The Ecuadorian fighter is preparing his debut in the American firm.
Ecuadorian fighter Michael Morales Hurtado will debut this Saturday Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in the event called UFC 270, which will have as the most outstanding stellar combats the duels between the American Cody Stamann and the Russian Said Nurmagomedov and that of the Mexican Brandon Moreno against Deiveson Figueiredo. Morales will face the American Trevin Giles on the middleweight category (up to 83.9 kilograms, 185 pounds).
The event will start this Saturday, January 22 with early prelims at 6:00 p.m. ET at the Honda Center en Anaheim, California.
The preliminaries will start at 8:00 p.m. and the main card will begin at 10:00 p.m. Eastern. The fight of the Ecuadorian, a native of the province of El Oro, is the second scheduled for the preliminaries, so it is estimated that he will jump into the UFC octagon for the first time around 8:30 p.m.
UFC 270 card
early preliminaries
- Tony Gravely vs. Saimon Oliveira
- Michael Morales vs. Trevin Giles
- Silvana Juarez vs. Vanessa Demopoulos
- Matt Frevola vs. Genaro Valdez
- Kay Hansen vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius
preliminaries
- Rodolfo Viera vs. Wellington Turman
- Raoni Barcelos vs. Victory Henry
- Movsar Evloev vs. Ilia Topuria
- Warlley Alves vs. Jack Della
stellar billboard
- Francis Ngannou vs. Ciryl Gane
- Brandon Moreno vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
- Michel Pereira Lima vs. Andre Fialho
- Sergey Spivak vs. Greg Hardy
- Cody Stamann vs. Said Nurmagomedov
Where to watch UFC 270 live?
In the United States, you can follow the early preliminaries through the UFC Fight Pass, the preliminaries by ESPN+ Y ESPN2, while the stellar billboard can be seen by ESPN+. In Mexico, the entire event will be broadcast by Fox Sports, while the Star+ platform will do it for Latin America.

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