Renato Moicano has a transparent message for Paddy Pimblett after ending Benoit Saint Denis in the primary occasion of UFC Paris on Saturday: Don’t settle for my callout.
Moicano left Saint Denis bloodied after a dominant first spherical, finally forcing the physician to cease the bout earlier than the third spherical at Accor Enviornment in Paris. He referred to as each Dan Hooker and Pimblett “straightforward fights” in his in-cage post-fight interview.
Moicano doubled down on the post-fight press convention, calling Hooker “straightforward cash,” and stated Pimblett shouldn’t face him subsequent.
“Don’t settle for the struggle or I’ll elbow your cranium,” Moicano stated, referring to Pimblett. “Please, don’t settle for the struggle, I’m gonna harm you. I’m gonna elbow your cranium.”
Pimblett is 6-0 within the UFC, beating Bobby Inexperienced through first-round submission in his most up-to-date look in July. Hooker has his previous three contained in the octagon, topped by a break up resolution over Mateusz Gamrot at UFC 305.
The talkative Englishman responded to Pimblett’s callout through social media, writing, “Let’s do that.”
Moicano celebrates the 10-year anniversary of his UFC debut in December, and mirrored on the one time he headlined a UFC occasion: a knockout loss to “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung in June 2019. He factors to that loss as a motive for why he’s not like Hooker or Pimblett.
“I used to be by no means straightforward cash,” Moicano stated. “The one time I used to be straightforward cash was towards Korean Zombie a very long time in the past, he knocked me out within the first spherical, however since then I modified utterly my coaching camp, my division, I modified the whole lot, so I don’t wanna be straightforward cash.”
Moicano stated he needs to teach a season of The Final Fighter “for the publicity,” eyeing a future shot on the UFC light-weight belt. He’s all the way down to re-enter the cage “as quickly as attainable” after going 3-0 thus far in 2024.
“I’ve been within the UFC for 10 years and three years in the past no person is aware of me,” Moicano stated. “And I all the time work laborious, however it doesn’t matter in case you are the very best fighter on this planet and no person is aware of. So I need extra cameras, I need extra individuals speaking my identify in MMA, as a result of that manner I can deliver extra consideration, and I could make my case to struggle for the belt finally.”