Renato Moicano: 'Not any chance' Mauricio Ruffy loses to Benoit Saint Denis
Rising lightweight contenders Ruffy (12-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) and Saint Denis (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) square off on Sept. 6 at UFC Fight Night 258 from Accor Arena in Paris.
Moicano's most recent win came in a beatdown of Saint Denis in the UFC Fight Night 243 headliner last September. He was asked about the potential of facing Ruffy should he lose to Saint Denis, but Moicano doesn't even see that as a possibility.
"I don't think that card is on the table. I don't think Ruffy is losing to BSD," Moicano said on "The Ariel Helwani Show." "Not any chance. I think he will knock BSD out in the first round. I think Ruffy, he is the future of the lightweight division. He's pretty good. I know he was not tested but because a lot of stuff was going on. Bobby Green isn't an easy guy to knock out like that, and he did it in the first round. Of course, Bobby Green is a little bit older right now, but I think Ruffy is the real deal."
The Fighting Nerds' Ruffy is coming off a spinning wheel kick knockout of King Green at UFC 313 in March. Meanwhile, after his stoppage loss to Moicano, Saint Denis rebounded with a submission of short-notice replacement Kyle Prepolec at UFC 315 in May.
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