Renato Moicano vs Chad Mendes in the works for UFC 231
The featherweight division is has gotten plenty good over the years and there are several current top fighters that display why.
Multiple of those fighters will be competing on December 8 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
MMA Brasil has reported that a second high caliber 145-pound matchup is now in the works for UFC 231 as rising contender Renato “Moicano” Carneiro (13-1-1) is expected to face former two-time title challenger Chad “Money” Mendes (18-4).
The Team Alpha Male staple Mendes just recently returned from a nearly three-year absence from the Octagon after being handed a two-year suspension from USADA. In his return, he picked up right where he left off as he scored an impressive first-round TKO over Myles Jury at UFC Boise in July.
While Mendes has been away, new blood has been flowing its way through the division and a part of that movement has been the near-perfect Moicano.
To be exact, Moicano has fought five times since Mendes fight prior to his return and has gone 4-1 in doing so with his only loss coming to the upcoming title challenger who will be in the event’s headliner, Brian “T-City” Ortega.
Moicano’s four wins came over the likes of Zubaira Tukhugov, Calvin Kattar, Jeremy Stephens and most recently a first-round submission of Cub Swanson at UFC 227 in August.
As for the rest of the excellent looking card, it currently looks like this:
FEATHERWEIGHT – 145LBS: (C)MAX HOLLOWAY VS. BRIAN ORTEGA
FLYWEIGHT – 125LBS: (C) – VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO VS. JOANNA JEDRZEJCZYK
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT – 205LBS: JIMI MANUWA VS. THIAGO SANTOS
STRAWWEIGHT – 115LBS: CLÁUDIA GADELHA VS. NINA ANSAROFF
MIDDLEWEIGHT – 185LBS: ERYK ANDERS VS. ELIAS THEODOROU
LIGHTWEIGHT – 155LBS: OLIVIER AUBIN-MERCIER VS. GILBERT BURNS
Flyweight: Katlyn Chookagian vs Jessica Eye
BANTAMWEIGHT – 135LBS: BRAD KATONA VS. MATTHEW LOPEZ
WELTERWEIGHT – 170LBS: CHAD LAPRISE VS. DHIEGO LIMA
LIGHTWEIGHT: JOHN MAKDESSI VS. CARLOS DIEGO FERREIRA
FEATHERWEIGHT: HAKEEM DAWODU VS. KYLE BOCHNIAK
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT: DEVIN CLARK VS. ALEKSANDAR RAKIĆ
on 10/15/2018
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