Brandon Moreno.
Once the dust settled Kavanagh pulled off the major upset against the No. 4 ranked fighter at Flyweight with a stellar performance that had Moreno bewildered. From the jump Kavanagh showed that he was more than willing to stand-and-bang, getting the better of the striking exchanges. By the time Moreno tried to go to his wrestling, Kavanagh was already up on all of the judges scorecards, winning every round rather convincingly.
At 32 years of age Moreno is far from a spring chicken, but there is no need to start calling him an aging washed fighter just yet. He does have time and the ability to turn things around for himself, but he and his team will have to look deep to see where the problems are and try to fix them as soon as possible because a third straight loss won’t do his career any favors.
That said, he is a fan-favorite so he has a career inside the Octagon as long as he performs to a high standard. As far as what could be next for him, perhaps a fight against Charles Johnson or Tagir Ulanbekov (No. 12) could be in order. Johnson (No. 13) is 1-2 in his last three fights and is coming off a loss at the hands of Alex Perez, while Ulanbekov is fresh off a loss to Kyoji Horiguchi.
Either one of the matchups could be a bounce back fight for Moreno since he shouldn’t be expecting to face anyone inside the Top 10 just yet.
