Ex-UFC Title Challenger John Moraga Drops TKO Loss On Canelo vs. Yildirim Undercard
Feb 28, 2021
Former UFC flyweight title challenger, John Moraga fell to 1-3 as a professional boxer last night featuring on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez’s successful super middleweight title retention against Avni Yildirim.
Moraga, who began his professional boxing career back in 2012, had featured twenty-five times as a professional mixed martial artist notching a 19-7 professional résumé. A former flyweight title challenger under the UFC’s banner, Moraga attempted to pry the 125-pound championship from the decorated, Demetrious Johnson back in July of 2013 dropping a fifth round armbar loss to the Kentucky native.
Hello everyone and welcome to my 2020 Year End MMA Awards. I’m Robert Winfree, and since once again this seems like a good idea I’m handing out mostly non-existent awards in the world of MMA. These are the best, and worst, of the year as I see it. Usual disclaimer here: I can only rank what I have seen and I haven’t seen everything.
Ian McCall Memorial Worst Luck Award
Leon Edwards
Let’s be clear, a lot of fighters had some awful luck in 2020. Heck, the vast majority of humanity had some pretty bad luck in 2020. So trying to figure out the recipient for this somewhat infamous award was a bit difficult, and there were plenty of viable choices but ultimately I landed on Leon Edwards. Coming into 2019 Edwards was a top contender in the very deep welterweight division, he was on a great eight fight winning streak that included wins over notable names like Vicente Luque, Donald Cerrone, and former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos. He wasn’t just a top ranked fight