{"id":38451,"date":"2026-05-25T20:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Moicano-debut-as-MMA-promoter-includes-large-audience-plenty-of-surprises-201317"},"modified":"2026-05-25T20:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:05:40","slug":"moicano-debut-as-mma-promoter-includes-large-audience-plenty-of-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/moicano-debut-as-mma-promoter-includes-large-audience-plenty-of-surprises\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Moicano’ debut as MMA promoter includes large audience, plenty of surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If career transition is one of the biggest concerns for MMA
\nathletes after fighting, Renato “Moicano” Carneiro<\/a> has reason to celebrate.<\/p>\n

As far as MMA goes, the 37-year-old \u201cMoicano\u201d showed he still has
\nplenty of fight left in him on April 4 by submitting
\nAmerican Top Team<\/a> training partner Chris
\nDuncan<\/a> in the main event of
\nUFC Fight Night 272<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to the resounding success of his YouTube channel, the ATT
\nathlete already has an excellent career transition guaranteed when
\nhe decides to retire. Last Saturday, almost a month after being
\nawarded best influencer in Brasilia at the Brazilian internet
\nOscars (iBEST), \u201cMoicano\u201d took another step towards this successful
\ntransition. He once again used his well-known sense of humor to
\ninnovate and achieve success, this time as the promoter of
\nMoney Moicano MMA<\/a>, an event with 10 MMA fights held in S\u00e3o
\nPaulo last Saturday at the Cornerman Academy.<\/p>\n

With a dwarf as the announcer, fights between amateurs registered
\non his channel, ring girls who stripped as the audience increased,
\nand the broadcast presence of greats like Demian Maia<\/a>,
\nAntonio
\nRodrigo Nogueira<\/a>, Jean Silva<\/a>
\nand Marcos da
\nMatta<\/a>, \u201cMoicano\u201d had fun and entertained the audience,
\nguaranteeing the success of his debut event.<\/p>\n

Without the competition from the UFC on Saturday, Moicano achieved
\nexcellent numbers. During the five hours of transmission on his
\nYouTube channel, the event averaged 40,000 viewers, reaching peaks
\nof 62,000 and achieving 550,000 views in 24 hours on air.<\/p>\n

Makhachev Dancing Funk<\/h2>\n

Created by AI, the opening video of the broadcast gave the viewer
\nan idea of what was to come. It began with Carneiro dancing to the
\nrhythm of Brazilian funk alongside images of his most recent
\nopponents \u2014 Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a>, Beneil
\nDariush<\/a> and Benoit St.
\nDenis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“He beat the Frenchman in France, won the night’s bonus, broke the
\nbank and Bitcoin exploded, the problem came after that, life taught
\nhim a lesson, to fight the Russian you have to train brabo choke.
\nBut nothing compares to that senile old man, tiring in the 2nd
\nround, the whole world saw it, but he wasn’t alone, he has
\nsubscribers,” the song lyrics stated.<\/p>\n

Political Debate Decided in the Cage<\/h2>\n

\u201cDiscussing politics never leads anywhere, the real deal is to
\nfight and settle it inside the cage.\u201d Moicano used this philosophy
\nto attract followers from both sides of the national political
\nspectrum to fight on the card of his event in what he called a
\n\u201csubscribers’ fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just like in the United States (Republicans and Democrats), Brazil
\nhas been polarized for at least 23 years between Lula (the current
\npresident, who represents the left) and Bolsonaro (known by many as
\nthe Brazilian Trump). Lula was imprisoned for one year and seven
\nmonths for corruption during Bolsonaro’s term. When Lula returned
\nto power, Jair Bolsonaro went back to prison, leaving his eldest
\nson Fl\u00e1vio as a presidential candidate \u2014 increasing the temperature
\nin Brazil until the national election in October. The possibility
\nof having both sides in a real fight was spread by Brazilian media,
\nwhich help to engage Carneiro\u2019s audience in his first show as a
\npromoter.<\/p>\n

With the vast majority of locals rooting for the right-wing fighter
\n(Bolsonaro), the winner was Riquelme
\nFofo<\/a>, a supporter of Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva. His opponent,
\nKau\u00e3 Rosemberg, gave up during the break between the second and
\nthird rounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a fight! Money Moicano MMA was designed exactly for that. To
\nmake you fight over politics. I’ll say it right now, if you have a
\npolitician you don’t like, you have to exchange blows here. This is
\nwhere it’s at. Congratulations to both of them,\u201d said the always
\nsarcastic \u201cMoicano\u201d after the fight between the political
\nopponents.<\/p>\n

The evening\u2019s main event was a clash between Jair Farias<\/a>
\nand Ricardo
\nCapoeira<\/a>. Farias, an athlete from
\nThe Fighting Nerds<\/a>, used takedowns extensively and sought
\nsubmissions but ended up winning by split decision. It was the 12th
\nvictory for the 33-year-old athlete, who lost in a past bid to earn
\na
\nUFC<\/a> contract on
\nDana White’s Contender Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also noteworthy are the victories of Ana Brito<\/a>,
\nwho submitted Kauany
\nOliveira<\/a> in the third round; Miguel
\nPorto<\/a>, who knocked out Thiago
\nVieira<\/a> in the second round in the co-main event; and Hector
\nSantiago<\/a>, who secured a beautiful knockout against Paulo
\nNogueira<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the end of the event, \u201cMoicano\u201d thanked the audience and
\nrevealed that he is already planning the second edition of the
\nevent for October, with many other innovations.<\/p>\n