UFC light-weight contender Renato Moicano suffered a brutal ought to harm throughout arguably the most important win of his profession in opposition to Benoit Saint-Denis.
Moicano defeated Saint-Denis by TKO (physician’s stoppage) within the UFC Paris fundamental occasion on Saturday. It was probably the most dominant performances of Moicano’s, as he battered Saint-Denis and left his face a bloody mess.
Moicano used his grappling and brutal ground-and-pound to deal heavy injury to Saint-Denis for so long as the battle lasted. However, throughout considered one of his greatest profession moments, he suffered what seems to be an in depth shoulder harm.
As Moicano shared after the occasion, his proper shoulder was severely broken throughout the battle. Fortunately, he was capable of battle via the ache within the second spherical with out the cage-side physician ruling the battle in Saint-Denis’s favor.
Renato Moicano suffers shoulder injury at UFC Paris
MMA journalist Kevin Iole shared pictures of Moicano’s brutal shoulder injury.
“I harm my shoulder 3 weeks in the past… however I couldn’t pull out of a fundamental occasion… thanks my staff for serving to me coaching like that e get me prepared for the battle,” Moicano posted on X.
As of this writing, it’s unsure how lengthy Moicano might want to recuperate from the shoulder harm. However, he’ll doubtless want at the very least a number of months of rehabilitation earlier than getting his subsequent battle booked.
Regardless of the harm, Moicano nonetheless had an eventful post-fight Octagon interview with Michael Bisping, calling out Paddy Pimblett. Pimblett stays unbeaten within the UFC after a win in opposition to King Inexperienced at UFC 304.
Moicano entered UFC Paris as a modest betting underdog in opposition to the always-dangerous Saint-Denis. After his fourth consecutive victory, Moicano is knocking on the door of the light-weight title image.
Earlier than the win over Saint-Denis, Moicano defeated Jalin Turner, Drew Dober, and Brad Riddell throughout his ongoing streak.
