Worrying? Renato Moicano admits to pressure and difficulty in dealing with losses in the UFC.

Mohawk focused before fighting in the UFC. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/UFC

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MMA veteran Renato Moicano is not going through a good professional moment, but remains prestigious in the world's largest MMA organization. Even with two consecutive defeats, the Brazilian returns to action this Saturday (4), in the main fight of UFC Vegas 115, and will face Chris Duncan . Although he is in a prominent position, 'Money' recognizes that the current moment is worrying.

So much so that at the UFC Vegas 115 media day, Moicano admitted to feeling the pressure due to the consecutive defeats suffered against Islam Makhachev and Beneil Dariush . Against the former, the veteran took over the fight, valid for the lightweight belt (up to 70,3 kg), at the last minute and startled him at the beginning, but was quickly submitted. Against the latter, the Brazilian provoked, but tired and was controlled.

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In fact, the athlete's current losing streak equals that of 2019 as the worst of his career, when he was knocked out by José Aldo and Korean Zombie . In the past, Moicano bounced back and now hopes to do the same against his former training partner. In any case, the Brazilian doesn't hide that he has difficulty dealing with defeats and, precisely for that reason, promises to do everything to end this bad phase.

“I’m coming off two straight losses. I think the last time I was in this situation was when I lost to Korean Zombie and Aldo. It was very difficult for me. So, I definitely need to win now. I’m not thinking much about the bonus, I’m thinking about the victory. I lost two fights in a row and losing is never good. It’s terrible. For sure, this increases the pressure. I have to do my job,” said the fighter.

Bad phase

A long-time member of the UFC's top 15 lightweight division, Renato Moicano is going through a delicate moment in his career. At 36 years old, the Brazilian has lost two fights in a row and, in the last one, held in June, he tired quickly against Beneil Dariush after underestimating him before the fight. Despite the negative streak, the veteran remains in tenth position in the ranking of the competitive category.

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