UFC lightweight Renato Moicano had some choice words for the division’s former champion. Moicano’s first-round submission victory over Brad Riddell at UFC 281 this past weekend saw him leap ahead of McGregor in the lightweight rankings, and Renato put “The Notorious” on full blast in his subsequent interview with The MMA Hour.
“F**k McGregor bro. He’s done bro. Now, it’s my time. McGregor, he did a lot for this sport, but right now, he’s done, that’s the truth, but if he wants to get the smoke, he’s gonna be in trouble because I will beat him. I will beat his a** bro. You can be sure of that.”
Renato Moicano: “F*** McGregor!”
Moicano went on to label McGregor his ideal next opponent. “F**king McGregor, of course. I want to fight him bro, but I don’t think he’s going to accept to fight me… If they give me a fight, it would be McGregor or Islam Makhachev, of course, because I want to be champion and I want to be a billionaire, I want to be a millionaire, I want to make money… Moicano wants the money, McGregor has the money, so why not do that fight?”
Moicano has fought under the UFC banner for close to a decade, and feels that he is only now getting the respect he deserves.
“I’ve been in the UFC for f****** almost 10 years. I don’t even know how long I’ve been in the UFC, but I’ve never been treated with respect. So I had to go over there, make a statement, and tell people how I feel.
I’m just angry and I want to f*** everybody up. I want to fight everybody, and I want to show everybody how good I am. That’s why I speak like that. But what’s funny is that my English is not great, so I think people liked it, but I don’t care, I’m going to start to talk like that, and that’s it.”
Moicano claimed that the game has changed, and respect is no longer valued, so he’s chosen to mouth off as a result.
“Now I understand the game. Back in the day, I was very humble, because my coach taught me to be like that in Brazil. Ten years ago, you couldn’t be like McGregor, or ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley. If you showed up in a gym like that, they’re going to beat you, they’ll say you can’t be like that.
But this is entertainment, people like to see that, and I’m beginning to understand that. It’s all about the money, and I want people to watch my fights and my career. So I’m going to be myself, and I have to beat these guys. It’s a package to do everything. [I want] big money, a lot of money.”
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