Renato Moicano promised to spoil the French social gathering in the primary occasion of UFC Paris, and did simply that Saturday night time, smashing Benoit Saint Denis with vicious floor and pound to drive a physician stoppage earlier than the third spherical.
Moicano entered the second predominant occasion of his UFC profession using a three-fight successful streak, and took Saint Danis down quick, shifting to prime place and getting his again to land vicious elbows and punches to open a minimize round his proper eye.
Saint Denis survived the early scare and got here again higher in spherical two, stuffing each Moicano takedown and connecting higher on the toes. He had no probability to rebound within the third because the physician known as the top to the struggle in between rounds after the Frenchman couldn’t see out of his proper eye.
Moicano has now gained six of his final seven with 5 stoppages to his credit score, the loss being a five-round catchweight defeat to Rafael dos Anjos on 4 days’ discover.
“Subsequent, I need simple cash,” Moicano mentioned after the win. “Paddy Pimblett, simple cash. Dan Hooker, simple cash. Don’t provide you with bullsh*t fights. Don’t provide you with guys which can be powerful. I need simple fights. I simply beat a hell of an athlete everyone was speaking about, Benoit Saint Denis. However guess what, Cash Moicano is the person tonight.”
