In a bad phase of his career, Renato Moicano aims to turn things around at UFC Vegas 115. In the main fight of the event that takes place this Saturday (4), the Brazilian will face the dangerous Chris Duncan , a fighter he knows very well. Curiously, the veteran is also eyeing an old acquaintance for his sequence in the biggest MMA organization in the world.
While Moicano will face his training partner 'American Top Team' in the main event, after the fight he openly expressed his desire to have Brian Ortega as an opponent again. And the veteran's interest is understandable.
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Originally, the Brazilian was going to host 'T-City' in the lightweight division (up to 70,3 kg) in March, but an injury took him out of the picture. In any case, Moicano hasn't forgotten the American, much less the defeat he suffered to him via submission in 2017, his first in MMA.
“Of course I would love to fight Ortega, 100%, but we don’t know what happened to him. The UFC hasn’t released what happened to him. We don’t know what happened. But if I beat Duncan on Saturday and they want to make the fight against Ortega happen in two or three months, I’ll definitely accept,” said the fighter at the UFC Vegas 115 media day.
Bad phase
A long-time member of the UFC's top 15 lightweight division, Renato Moicano is not having a good run in the octagon. At 36 years old, the Brazilian has lost two fights in a row and, in his last fight in June, he tired quickly against Beneil Dariush . Despite the negative streak, the veteran remains in tenth position in the rankings of the competitive division.
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