Deiveson Figueiredo believes he should be next in line for the bantamweight title with a stoppage of Marlon Vera at UFC Abu Dhabi, but he doesn’t expect Sean O’Malley to be holding the belt.
The former UFC flyweight champion beat Rob Font and then finished Cody Garbrandt since moving up to bantamweight in 2023. Heading into Saturday’s event, Figueiredo is happy to be fighting a few miles away from where he first won his UFC flyweight title in July 2020...