Renato Moicano's dominant victory in the main event of UFC Paris this past weekend was made even more impressive by some news that came out in the aftermath.
Kevin Iole shared images of a gruesome shoulder injury that the Brazilian lightweight contender had suffered, as the journalist understood, in the second round against Benoît Saint-Denis.
Moicano, however, later clarified that this was the result of an injury that he had suffered during his training camp, 3 weeks before the fight.
He refused to pull out of the UFC Paris main event and as a result, would end up earning his fourth consecutive win at 155 pounds.
"I hurt my shoulder 3 weeks ago… but I couldn’t pull out of a main event… thank you my team for helping me training like that e get me ready for the fight"
As the x-ray clearly shows, Moicano fought Saint-Denis with a cleanly broken shoulder bone, that jutted out out of skin.
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MMA Fans React To Renato Moicano's Injury Details
MMA fans were already quick to shower Moicano with praise following his devastating display in the French capital.
After taking Saint Denis down early in the fight, he earned a 10-8 round across all three scorecards due to some ruthless ground and pound that led to his opponent wearing significant damage on his face.
The fight was then stopped at the end of the second round after the doctor declared that the Frenchman couldn't see out of one eye.
On social media, MMA fans reacted to Moicano revealing more details about his injury:
"Moicano’s stock is massively up after last night."
"Savage. That's no bs injury neither. Who was the real God of war last night #easymoney"
"Mcgregor pulled out for a pinky toe yall"
"I had the same injury... I couldn't even sleep at night because the pain was too much... idk how he did this against a super tough opponent"
"You hear that? I don't want to ever hear BSD's staph excuse again"
"Damn is this why he started to slow down a bit? $$$Moicano"
"When Moicano Wants Money, Moicano is invincible"
"Benoit being like 'I can see out of my left one' is SAVAGE"
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