Renato Moicano in victory in the UFC (Photo: Instagram)
Renato Moicano revealed the reason why he refused the fight against Charles of the Bronx, scheduled for UFC Rio on October 11. In an interview with the Show Me The Podcast podcast, the fighter said that his current priority is producing content for YouTube, and that this would take up the time needed to prepare for the fight.
“If I beat Charles in Brazil, I would become a superstar. I don't want to make excuses, but I have an injury. I haven't been training much, and I got sick, too. Especially since it was five rounds and I got tired in the last fight (against Beneil Dariush). I haven't had time to recover. I've been doing six-hour live streams... If I stop working, the algorithms will crash," Moicano explained.
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The opportunity arose after the injury of Raphael Fiziev, which opened up a spot to face Charles of the Bronx. Although Moicano initially showed interest, he and his team rejected the UFC's proposal to replace Fiziev, according to the man himself. Charles of the Bronx.
With Moicano's refusal, the UFC opted to Mateusz gamrot, who accepted the challenge at the last minute and is now confirmed to face Charles at the event on October 11th.
Renato Moicano opens up and explains why he refused to fight Charles do Bronx at UFC Rio
Renato Moicano says he wouldn't accept fight with Charles Oliveira at #UFCRio because he's too busy making content for his YouTube channel
“I've been doing 6 hours live streams…and if I'll stop working, the algorithms will go down.”
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