{"id":244969,"date":"2025-10-27T21:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T21:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/244969\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T21:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T21:53:07","slug":"diego-brandao-targets-ufc-return-after-tuff-n-uff-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/244969\/","title":{"rendered":"Diego Brandao targets UFC return after Tuff-N-Uff win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cDB\u201d wants back in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Former UFC fighter Diego Brandao returned to the same venue where he won <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2011\/12\/5\/2611794\/ultimate-fighter-tuf-14-finale-results-recap-winners-and-losers-from\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Season 14 of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF)<\/a> 13 years ago \u2014 and scored a big split-decision win over fellow UFC veteran Kai Kamaka in the main event of Tuff-N-Uff 149 this past weekend (Sat., Oct. 25, 2025) inside Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 38-year-old Brazilian went to war with Kamaka in a competitive, back-and-forth fight, with both men having their moments. Ultimately, Brandao did just enough to earn the split-decision nod.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Check out highlights below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Brandao\u2019s resurgence has been great to see. After being released by the UFC in 2016, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2017\/9\/5\/16253830\/midnight-mania-watch-diego-brandao-bite-ear-jump-out-of-cage-after-headbutt-lose-fight\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Brazilian spent most of his career competing in Russia<\/a>, where he went 9-11 and even experienced a six-fight losing streak. Earlier this year, he decided to stop fighting overseas and focus on earning another shot inside the Octagon \u2014 and so far, he\u2019s made a strong case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He\u2019s gone 3-0 in 2025. First, he knocked out top prospect Jamie Siraj with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/3\/15\/24386414\/video-former-tuf-winner-ufc-contender-diego-brando-delivers-insane-spinning-wheel-kick-knockout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spinning wheel kick to claim the Tuff-N-Uff Featherweight title<\/a>. Next, he defended the belt with a TKO win over Canaan Kawaihae. Then, he outpointed Kamaka, who was also on the verge of a UFC return. It\u2019s worth pointing out that Brandao was an underdog in all three fights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Brandao (32-22) has made it clear he wants to finish his career in the UFC. At 38 years old, that may be a long shot \u2014 but if anyone\u2019s earned one last run, it might be him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For more regional MMA news and notes click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/regional-mma-news-results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cDB\u201d wants back in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Former UFC fighter Diego Brandao returned to the same&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,25627,85,1396],"class_list":["post-244969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-regional-mma-news-results","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}