Renato
“Money” Moicano picked up a quick submission victory in a
grappling match at BJJ Stars 19 ahead of his return to the
Octagon.
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight submitted former
Bellator
champion Patricky
Freire in a grappling match in Sao Paulo.
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Renato Moicano submits Patricky Freire ahead of UFC return
He needed less than four minutes to secure an arm-triangle choke
after countering a takedown, advancing to mount and forcing the
tap.
This took Moicano’s submission grappling record to 3-1. He
previously defeated fellow UFC fighter Chase
Hooper in 2021 and Cristian
Guzman in 2024 before losing to Russia’s Yusuf
Raisov. Meanwhile, the result marked Freire’s second submission
loss in a grappling match against a UFC athlete, previously losing
to Arman
Tsarukyan last year. Furthermore, “Pitbull” is on a five-five
losing streak in MMA.
Moicano (21-7-1) returns at UFC 331 on Sept. 18 in Los Angeles,
reportedly set to take on Brian
Ortega. The UFC veteran finished Chris
Duncan in the second round in his last MMA bout, bouncing back
from consecutive defeats to Islam
Makhachev and Beneil
Dariush.