Filed under: Featured Videos , News , Radio Highlight , UFC , Videos Brandon Moreno took the flyweight division by storm this past fall, and he hasn’t looked back. Moreno, a cast member on Season 23 of “The Ultimate Fighter” in its champions tournament format, lost his first fight on the show to Alexandre Pantoja. But in a rarity, he got a shot in the UFC while “TUF 23” still was airing on FS1. Against Louis Smolka at UFC Fight Night 96 in October, Moreno was unheralded, mostly unknown, and Smolka was as much as a 6-1 favorite. But Moreno went out and stunned him with a first-round guillotine choke, won a $50,000 bonus , and changed his life. His next time out, Moreno wasn’t overlooked any longer.
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UFC Fight Night 108′s Brandon Moreno prefers the tough fights early on in his career – MMA Junkie