The long-awaited day of the Ecuadorian‘s official debut finally arrived Michael Morales in the octagon UFC, the most established mixed martial arts (MMA) company on a global scale. The tricolor athlete is part of the star billboard of UFC 270, the night of this Saturday, January 22, 2022.
Morales, 21, will face the American Trevin Giles at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, in the United States. It will be the first fight on the main card that will begin at 22:00 from Ecuador.
In Latin America, except in Brazil, you can watch all the fights for Star +.
The transmission of the preliminary combats will be from 19:00.
In the star billboard Five bouts are announced, including two for the world title.
Morales will be tested in the first of the stars, with a professional record of 12 wins without losses. your rival, 29 years old, he won 14 times and lost three as a professional. It is a complicated challenge for the tricolor, among the MMA elite.
MIchael Morales Hurtado forged his professional career in local companies.
In childhood he already practiced judo and then wrestling. At age 15, in Machala, he began to perfect himself in MMA and later became champion of the Ecuadorian league. EMMA. He is a specialist in wrestling, judo, Thai boxing and other disciplines.
A year ago he traveled to Mexico to further develop its potential. In June 2021, the athlete from Gold He told this newspaper about his training in the enter gym from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, where the UFC flyweight champion also works out Brandon Moreno, among other prominent professional wrestlers.
On April 30, 2021 he fought in the UWC 26 in Tijuana. There he prevailed in a dominant manner against the local Miguel Arizmendi in the second round. His performance allowed him to reach the gates of the UFC.
Later, on September 21, 2021, it was part of the fifth season of the program Danna White’s Contender Series. There, he defeated the experienced Nikolay Veretennikov (Kazakhstan), in the UFC Apex from Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States. After that, not without first receiving praise for his performance, he signed a contract with the UFC.
The UFC 270 offers other fights that have generated enormous expectation.
In the star will be the heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou against the interim champion Ciryl Gane.
In addition, the flyweight monarch, Brandon Moreno, will complete the trilogy against the former champion Deiveson Figueiredo. Moreno is a partner of Morales in the enter gym from Tijuana.
These fights will also be seen on the main card: Michel Pereira vs. Andre Fialho; Cody Stamann vs. Said Nurmagomedov; Morales vs. Giles.
In the preliminaries you can also see the Mexican in action Genaro Valdez and to Argentina Silvana Gomez Juarez, training partners of Morales in Mexico.
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– The Trade (@elcomerciocom) January 21, 2022
