{"id":502898,"date":"2026-02-27T11:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/502898\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T11:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:03:09","slug":"ufc-mexico-features-exciting-main-card-fights-feb-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/502898\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Mexico Features Exciting Main Card Fights Feb. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC Mexico<\/a> fight week continues on a week where the attention of people in Mexico City hasn\u2019t squarely been on the fights. In the wake of a chaotic turn of events<\/a> earlier on in the week, Dana White and company wrap up the February schedule<\/a> on the month\u2019s final night.<\/p>\n

Arena CDMX in Mexico City serves as the setting for this week\u2019s show. Live coverage<\/a> of UFC Mexico begins Saturday afternoon at 5 pm ET\/ 2 pm PT with the prelims.<\/a><\/p>\n

Main card action follows at 8 pm ET\/ 5 pm PT. Stateside, the entirety of the event can be streamed via Paramount Plus.<\/a> Barring any last-minute adjustments between now and the weekend, the final version of UFC Mexico features a baker\u2019s dozen, 13 fights.<\/p>\n

UFC Mexico Main Event: No. 6 Contender Brandon Moreno vs. Lone\u2019er Kavanagh<\/p>\n

At the top of the bill<\/a> on Saturday night, the flyweights head into battle when No. 6 contender Brandon Moreno<\/a> (23-9-2 MMA, 11-6-2 UFC) collides with Lone\u2019er Kavanagh<\/a> (9-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC.) This main event is an advertised maximum of five rounds at five minutes per round to close out the show.<\/p>\n

Moreno enters the UFC Mexico main event on Saturday night with a change in opponent. Ahead of the show, his original adversary for Saturday, Asu Almabayev (23-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC) was forced out of action due to injury, resulting in Kavanagh getting the main event spot for Feb. 28 earlier this month.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

As far as his record over the course of the last five fights is concerned, he\u2019s posted a mark of 2-3 in his last five fights. Back on Dec. 6, he was on the receiving end of a second-round knockout (punches from back mount) from Tatsuro Taira (18-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC.)<\/p>\n

With UFC Mexico looming on Saturday night, Brandon Moreno\u2019s name is now one you can cross off for fighters possibly appearing on UFC White House. During Wednesday\u2019s media day, he mentioned he doesn\u2019t want to compete<\/a> on the June 14 show.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrother, I want you to tell me why I would want to be there?,\u201d he asked a reporter. \u201cI\u2019m not interested. Thank you very much.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Moreno\u2019s plans for the second Sunday night in June don\u2019t include a fight, that\u2019s just what he\u2019ll be doing on the last Saturday night in February. Less than three months removed from losing to Taira, can he rebound and get in the win column this weekend?<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Lone\u2019er Kavanagh, who was already in training camp for a March 14 contest versus Bruno Silva at the Meta Apex\u00a0<\/a>in Enterprise, NV when the vacancy for the UFC Mexico main event became available, comes into this short-notice appearance with a record of 4-1 in his last five fights. Last summer, he sustained the first defeat of his pro career by way of second-round knockout from Charles Johnson (18-8 MMA, 7-6 UFC.)<\/p>\n

While Kavanagh had been in the process to fight in the first quarter of this year, he\u2019ll be doing so two weeks before he had been scheduled to. How will he fare with a curtailed training camp?<\/p>\n

UFC Mexico Co-Main Event: No. 9 Contender Marlon Vera vs. No. 10 Contender David Martinez<\/p>\n

Immediately prior to the main event of the evening, Saturday\u2019s co-headliner happens at 135 lbs. No. 9 contender Marlon Vera<\/a> (23-11-1 MMA, 15-10 UFC) meets up with No. 10 contender David Martinez<\/a> (13-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) for a three-round fight at five minutes per round.<\/p>\n

\u201cChito\u201d will be making the walk on Saturday night with a 1-4 record in his last five appearances. He\u2019s dropped three fights in a row, including a split decision defeat at the hands of Aiemann Zahabi (14-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) in Vancouver back in October.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s on a sustained cold streak going into UFC Mexico this weekend and is facing a surging opponent. Can he give Martinez his first loss in the promotion?<\/p>\n

Across the way, the aforementioned Martinez is 5-0 in his last five fights and has emerged victorious from his last nine contests dating back to May of 2021. A graduate of\u00a0Dana White\u2019s Contender Series\u00a0in 2024, he bested Rob Font (22-9 MMA, 12-8 UFC) by unanimous decision last September in Noche UFC from San Antonio.<\/p>\n

While this is only Martinez\u2019 third fight in the UFC, he\u2019s already got a spot inside the top-10 at 135. A win here would be a tremendous resume builder.<\/p>\n

UFC Mexico: Daniel Zellhuber vs. King Green<\/p>\n

Also on the UFC Mexico main card, lightweight action happens between Daniel Zellhuber<\/a> (15-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) and King Green<\/a> (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.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s lost his last two bouts ahead of this weekend, however, including a unanimous decision defeat at the hands of Michael Johnson (24-19 MMA, 16-15 UFC) in July during UFC 318 from New Orleans. Zellhuber\u2019s batted .500 ball up to now in the promotion up to now, but is his next trip to the plate a base hit?<\/p>\n

In the other corner, King Green, formerly known as Bobby Green, enters UFC Mexico with a record of 2-3 in his last five encounters heading into this, his 53rd professional fight. On the final UFC show of 2025, he scored a split decision win against Lance Gibson Jr. (9-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) in his promotional debut.<\/p>\n

Will this seasoned veteran rack up his second win in under 90 days? Only time will tell.<\/p>\n

Rest of the Card<\/p>\n

UFC Mexico\u2019s main card is rounded out by these contests:<\/p>\n

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,)
\na flyweight fight matching Imanol Rodriguez (6-0 MMA, UFC promotional debut) with Kevin Borjas (10-4 MMA, 1-3 UFC,)
\nand a bantamweight encounter versing Santiago Luna (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Angel Pacheco (7-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC.)<\/p>\n

Which fights are you looking forward to? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC Mexico fight week continues on a week where the attention of people in Mexico City hasn\u2019t squarely…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-502898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}