Brandon Carrillo Moreno is a Mexican professional mixed martial artist born in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. His fight name is The Assassin Baby, he is a black belt in Brazilian jiujitsu and he is 5’7″ tall.
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BIOGRAPHY
Moreno and his wife Shirley Moreno have three daughters together. They live in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Currently, Brandon is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas. He holds a professional MMA record of 23 wins, 8 losses and 2 draws.
Before joining the UFC, Moreno competed in Ultimate Warrior Challenge, MEZ Sports, Xplode Fight Series, Chaos in the Cage and World Fighting Federation. Here are 13 more things about him:
- In 2005, he wanted to lose weight so his mother enrolled him in the Entram Gym in Tijuana where he started his MMA training.
- In 2011, he first met Shirley while he was in high school.
- From 2011 to 2014, he competed in the bantamweight division.
- On April 30, 2011, he made his professional MMA debut in Tijuana.
- In 2014, Shirley gave birth to their daughter Maddie Moreno and he started competing in the flyweight division.
- From 2014 to 2016, he was the WFF Flyweight Champion.
- On July 13, 2016, he was submitted by Alexandre Pantoja in an exhibition bout at “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 24 in Las Vegas.
- On October 1, 2016, he made his UFC debut.
- In 2018, Shirley gave birth to their daughter Megan Moreno.
- In 2021, Shirley gave birth to their daughter Morgan Moreno.
- In 2022, he started training at Fortis MMA in Dallas, Texas, USA.
- On October 4, 2024, he sparred with Jose Torres at Capetillo Boxing Gym in Las Vegas,
- On December 7, 2024, he turned 31.
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TIMELINE
Between 2016 and 2025, Moreno had 19 UFC fights. Here are the results:
2016
- On October 1, 2016, he submitted Louis Smolka via submission via guillotine choke at “UFC Fight Night 86” in Portland, Oregon, USA.
- On December 3, 2016, he defeated Ryan Benoit via split decision at “The Ultimate Fighter 24” in Las Vegas.
2017
- On April 22, 2017, he defeated Dustin Ortiz via technical submission via rear-naked choke at “UFC Fight Night 108” in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- On August 5, 2017, he lost to Sergio Pettis via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 114” in Mexico City, Mexico.
2018
- On May 19, 2018, he lost to Pantoja via unanimous decision in their rematch at “UFC Fight Night 129” in Santiago, Chile.
2019
- On June 7, 2019, he defeated Maikel Perez via technical knockout via punches at “LFA 69” in Cabazon, California, USA.
- On September 21, 2019, his fight against Askar Askarov at “UFC Fight Night 159” in Mexico City ended in a split draw.
- On December 14, 2019, he defeated Kai Kara France via unanimous decision at “UFC 245” in Las Vegas.
2020
- On March 14, 2020, he defeated Jussier Formiga via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 170” in Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil.
- On November 21, 2020, he defeated Brandon Royval via technical knockout via punches at “UFC 255” in Enterprise, Nevada.
- On December 12, 2020, his fight against then reigning UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo at “UFC 256” in Enterprise ended in a majority draw.
2021
- On June 12, 2021, he became the new UFC Flyweight Champion by submitting Figueiredo via rear-naked choke in their rematch at “UFC 263” in Glendale, Arizona, USA.
2022
- On January 22, 2022, he lost the UFC Flyweight Championship after losing via unanimous decision to Figueiredo in their trilogy bout at “UFC 270” in Anaheim, California.
- On July 30, 2022, he became the interim UFC Flyweight Champion by defeating Kara-France via body kick and punches in their rematch at “UFC 277” in Dallas.
2023
- On January 22, 2023, he reclaimed the UFC Flyweight Championship belt by defeating Figueiredo via technical knockout via doctor stoppage at “UFC 283” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- On July 8, 2023, he lost the UFC Flyweight Championship belt after losing to Pantoja via split decision in their trilogy bout at “UFC 290” in Paradise, Nevada.
2024
- On February 24, 2024, he lost to Royval via split decision in their rematch at “UFC Fight Night 237” in Mexico City.
- On November 2, 2024, he defeated Amir Albazi via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 246” in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
2025
- On March 29, 2025, he defeated Steve Erceg via unanimous decision at “UFC on ESPN 64” in Mexico City.
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