Arena CDMX in Mexico City serves as the backdrop for this week’s show. Live coverage of UFC Mexico begins Saturday afternoon at 5:00 PM ET/2:00 PM PT with the prelims.
The main card action follows at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT. In the United States, the entire event can be streamed via Paramount Plus. Barring any last-minute adjustments between now and the weekend, the final version of UFC Mexico will feature a dozen, thirteen fights.
UFC Mexico Main Event: #6 contender Brandon Moreno vs. Lone’er Kavanagh
At the top of the bill On Saturday night, the flyweights will battle it out when No. 6 contender Brandon Moreno (23-9-2 MMA, 11-6-2 UFC) collides with Lone’er Kavanagh (9-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC). This main event is an advertised maximum of five rounds of five minutes per round to close out the show.
Moreno will participate in the UFC Mexico main event on Saturday evening with a change of opponent. Before the show, his original opponent for Saturday, Asu Almabayev (23-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC) was forced out due to injury, giving Kavanagh the main event spot for February 28 earlier this month.
As for his record over the course of the last five fights, he is 2-3 in his last five fights. On December 6, he was on the receiving end of a second-round knockout (punches from back mount) of Tatsuro Taira (18-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC).
With UFC Mexico looming on Saturday night, Brandon Moreno’s name is now a name to cross off for fighters potentially appearing at UFC White House. He said this during Wednesday’s media day he doesn’t want to compete during the June 14 show.
“Brother, I want you to tell me why I would want to be there?” he asked a reporter. “I’m not interested. Thank you very much.”
While Moreno’s plans for the second Sunday night of June don’t include a fight, that’s exactly what he’ll do on the last Saturday night of February. Less than three months removed from the defeat to Taira, can he bounce back and get into the win column this weekend?
Meanwhile, Lone’er Kavanagh, who was already in training camp for a March 14 bout against Bruno Silva at the Meta Apex in Enterprise, NV when the UFC Mexico main event vacancy opened up, comes into this outing on short notice with a 4-1 record in his last five fights. Last summer, he suffered the first loss of his professional career with a second-round knockout of Charles Johnson (18-8 MMA, 7-6 UFC).
While Kavanagh was busy fighting in the first quarter of this year, he will do so two weeks earlier than planned. How will he fare with a shortened training camp?
UFC Mexico Co-Main Event: No. 9 contender Marlon Vera vs. No. 10 contender David Martinez
Immediately preceding the evening’s main event, Saturday’s co-headliner takes place at 135 lbs. No. 9 Marlon Vera (23-11-1 MMA, 15-10 UFC) meets No. 10 David Martinez (13-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) for a three-round fight of five minutes per round.
“Chito” will make the walk on Saturday night with a 1-4 record in his last five appearances. He has dropped three fights in a row, including a split-decision loss to Aiemann Zahabi (14-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) in Vancouver in October.
He’s on an ongoing cold streak heading into UFC Mexico this weekend and faces a rising opponent. Can he hand Martinez his first defeat in the promotion?
On the other hand, the aforementioned Martinez is 5-0 in his last five fights and has emerged victorious in his last nine bouts dating back to May 2021. Contender series by Dana White in 2024, he defeated Rob Font (22-9 MMA, 12-8 UFC) by unanimous decision last September at San Antonio’s Noche UFC.
Although this is only Martinez’s third fight in the UFC, he already has a top-10 ranking at 135. A win here would be a great resume builder.
UFC Mexico: Daniel Zellhuber vs. King Green
Also on the UFC Mexico main card will be lightweight action between Daniel Zellhuber (15-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) and King Green (33-17-1, 1 NC MMA, 14-12-1, 1 NC UFC). Zellhuber makes the walk on the strength of a 3-2 record in his last five trips to the cage.
However, he has lost his last two fights before this weekend, including a unanimous decision loss to Michael Johnson (24-19 MMA, 16-15 UFC) in July at UFC 318 from New Orleans. Zellhuber’s batting .500 in the promotion so far, but will his next trip to the plate be a single?
In the other corner, King Green, formerly known as Bobby Green, enters UFC Mexico with a 2-3 record in his last five meetings heading into this, his 53rd professional fight. At the final UFC show of 2025, he scored a split-decision victory against Lance Gibson Jr. in his promotional debut. (9-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC).
Will this seasoned veteran get his second win in less than 90 days? Only time will tell.
Rest of the map
The UFC Mexico main card is supplemented with these matches:
- a flyweight affair between Edgar Chairez (12-6, 1 NC MMA, 2-2, 1 NC UFC) and Felipe Bunes (14-8 MMA, 1-2 UFC,)
- a flyweight bout pitting Imanol Rodriguez (6-0 MMA, UFC promotional debut) against Kevin Borjas (10-4 MMA, 1-3 UFC,)
- and a bantamweight matchup against Santiago Luna (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC.) and Angel Pacheco (7-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC.)
What fights are you looking forward to? Let us know in the comments.
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