UFC Vegas 123 live blog: Renato Moicano vs. Tom Nolan

Renato Moicano and Tom Nolan | (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) This is the live blog for Renato Moicano vs. Tom Nolan, the lightweight main event for Saturday’s UFC Vegas 123 card at the UFC Meta APEX in Las Vegas. Joining the UFC in 2014, Moicano originally cut his teeth in the 145-pound weight c

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This is the live blog for Renato Moicano vs. Tom Nolan, the lightweight main event for Saturday’s UFC Vegas 123 card at the UFC Meta APEX in Las Vegas.

Joining the UFC in 2014, Moicano originally cut his teeth in the 145-pound weight class, but after back-to-back losses to top contenders in 2019, “Money” moved up to 155 pounds. He’s been a major player since the move up, even challenging Islam Makhachev for the title last year, coming up short on short notice. After another setback following that

loss, Moicano got back on track earlier this year against Chris Duncan, and now he’s looking to turn back another rising contender in Nolan.

A Contender Series signee in 2023, Nolan suffered an immediate setback in his debut, losing to Nikolas Motta. Since then, however, “Big Train” has been rolling, winning five consecutive fights to earn a spot in the UFC’s lightweight rankings and now his first main event in the promotion.