| UFC on ESPN: Moreno vs. Erceg | ||||
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 The poster for UFC on ESPN: Moreno vs. Erceg | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 29, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Arena CDMX | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
| Attendance | 19,731 [1] | |||
| Total gate | $2,530,474 [1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ESPN: Moreno vs. Erceg (also known as UFC on ESPN 64) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 29, 2025, at Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Mexico. [2] [3]
The event marked the promotion's seventh visit to Mexico City and first since UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 in February 2024. [3]
A flyweight bout between former two-time UFC Flyweight Champion Brandon Moreno and former title challenger Steve Erceg headlined the event. [4]
A featherweight bout between former interim UFC Featherweight Champion Yair Rodríguez and Diego Lopes was rumored to be the headliner of the event, but Lopes later denied the fight ever happened. [5] [6]
A women's flyweight bout between Yazmin Jauregui and Dione Barbosa was scheduled for this event. [7] However, due to Jauregui not wanting to face Barbosa, Barbosa replaced by former LFA Women's Strawweight Champion Julia Polastri in a strawweight bout. [8] [9] In turn, Jauregui withdrew from the bout due to an injury and was replaced by another former LFA strawweight champion in Loopy Godinez. [10]
A lightweight bout between Joaquim Silva and Rafa García was scheduled for this event. [11] However, Silva withdrew from the fight for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Vinc Pichel. [12]
A lightweight bout between Daniel Zellhuber and Elves Brener was scheduled for this event. [13] However, Brener withdrew from the fight and was replaced by former LFA Lightweight Champion Austin Hubbard. [14] In turn, Zellhuber was pulled from the card due to injury and was replaced by MarQuel Mederos. [15]
A middleweight bout between former interim UFC Middleweight Championship challenger (also The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen middleweight winner) Kelvin Gastelum and Joe Pyfer was scheduled for this event. [16] Despite both men weighing in for the match, the fight was cancelled the day of the event due to Pyfer's illness. [17]
At the weigh-ins, Ronaldo Rodríguez weighed in at 127 pounds, one pound over the flyweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and Rodríguez was fined 20 percent of his purse which went to his opponent Kevin Borjas. [18]
| Main card (ESPN2 / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Flyweight | Brandon Moreno | def. | Steve Erceg | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Manuel Torres | def. | Drew Dober | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:45 | |
| Flyweight | Édgar Cháirez | def. | C.J. Vergara | Submission (face crank) | 1 | 2:30 | |
| Bantamweight | Raul Rosas Jr. | def. | Vince Morales | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | David Martínez | def. | Saimon Oliveira | TKO (knee and punches) | 1 | 4:38 | |
| Catchweight (127 lb) | Kevin Borjas | def. | Ronaldo Rodríguez | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN2 / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Ateba Gautier | def. | José Medina | KO (punches and knee) | 1 | 3:32 | |
| Featherweight | Melquizael Costa | def. | Christian Rodriguez | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Loopy Godinez | def. | Julia Polastri | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Rafa García | def. | Vinc Pichel | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Jamall Emmers | def. | Gabriel Miranda | TKO (knee to the body and punches) | 1 | 4:06 | |
| Lightweight | MarQuel Mederos | def. | Austin Hubbard | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. [20]
