A new UFC champion partied so hard after winning the belt that the cops were called on him, a teammate said
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- Deiveson Figueiredo reclaimed the UFC flyweight championship title Saturday.
- He then partied so hard that he and his friends "had the cops called on us," a teammate said.
- Figueiredo is not averse to fighting Brandon Moreno again, but now has a different opponent in mind.
Deiveson Figueiredo defeated Brandon Moreno by decision Saturday at the UFC 270 event in Anaheim, California.
The victory saw Figueiredo level a trilogy of fights against his flyweight rival with a score of one win, one draw, and one loss apiece.
But the result was significant as it saw the Brazilian wrest the UFC championship from Moreno's waist, with Figueiredo becoming a two-time titleholder in his own right.
At the post-fight press conference, Figueiredo said he felt "his soul left his body" during the encounter, in which he scored two takedowns, three knockdowns, and landed 106 shots from 260 attempts.
He apparently then partied long into the night, and partied so hard the police turned up to the celebrations.
"We've been partying so hard we got the cops called on us," the former flyweight ruler Henry Cejudo, a member of the Figueiredo team for that camp, said on Instagram alongside a video of two police officers, who can be seen smiling and talking to the revellers.
Cejudo added that they celebrated until six the following morning.
Watch video of the interaction between the fighters and the police right here:
Victory advanced the 34-year-old Figueiredo's pro MMA record to 21 wins (nine knockouts, eight submissions, and four decisions) against two losses and one draw.
All three of his last matches have been against Moreno, and with the rivalry evenly poised, one more fight is required if a winner of the eventual four bouts is to be declared.
But, speaking to reporters at the time, Figueiredo seemed eager to fight someone else for the first time since November 2020.
And he has 28-year-old Kai Kara-France in his crosshairs.
"I want to knock him out, and he knocked out Cody Garbrandt, so that's the guy I wanted to knock out. It's not in my interest to fight Cody anymore, so it's Kai Kara-France."
Figuereido continued by remarking that he's not averse to giving Moreno another shot at the belt.
"If it's a good fight, if he behaves well, and if we can do it as a kickass pay-per-view in the United States, this is where I fight, this is where I want to make my money.
"Brandon was talking about the fact that I was his biggest sponsorship. I told him I was going to take that away from him. So fighting Brandon is going to be the thing that gives me more money."