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Matt Erickson

UFC Fight Night 237: How to watch Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval 2, start time, Mexico City fight card, odds, more

Brandon Moreno Brandon Royval UFC Yair Rodriguez Luis Rodriguez Brian Ortega UFC Fight Night 237 Mexico UFC Fight Night ESPN

The UFC returns to Mexico on Saturday with a former champion at the top of the lineup.

Here’s how to watch UFC Fight Night 237 with flyweight standouts in the main event and featherweight contenders in the co-feature.

Broadcast and streaming info

UFC Fight Night 237 has a main card that begins at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The seven-fight preliminary card streams on ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET.

Veteran broadcaster Karyn Bryant serves as desk anchor and host at UFC Fight Night 237.

Welterweight veteran Michael Chiesa and Laura Sanko join her as analysts during the card and on the post-fight show.

Longtime UFC correspondent Megan Olivi will conduct pre- and post-fight interviews backstage with some of the athletes on the UFC Fight Night 237 card, as well as report additional real-time updates for the event.

Brendan Fitzgerald will serve as the leading man on the mic from cageside at UFC Fight Night 237.

He’ll command play-by-play and be joined in the booth by retired lightweight contender Paul Felder, as well as former UFC and WEC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz.

Main event: Brandon Moreno

LAS VEGAS, NV – NOVEMBER 21: (L-R) Brandon Moreno of Mexico punches Brandon Royval in their flyweight bout during the UFC 255 event at UFC APEX on November 21, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

Mexico’s Brandon Moreno (21-7-2 MMA, 9-4-2 UFC) finally gets to fight in front of his home fans again for the first time since September 2019. That time, his return to the UFC, was a kiss-your-sister draw with Askar Askarov. This time, Moreno will be looking to get back on track against Brandon Royval after he lost the flyweight title to Alexandre Pantoja in July 2023. The fight with Royval is a rematch, itself. Moreno knocked him out at UFC 255 in November 2020.

Main event: Brandon Royval

LAS VEGAS, NV – NOVEMBER 21: (R-L) Brandon Royval kicks Brandon Moreno of Mexico in their flyweight bout during the UFC 255 event at UFC APEX on November 21, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

Brandon Royval (15-7 MMA, 5-3 UFC) is in the same boat as his opponent, Moreno: He needs to rebound from a title loss to flyweight champ Pantoja. After Pantoja beat Moreno to win the belt in July 2023, his first defense this past December was against Royval. He won a unanimous decision in a rematch from a 2021 fight that he won by submission.

Co-main event: Brian Ortega vs. Yair Rodriguez

Jul 16, 2022; Elmont, New York, USA; Brian Ortega (red gloves) fights Yair Rodriguez (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at UBS Arena. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports

Yair Rodriguez (18-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) will try to get back on track at featherweight against former title challenger Brian Ortega (15-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) in the co-feature. Rodriguez submitted Josh Emmett to win the interim featherweight belt a year ago, but was knocked out by Alexander Volkanovski in their title unification bout this past July. To get back in the race, he’ll have to beat the man he topped before he tapped Rodriguez: Ortega. Their first fight was a TKO win for Rodriguez when Ortega suffered a shoulder injury in July 2022. Now 19 months later, he makes his return hoping to snap a two-fight skid.

UFC debut: Luis Rodriguez

Luis Rodriguez (Photo by Josh Hedges-DWCS LLC/Zuffa LLC)

Record: 16-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC
Opponent: Denys Bondar (19-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC)
Division: Flyweight
Key wins: None
Misc.: Rodriguez had a shot at the UFCC on DWCS in 2020, but lost a decision to Jerome Rivera. Now 3.5 years and a five-fight winning streak later, he gets his shot at home.