Moicano favored to submit Nolan in round two — SkimNews
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- UFC Fight Night is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 31 at Meta APEX in Las Vegas, with prelims at 5 p.m. ET, the main card at 8 p.m. ET and coverage on Paramount+.
- Renato Moicano (21-7-1) took the headline after two Brian Ortega withdrawals and declined a third bout with Ortega, saying he wanted to give Tom Nolan a full camp; Moicano knocked out Chris Duncan in April.
- Tom Nolan (11-1) arrives at 26 on a five-win run featuring knockouts and an upset of Fares Ziam; he studied Moicano’s body-triangle win over Benoit Saint Denis and plans to answer with ground-and-pound and elbows.
- Jacobe Smith (30) faces Randy Brown (36) in the co-main after seven straight stoppages; Smith is an NCAA Division I All-American at Oklahoma State and says wrestling, a choke or a knockout can beat Brown.
- Moicano is the expert pick to defeat Nolan by second-round submission, with the forecast calling for a relatively short fight with momentum swings and no championship rounds.
Why it matters: The stakes differ for the Oct. 31 headliners: Moicano is trying to show that two Brian Ortega withdrawals did not end his comeback, while 11-1 Nolan is framed as part of the lightweight division’s changing tide. The source’s pick favors Moicano’s submission after his April knockout showed renewed form.
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