Renato Moicano threatens retirement after stunning stoppage of Chris Duncan ends losing streak at UFC Vegas 115

Renato Moicano has claimed that he could hang up his gloves in favor of a YouTube profession despite scoring his first win in almost two years.

The enigmatic Brazilian lost twice in 2025 – 3 times in the event you count his ACBJJ effort – after saving UFC 311 by stepping in on hours’ notice to challenge Islam Makhachev. And he was forced to face his own teammate Chris Duncan tonight at UFC Vegas 115 when Brian Ortega pulled out of their UFC 326 clash.

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Moicano is one of the crucial popular fighters with fans within the lightweight division and has built a brand across multiple social media channels where he speaks English and Portuguese. Now, he wants a positive matchup above him within the rankings, or could quit fighting altogether.

Renato Moicano could retire after UFC Vegas 115 win over Chris Duncan

As former training partners, Chris Duncan and Renato Moicano were very aware of one another’s strengths and weaknesses. The Scot’s four-fight winning run included three choke victories, and he was confident of doing the identical with the Brazilian.

Nonetheless, the gap between Duncan’s level and the highest 15 showed as Moicano was in a position to impress in the primary before dropping his opponent hard within the second. Once he had scored the knockdown, he immediately got into the grappling where his black belt skills showed.

Moicano got to Duncan’s back and landed the rear naked choke to mark his first UFC victory since September 2024. And as usual, he immediately got into promo mode as he took the microphone from Michael Bisping to be able to make an enormous statement.

After a string of non secular and political messages, he told the Las Vegas crowd in addition to viewers at home: “F— the fans, I like you guys but f— you now…

“You higher give me anyone that is simple and higher within the rankings, otherwise I’m going to retire because I don’t need to fight bulls— guys. I’m making a number of money with YouTube, follow me on YouTube motherf—ers!”