Chael Sonnen argues that Justin Gaethje is precisely the kind of combat Renato Moicano wants.
Moicano (20-5-1 MMA, 12-5 UFC) battered Benoit Saint Denis en path to a second-round physician’s stoppage TKO on this previous Saturday’s UFC Combat Evening 243 headliner in Paris. The outspoken light-weight made essentially the most of his time on the mic, and Sonnen want to see him get a giant identify to assist catapult his stardom to the following degree.
“Moicano’s subsequent combat is Justin Gaethje,” Sonnen mentioned on his YouTube channel. “Now, that’s precisely what my response could be. For me, that’s like obviously apparent.”
Moicano referred to as out Paddy Pimblett and Dan Hooker, two fan favorites. However Sonnen thinks a win over former interim champion Gaethje would open all of the doorways for “Cash Moicano.”
Gaethje (25-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC), who’s coming off a knockout loss to Max Holloway at UFC 300 in April, isn’t at present booked. Previous to the Holloway loss, Gaethje beat Rafael Fiziev, then knocked out Dustin Poirier.
“If you happen to bought over on Dustin Poirier, you could possibly then do something,” Sonnen mentioned. “Combat for titles, predominant occasions, there’d be no argument that you simply couldn’t match properly into. And Justin Gaethje brings those self same accolades, however there’s one distinction, which is you don’t should be as cautious with the bookings of Gaethje as a result of he isn’t in a scenario the place he’s saying my subsequent one is my closing one.”
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