Fortunes changed for five at UFC Fortaleza

Ever since Marlon Moraes beat Jimmy Rivera in 33 seconds back on June 1 in Utica, N.Y., he’s deserved a bantamweight title fight.
With his first-round win in Saturday night’s main event in Fortaleza, Brazil, over the only fighter who had beaten him since 2011 — Raphael Assuncao — Moraes (22-5-1), put an exclamation point on the word “deserved.” This was not just three straight first-round wins, but three straight over Aljamain Sterling, Jimmie Rivera, and Ass