Surging Brazilian contender, Renato Moicano is slated for his return to motion at UFC 311 subsequent month — reserving a light-weight conflict with veteran contender, Beneil Dariush on January 18. from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California.
Hoping to crack the single-digit rankings subsequent month within the ‘City of Angels’, light-weight contender, Moicano most lately landed the quantity ten rank within the division — extending his successful run to 4 straight fights with a second spherical physician’s stoppage TKO win at UFC Paris again in September towards Benoit Saint Denis.
As for Dariush, the perennial light-weight challenger has been sidelined since December of final 12 months, retaining the quantity 9 rank within the division following back-to-back first spherical knockout losses to each Arman Tsarukyan, and former champion, Charles Oliveira.
Renato Moicano booked to struggle Beneil Dariush at UFC 311 in January
And formally on deck to characteristic at UFC 311 subsequent month, the promotion’s official X account confirmed a pairing between Renato Moicano and Beneil Dairush.
#UFC311 simply retains getting BETTER. Jan 18 can’t come quickly sufficient!”
As a part of his spectacular successful spree, Brasilia native, Renato Moicano has racked up 4 victories over Brad Riddell, Drew Dober, Jalin Turner, and the above-mentioned French finisher, Saint Denis.
Himself with no win since 2022, Dariush’s most up-to-date victory got here within the type of a powerful unanimous resolution win over Polish challenger, Mateusz Gamrot, including to a string of triumphs over the likes of Dober, Thiago Moises, and former interim championship holder, Tony Ferguson.
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UFC 311 takes place on January 18. from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California — with an undisputed light-weight title rematch between Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan slated to take headlining honors.
Within the evening’s co-headliner, surging challenger, Umar Nurmagomedov takes on the incumbent undisputed bantamweight kingpin, Merab Dvalishvili in a championship grudge struggle.
