{"id":37616,"date":"2026-04-06T15:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Renato-Carneiro-lists-easy-money-opponents-excludes-Mauricio-Ruffy-200744"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:06:41","slug":"renato-carneiro-lists-easy-money-opponents-excludes-mauricio-ruffy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/renato-carneiro-lists-easy-money-opponents-excludes-mauricio-ruffy\/","title":{"rendered":"Renato Carneiro lists &#8216;easy money&#8217; opponents, excludes Mauricio Ruffy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/renato-carneiro-lists-easy-money-opponents-excludes-mauricio-ruffy.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Renato-Carneiro-61700\">Renato<br \/>\nCarneiro<\/a> doesn\u2019t want to fight <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mauricio-Ruffy-192545\">Mauricio<br \/>\nRuffy<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Carneiro (21-7) took on teammate <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Chris-Duncan-74346\">Chris<br \/>\nDuncan<\/a> at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-272-April-4-111271\"><br \/>\nUFC Fight Night 272<\/a> on Saturday. \u201cMoney Moicano\u201d looked nearly<br \/>\nflawless while earning a second-round submission win over<br \/>\nDuncan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Carneiro has a reputation for calling for \u201ceasy money\u201d fights. The<br \/>\nBrazilian recently listed <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dan-Hooker-45122\">Dan Hooker<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Paddy-Pimblett-84902\">Paddy<br \/>\nPimblett<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Benoit-St-Denis-317103\">Benoit St.<br \/>\nDenis<\/a> as \u201ceasy money\u201d opponents. Having just defeated a<br \/>\nteammate, Carneiro also briefly joked about a potential booking<br \/>\nagainst another teammate in <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mateusz-Gamrot-90605\">Mateusz<br \/>\nGamrot<\/a>. However, Carneiro clarified that he doesn\u2019t want to<br \/>\nfight fellow Brazilian <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mauricio-Ruffy-192545\">Mauricio<br \/>\nRuffy<\/a>. While Carneiro used to think that he could defeat Ruffy,<br \/>\nhe believes otherwise since the latter\u2019s latest win.<\/p>\n<h2>Running Down the List<\/h2>\n<p>\u201c<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dan-Hooker-45122\">Dan<br \/>\nHooker<\/a> \u2014 f\u2014-ing easy money. <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Paddy-Pimblett-84902\">Paddy<br \/>\nPimblett<\/a> \u2014 f\u2014-ing easy money. <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Benoit-St-Denis-317103\">Benoit St.<br \/>\nDenis<\/a> \u2014 f\u2014-ing easy money,\u201d Carneiro said on the post-fight<br \/>\nshow. \u201cI don\u2019t want anything against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mauricio-Ruffy-192545\">Mauricio<br \/>\nRuffy<\/a>. Because back in the day, I thought that I could beat<br \/>\nthis motherf\u2014-er But now, after what he did against Fiziev, you saw<br \/>\nthat? This guy is the real deal. I don\u2019t want anything against<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mauricio-Ruffy-192545\">Mauricio<br \/>\nRuffy<\/a>. <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mateusz-Gamrot-90605\">Mateusz<br \/>\nGamrot<\/a>, he trains at my gym, but right now I\u2019m fighting<br \/>\neverybody from the gym, so maybe <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mateusz-Gamrot-90605\">Mateusz<br \/>\nGamrot<\/a>. No, I\u2019m joking, don\u2019t be worried, Mateusz, I\u2019m just<br \/>\njoking, I\u2019m not coming for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ruffy (13-2) is 4-1 in the UFC with three highlight-reel stoppage<br \/>\nwins. Ruffy most recently knocked out ace striker <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Rafael-Fiziev-202657\">Rafael<br \/>\nFiziev<\/a> at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-325-Volkanovski-vs-Lopes-2-110692\"><br \/>\nUFC 325<\/a> this past January, to rebound from his only UFC loss<br \/>\nagainst St. Denis. Ruffy is now scheduled to fight <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Michael-Chandler-50829\">Michael<br \/>\nChandler<\/a> at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-White-House-Freedom-250-Topuria-vs-Gaethje-111990\"><br \/>\nUFC White House<\/a> on June 14.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"3.029702970297\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.3316831683168\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dan-Hooker-45122\">Dan Hooker<\/a>,<br \/>\nf***ing easy money.<br \/>Paddy Pimbeltt, f***ing easy money.<br \/>Benoit Saint Denis, f***ing easy money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MPQFF9t8eu\">pic.twitter.com\/MPQFF9t8eu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFConParamount\/status\/2040630189315465380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nApril 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renato Carneiro doesn\u2019t want to fight Mauricio Ruffy.&nbsp; Carneiro (21-7) took on teammate Chris Duncan at UFC Fight Night 272 on Saturday. \u201cMoney Moicano\u201d looked nearly flawless while earning a second-round submission win over Duncan.&nbsp; Carneiro has a reputation for calling for \u201ceasy money\u201d fights. The Brazilian recently listed Dan Hooker, Paddy Pimblett and Benoit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}