UFC lightweight Tom Nolan wants 'Not So Easy Money' Renato Moicano
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LAS VEGAS – Tom Nolan is taking an opposite approach to Renato Moicano's callouts, and that is ask the promotion for a tough fight.
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Nolan (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC), a rising prospect at 155 pounds, called out Moicano following his latest feat in the octagon. Nolan took the time of his in-cage, post-fight interview after his unanimous decision over Fares Ziam (18-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) at Saturday's UFC Fight Night 278 to shoot his shot with the Brazilian.
"I think Ziam was a really good challenge for me in the sense that it made me nervous. It was a hard fight," Nolan said after his win at the Meta APEX. "I want another fight like that. All respect, not so easy money, 'Money' Moicano: That's a tough fight. I'm young enough. I'm 26. If I come out here and lose, the amount of wealth it will take from that (would be big). But I come out here and win, I'm looking at a top five."
After the fight, speaking with reporters at the UFC Fight Night 278 post-fight press conference, Nolan elaborated in the reason for his callout.
"I respect him so much. I think he's awesome," Nolan said. "I've studied him a lot. I studied his fight against (Benoit Saint Denis) for my last fight. I took some stuff that he works. He does a really good job of getting the body triangle and essentially forcing his hips to face the earth while his opponent does whatever they want underneath, and he just smashes them. I think he's great. I've been watching him since I was a child. It's nothing but respect. I love that dude. He's cool.
"I'm back in love with the game and I want to challenge myself. I think that dude has a scary striking skill set, a scary grappling skill set. He's fought everybody. He's awesome. He's great. Why not fight someone like that? Why not go out there and prove myself right once again?"
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Vegas 118's Tom Nolan calls out 'not so easy money' Renato Moicano