Case in point: Morono just came off a spectacular submission victory in May over Tim Means and had a TKO victory over Cowboy Cerrone in 2021. He admits there’s something a little extra special about taking out guys like that.
“Yeah, I remember watching those guys as a youngster, even watching Tim Means in Houston when I was young in Legacy (FC) before his second run in the UFC. That was cool. But man, Tim just fought and looked incredible against (Andre) Fialho. It was great. It made me feel better about my performance against him and it was fun to see a guy I admire go out there and look like a real assassin.
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“But yeah, getting the win over Cowboy, that’s truly my claim to fame in the UFC.”
In fact there have been several times that strangers, when meeting Morono for the first time and discovering he is a UFC fighter, have asked him if he knows Cowboy Cerrone. He loves to watch their faces when he confirms that not only does he know him, but actually beat him. At age 33, he knows the new generation will be looking for their own claim to fame against him one day in the not so distant future.
