Rio de Janeiro – For UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo the difference between the first fight against Brandon Moreno and the fourth fight against him at UFC 283 on Saturday night in Brazil to unify the belts is quite clear to him.
“I’m Brandon’s nightmare. Unfortunately this is the only fight the UFC has to sell, Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno,” Figuiredo told the media through a translator on Wednesday.
“I think the biggest difference is his fear of me, you know, he can’t stand me. I think that’s what makes the biggest difference.”
Figueiredo (21-2) will take on Moreno in the co-main event of UFC 283 in his home country of Brazil a fact that is not lost on the current flyweight champion.
“I fought Brandon three times already and his last two fights I feel like it was 85% Mexicans. Now he’s fighting in Brazil the whole crowd is going to be behind me. So it’s going to be a lot differences, the whole nation Brazil is going to be supporting me,” Figueiredo said.
Figueiredo is confident that the crowd will play a role in putting pressure on Moreno.
“Brandon’s a kid who’s, you know, psychologically, mentally weak. So fighting with the crowd behind me is not going to be good for him,” he said.
With all that being said Figueiredo only knows one thing. He will win on Saturday night at UFC 283.
“I want to get in there and win. That’s what I want to do that’s my will. So I want to get in there and win the fight and stay champion,” said Figueiredo.
Ultimately fighting at home is a chance to show his fellow countrymen that their champion will remain champion, and he are in for a show at UFC 283.
“I make exciting fights. I make thrilling fights and having the Brazilian people I’m going to be able to see the joy in their faces being there. I’m going in there to win, I’m going in there to give a show,” he said.
“I’m really going in there to give a show to everyone, all the Brazilians that are going to be there,” he said.
Watch the entire media day scrum with Deiveson Figueiredo above. Figueiredo takes on Brandon Moreno for the UFC flyweight title as the co-main event of UFC 283 on Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro.
