Brandon Royval (image via UFC / YouTube)

By FCF Staff

The UFC’s latest event in Mexico took place on Saturday, and it saw Brandon Royval and Brian Ortega record pivotal wins.

Royval faced former flyweight champ Brandon Moreno in the headliner, and worked his way to a split decision win. With the victory, Royval returned to the win column, as he was coming off a unanimous decision loss to champion Alexandre Pantoja.

Royval and Moreno fought for the first time in 2020, and the latter recorded a first-round, stoppage win.

In the co-main event, Brian Ortega took some heavy punishment from Yair Rodriguez in round one, but came back to submit the featherweight with a third-round, arm-triangle-choke.

Ortega hadn’t competed since 2022, when he injured his shoulder in a fight with Rodriguez and the bout was stopped.

Here are the complete results for UFC Mexico.

Brandon Royval def. Brandon Moreno via split decision (48-47, 46-49, 48-47)
Brian Ortega def. Yair Rodriguez via submission (arm-triangle choke) – R3, 0:58
Daniel Zellhuber def. Francisco Prado via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-26)
Yazmin Jauregui def. Sam Hughes via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Manuel Torres def. Chris Duncan via submission (rear-naked choke) – R1, 1:46
Raoni Barcelos def. Christian Quinonez via submission (rear-naked choke) – R3, 2:04
Jesus Aguilar def. Mateus Mendonca via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Edgar Chairez def. Daniel Lacerda via submission ( triangle choke) – R1, 2:17
Fares Ziam def. Claudio Puelles via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
Luis Rodriguez def. Denys Bondar via submission (rear-naked choke) – R2, 4:59
Felipe dos Santos def. Victor Altamirano via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
Muhammad Naimov def. Erik Silva via TKO (injury) – R1, 0:44

Results via MMA Junkie.com.