"},"modified":"2017-04-24T08:27:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T15:27:43","slug":"rising-flyweight-star-brandon-moreno-vows-become-champ-isnt-sure-mighty-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/brandon-moreno\/rising-flyweight-star-brandon-moreno-vows-become-champ-isnt-sure-mighty-mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising flyweight star Brandon Moreno vows to become champ, but isn’t sure how to be “Mighty Mouse”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend, on the undercard of UFC Fight Night 108 in Nashville, Tennessee, 23-year-old flyweight prospect Brandon Moreno dropped the far more experienced Dustin Ortiz with a head kick, then tapped him out with a rear-naked choke.<\/a><\/p>\n

With this win, the young flyweight star moved to 3-0 as a member of the UFC flyweight roster. In his first bout in the division, he shocked the world with a first-round submission over the ever-dangerous Louis Smolka. In his next outing, he built on his momentum with a split win over the tough Ryan Benoit. Now, with this latest win over Ortiz, he stands out as one of the fastest rising stars in the talent starved flyweight division.<\/p>\n

In fact, Moreno already looks like a potential future opponent for incredibly dominant flyweight king Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson<\/a>. While Moreno admits that he still some distance from a flyweight title shot, he recently assured that he will ultimately win the divisional crown.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am 23 years old; I have so much time to be better,\u201d Moreno told MMAjunkie.com<\/a> in the wake of his win. \u201cBut my last goal is to be a champion. Demetrious Johnson is a (expletive) monster. I need to be the champion in the future. It\u2019s true. Maybe not today, maybe not even in the next year, but I will be champion.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When asked how he planned to beat the ever-dominant Mighty Mouse, who just scored a record-tying 10th straight title defense<\/a>, Moreno said he wasn’t yet sure.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now? I don\u2019t know (how to beat him),\u201d he said. \u201cI need to talk with my coaches. But I promise one day.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Moreno then discussed possible next steps for his exciting career, citing Ray Borg as a possible opponent, but expressing a bit of reluctance given Borg’s previous troubles with the scale.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really important to say names here in the company; it\u2019s important,\u201d Moreno said. \u201cThe big guys, the bosses, love that. But I don\u2019t know. I wanted to fight with Ray Borg, but sometimes he doesn\u2019t make the weight, and I don\u2019t like that.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you think Brandon Moreno could one day crack the Mighty Mouse puzzle and earn flyweight gold? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 4\/23\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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