First there was Renato Carneiro, then there was Renato Moicano. Now there’s solely Cash Moicano, and Cash Moicano is trying to make some large strikes and make some large cash after routing Benoit Saint-Denis in the primary occasion of UFC Paris (watch the highlights right here).
Moicano got here into Paris an underdog in opposition to the imposing Saint-Denis, however he dispatched the previous particular forces soldier with relative ease, taking him down and battering his face to the purpose the place docs stopped the combat after the second spherical. Following that combat he requested for an excellent simpler combat in opposition to Paddy Pimblett or Dan Hooker.
On the UFC Paris post-fight press convention, he urged it will be a mistake for Pimblett to take him on.
“Don’t settle for the combat or I’ll elbow your cranium,” Moicano warned. “Please don’t settle for the combat. I’m gonna harm you. I’m gonna elbow your cranium.”
As if Renato’s win over “BSD” wasn’t spectacular sufficient, he did it with a badly damaged shoulder that can take some time to heal. That appears to make him an ideal candidate to teach the subsequent season of The Final Fighter when it begins filming in spring 2025. There’d be no higher foil than Paddy Pimblett, and the mission pursuits him significantly even when teaching TUF isn’t identified to be probably the most financially profitable gig in MMA.
“I feel it’s going to be an enormous publicity, proper?” he stated in regards to the alternative. “And proper now, I’m searching for publicity. I’m searching for cameras as a result of I’ve been in UFC for 10 years this 12 months. It will likely be 10 years. And three years in the past, no one knew me.”
“I at all times labored arduous, I’ve at all times put within the work. However it doesn’t matter if you’re the most effective fighter on this planet and no one is aware of. So I would like extra cameras. I would like extra folks speaking about my title in MMA as a result of that method I can convey extra consideration, and I could make my case to combat for the belt finally.”
We hope the win over Saint-Denis helps Moicano stand up the rankings. A efficiency like that ought to, however nowadays the rankings appear to function on a swap system the place you are taking the spot of the man you beat. “Cash” was ranked No. 11 at light-weight coming into UFC Paris, whereas “God of Battle” was No. 12.
An ass kicking like we witnessed on Saturday evening would hopefully get him on the doorstep of prime 5, however we’ll have to attend and see what the rankings appear like once they’re launched early this coming week.
As for Paddy Pimblett, he responded rapidly to Moicano’s post-fight trash speak. “The Baddy” not too long ago teased {that a} December combat is perhaps within the playing cards for him subsequent, however that he may need different obligations to cope with as a substitute — like getting ready for The Final Fighter? Why not a December combat AND a training gig on The Final Fighter? That’s our vote. Tell us what yours is for Moicano and Pimblett transferring ahead within the feedback under.