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Conor McGregor reacts to news that Renato Moicano’s 62-year-old father has a new baby: ‘Fair play Moiciano Snr’

Conor McGregor congratulates Renato MoicanoLightweight standout Renato Moicano scored yet another impressive victory in his return to the Octagon on Saturday night, but…

Conor McGregor congratulates Renato Moicano

Lightweight standout Renato Moicano scored yet another impressive victory in his return to the Octagon on Saturday night, but all anyone could talk about was his absolutely insane post-fight interview.

After locking down a unanimous decision win over Drew Dober, Moicano revealed to the world that his 62-year-old father just brought a new baby to the world 24 hours earlier.

“Hey [Daniel Cormier]…. I love you motherf*cker,” Moicano shouted. As Cormier tried to resume, Moicano quickly interjected, “…. My father is 62 years old, and he had a baby yesterday — So! Tomorrow when I get home I’m gonna get my wife pregnant another time! …. ‘Money Moicano’ three is coming.

“I wanna tell you another thing, I love f*cking America, you know?” Moicano said. “I’m not an American… but in two years I will be an American. And after I am done with fighting I will serve [as a] police officer. I want to be a SWAT team and I want to kill the bad guys” (h/t MMA Knockout).

Conor McGregor Congratulates Renato Moicano

Reacting to Moicano’s hilarious overshare, Irish megastar Conor McGregor took to social media to congratulate ‘Money’ on his new sibling. “Wow! He has a new little baby brother! That’s awesome! Fair play Moiciano Snr hahaha,” McGregor wrote on X.

That prompted Moicano to respond, showing respect to the former two-division titleholder. “Mcgregor im your fan… I used to hate you because the trash talk but you change the game I respect you,” Moicano replied.

In an interview with MMA Fighting ahead of his UFC Vegas 85 headliner with Dober, ‘Money’ Moicano offered his take on McGregor’s evolution from professional fighter to global icon.

“McGregor is full crazy nowadays,” Moicano said. “He’s making videos eating food and he looks drunk or on drugs or something, I don’t know. But I like McGregor, to be honest with you. I think he’s funny. I think he’s entertaining.”

Renato Moicano vows to impregnate his wife following bloody brawl with Drew Dober – UFC Vegas 85 Highlights

Renato MoicanoRenato Moicano earned his second-straight victory and 10th overall inside the Octagon following a bloody three-round war with Drew…

Renato Moicano

Renato Moicano earned his second-straight victory and 10th overall inside the Octagon following a bloody three-round war with Drew Dober at UFC Vegas 85.

Both fighters came out fast and furious from the get-go, but after Dober managed to land one of his signature left hands, ‘Money’ decided to take things to the ground where he spent the majority of the opening round in top position. The second was much more competitive with Dober holding his own on the canvas and opening up Moicano towards the end of the round with an elbow perfectly placed over the Brazilian’s right eye.

With blood streaming down his face, Moicano once again went to the ground game, dragging Dober to the canvas. Moicano managed to hold the position through the remainder of the fight, securing another big win inside the Octagon.

Official Result: Renato Moicano def. Drew Dober via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

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Renato Moicano mocks Michael Chandler’s ‘begging’ to book Conor McGregor fight: ‘It’s kind of lame’

Renato MoicanoRenato Moicano is not amused by Michael Chandler’s desperate attempts to score a fight with Irish megastar Conor McGregor….

Renato Moicano

Renato Moicano is not amused by Michael Chandler’s desperate attempts to score a fight with Irish megastar Conor McGregor.

On Saturday (February 3), Moicano will return to the Octagon for a co-main event clash with lightweight knockout artist Drew Dober at UFC Vegas 85. Moicano, who sits as the No. 13 ranked fighter at 155, often discusses the goings on in the division via his ‘Money’ Moicano YouTube channel. One of the fights that he finds himself regularly referencing is the on-again-off-again showdown between Conor McGregor and former Bellator MMA champion ‘Iron’ Michael Chandler.

First announced in early 2023, McGregor and Chandler have been jawing back and forth for a full year. They even went toe-to-toe as coaches on the last edition of The Ultimate Fighter. Yet here we are still waiting for an official announcement.

Moicano is by no means a fan of either fighter, but Chandler’s non-stop “begging” has been nothing short of cringeworthy in the eyes of the Brazilian.

“Michael Chandler is so desperate to get this fight,” Moicano told MMA Fighting. “He’s almost begging. He’s almost on his knees, ‘McGregor fight me!’ I just think that’s hilarious.

“We don’t know if that fight’s going to happen. McGregor is full crazy nowadays. He’s making videos eating food and he looks drunk or on drugs or something, I don’t know. But I like McGregor, to be honest with you. I think he’s funny. I think he’s entertaining. Michael Chandler is just trying to get the fight and it’s kind of lame, if you ask me. It is what it is” (h/t MMA Mania).

Renato Moicano Would Love the chance to fight Conor McGregor

Moicano has fought some very big names during his decade-long run with the promotion. Brian Ortega, Jose Aldo, The Korean Zombie, Rafael Fiziev, and Rafael dos Anjos to name a few. He would admittedly love the opportunity to add Conor McGregor’s name to his resume, but he refuses to get down “on his knees” like Chandler.

“Chandler is saying, ‘Yes, yes, of course!’ On his knees all the time,” Moicano said. “[Chandler says,] ‘OK, I can beat you in any fight, I want you at your best version.’ F*ck you, brother. You just want to fight him. It’s fair game. Everyone wants to fight McGregor. If they offered me the fight, of course I would want to fight McGregor. He’s probably the biggest name in MMA and probably of all-time. Everybody knows McGregor.

“But at the same time, I think if Chandler approaches this differently, trying to trash talk, that would be even better. That’s the fight to make. They’re going to make the fight. There’s no other fight for McGregor. Right now, there is no other fight that makes sense and still McGregor tries to play him and he says OK. No, talk trash, talk sh*t about him, because that’s the way we like to watch fights with McGregor.”

Michael Chandler told UFC star Conor McGregor will never fight him in comeback: ‘He’s delusional’

Michael Chandler delusional for chasing fight with UFC star Conor McGregor never happenFormer lightweight title challenger, Michael Chandler has been branded “delusional” by division contender, Renato Moicano, who claims the Kil Cliff FC staple has his hopes of a blockbuster fight with Conor McGregor perked for no reason, doubting the matchup comes to fruition. Chandler, a former vacant lightweight title challenger under the banner of the UFC, […]

Michael Chandler delusional for chasing fight with UFC star Conor McGregor never happen

Former lightweight title challenger, Michael Chandler has been branded “delusional” by division contender, Renato Moicano, who claims the Kil Cliff FC staple has his hopes of a blockbuster fight with Conor McGregor perked for no reason, doubting the matchup comes to fruition.

Chandler, a former vacant lightweight title challenger under the banner of the UFC, has been sidelined since he featured on the main card of UFC 281 back in November, suffering a third round rear-naked choke loss to former champion, Dustin Poirer in the pair’s long-awaited clash.
As for McGregor the former undisputed lightweight and featherweight champion, has been sidelined since he fractured his left tibia and fibula in a first round doctor’s stoppage TKO to Poirier in July 2021 in the pair’s trilogy rubber match.

And linked with a fight against Missouri veteran, Chandler all year, McGregor served as an opposing coach against the lightweight contender on The Ultimate Fighter 31 – however, despite plans to book a UFC 296 clash in December, that timeframe has been scuppered amid the confirmation of a headlining and co-headliner clash for the card.

Remaining hopeful of landing a fight with McGregor, Chandler may become antsy regarding his lay-off according to UFC CEO, Dana White – and if so, the promotion would book him in a different matchup.

Michael Chandler told he is “delusional” for chasing Conor McGregor fight

And as far as the above-mentioned Moicano is concerned, Chandler is more than foolish for keeping his hopes ticking for a distancing clash with McGregor.

“The division is a mess right now,” Renato Moicano told MMA Fighting. “We have guys like Michael Chandler – he’s delusional. Conor (McGregor) is never going to fight him. Maybe never. Conor is on another level of craziness right now, we can see from the past two years and stuff he’s been doing outside of UFC and I think he loves attention, but he doesn’t like to fight anyone.” 

“Chandler, get over it my brother, you’re not going to have this fight,” Moicano explained. “I don’t know what Chandlerl is going to do.” 

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Ranked UFC fighter claims Bo Nickal would ‘destroy’ Paul Craig in potential clash: ‘He’s f*cking terrible’

Paul CraigTop-15-ranked lightweight Renato Moicano believes Paul Craig is biting off more than he can chew by challenging fast-rising prospect Bo Nickal. ‘Bearjew’ made his middleweight debut on Saturday night as part of a stacked UFC London card inside the iconic O2 Arena. Craig scored himself a solid second-round TKO against BJJ specialist Andre Muniz and […]

Paul Craig

Top-15-ranked lightweight Renato Moicano believes Paul Craig is biting off more than he can chew by challenging fast-rising prospect Bo Nickal.

‘Bearjew’ made his middleweight debut on Saturday night as part of a stacked UFC London card inside the iconic O2 Arena. Craig scored himself a solid second-round TKO against BJJ specialist Andre Muniz and proceeded to put the rest of the middleweight division on notice. That included callouts of world-class wrestler Bo Nickal and undefeated Chechen monster Khamzat Chimaev.

Craig insisted that Nickal would play directly into his grapple-heavy game plan before telling members of the media that Chimaev would “get triangled” if he attempted a takedown in their hypothetical showdown. Most fight fans chalked up Craig’s comments to clout-chasing, but Moicano believes that ‘Bearjew’ could live to regret those words.

Renato Moicano Unloads on Paul Craig

Speaking on his YouTube channel. Moicano laid into Craig, suggesting that the Scottish standout is “f*cking terrible.”

“Paul Craig. Man, Paul Craig is terrible. I know you guys gonna roast me for saying that, but he’s f*cking terrible,” Moicano said. “Even his top position in the first round, he got reversed very easily. I think what happened in this fight is ‘Sergipano’ is a jiu-jitsu player, too, so he sat in the guard and stuff.

“But Paul Craig’s standup is terrible. He was talking about Bo Nickal. Bo Nickal would destroy him. Khamzat would destroy him,” Moicano continued. “I know you guys like that kind of stuff, but let me tell you something, he’s terrible… Make no mistake, he’s terrible” (h/t MMA News).

After reaching the No. 9 spot in the light heavyweight rankings, Paul Craig hit a couple of brick walls at 205 named Volkan Oezdemir and Johnny Walker. Ready for a change of scenery, ‘Bearjew’ made the drop to 185 and looked quite good doing so on Saturday night. Taking out the middleweight division’s No. 14 ranked fighter, Craig expects to see his name in the top 15 shortly and plans on ascending to the top of the division within the next five years.

A fight with Bo Nickal is certainly within the realm of possibility considering they are both relatively new to the UFC’s middleweight division, but Paul Craig has some work cut out for him if he wants to share the Octagon with Khamzat Chimaev someday.

Dustin Poirier, Justin Gaethje expected to retire with BMF title loss at UFC 291: ‘Both are very accomplished’

Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje expected to retire after UFC 291 BMF title fightA training partner of former interim lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier, has claimed that the loser of the upcoming BMF title bout between the Lafayette native and fan-favorite veteran, Justin Gaethje, will likelty hang up their gloves at UFC 291 later this month. Headlining the promotion’s return to Salt Lake City, Utah, Dustin Poirier looks to […]

Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje expected to retire after UFC 291 BMF title fight

A training partner of former interim lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier, has claimed that the loser of the upcoming BMF title bout between the Lafayette native and fan-favorite veteran, Justin Gaethje, will likelty hang up their gloves at UFC 291 later this month.

Headlining the promotion’s return to Salt Lake City, Utah, Dustin Poirier looks to land his second career win over fellow former interim champion, Gaethje, with the two initially sharing the Octagon back in 2018.

Dustin Poirier first defeated Justin Gaethje back in 2018 on enemy territory

Turning in a fourth round standing TKO win over Gaethje, Poirier would then landed interim lightweight gold in a rematch unanimous decision win over former featherweight champion.

And in both men’s pursuit of an undisputed lightweight title fight against Islam Makhachev, or a title rematch with Charles Oliveira following their upcoming UFC 294 rematch, Poirier or Gaethje could likely retire from mixed martial arts with a loss in Utah, according to American Top Team trainee, Renato Moicano.

“My hot take on this fight, both [Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje] athletes are very accomplished, they don’t have many more fights on their belts anymore,” Renato Moicano said on his YouTube channel. “I think the loser of this fight will retire.”

Both riding wins in their flagship headliner at the end of this month, Poirier rebounded to the winner’s enclosure at UFC 281 back in November, submitting common-foe, Michael Chandler with a third round rear-naked choke at Madison Square Garden.

Himself featuring already this year, Arizona veteran, Gaethje took home a close, majority decision win over Rafael Fiziev at UFC 286 back in March in London, England. (Transcribed by MMA News)

Poirier and Gaethje’s headlining clash will top the card which also features a potential title-eliminator clash between former Octagon champions, Jan Blachowicz, and Alex Pereira at the light heavyweight limit.