The feud between “The Baddy” and “Money” continues.
Renato Moicano got smoked at UFC 311 yesterday (Sat., Jan. 18, 2025) when Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev submitted him with a D’Arce choke in less than a round from inside the brand-new Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California (watch highlights).
For the most part, Moicano got a lot of praise for his effort in such a tough fight on super short notice, but his nemesis, Paddy Pimblett, didn’t see it that way.
“Ah, you f—king tapped that quick, Renato?” Pimblett said on his YouTube channel while watching the fight. “Go to sleep, lad! Go out on your shield. I f—king hate that, you know. You’re in a f—king choke, lad; you’re not going to snap your neck. Go to sleep…That was too easy. I thought Renato would put up more of a fight than that.”
Moicano and Pimblett have been circling each other for about a year now and have asked the UFC to fight each other, but for whatever reason, the promotion has kept them apart.
The two Lightweights even wanted to coach The Ultimate Fighter against each other (that didn’t happen either).
Maybe now, with Moicano’s loss at UFC 311, the two will fight later this year.
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This story originally appeared on MMA Mania
