{"id":40507,"date":"2026-09-15T04:20:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T04:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Brian-Ortega-out-of-UFC-331-Renato-Moicano-gets-new-opponent-202802"},"modified":"2026-09-15T04:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T04:20:43","slug":"brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-331-renato-moicano-gets-new-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/brian-ortega-out-of-ufc-331-renato-moicano-gets-new-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Ortega out of UFC 331; Renato Moicano gets new opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Renato
\n\u201cMoney\u201d Moicano<\/a> vs. Brian
\nOrtega<\/a> is no longer part of the upcoming
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> numbered event.<\/p>\n

Ortega has suffered an injury, forcing the cancellation of the bout
\nscheduled for UFC
\n331<\/a> at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sept. 19. While
\n\u201cT-City\u201d nurses his injury, Moicano has a new matchup and will now
\nheadline a Fight Night in Las Vegas in October.<\/p>\n

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Brian Ortega\u2019s injury cancels Moicano fight before UFC 331<\/h2>\n

After his bout with Ortega was pulled from UFC 331, Moicano\u2019s next
\nopponent was announced. The Brazilian is now set to face Tom Nolan<\/a> in
\nthe main event of the
\nUFC Fight Night card on Oct. 31<\/a> at Meta Apex in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Ortega took to social media to reveal details of his injury. A deep
\ncut has forced him out of his UFC lightweight debut and he had to
\nget stitches above his left eye.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to pull out of the fight because of the stitches in my
\neye,\u201d Ortega wrote on Instagram. \u201cI\u2019m on weight, I\u2019ve been training
\nmy *ss off, and this has honestly been one of the best camps I\u2019ve
\never had.\u201d<\/p>\n

UFC 331 now has 12 fights on deck, with Gable
\nSteveson<\/a> vs. Sean Sharaf<\/a>
\nnow opening the main card. Joshua Van<\/a>
\nvs. Alexandre
\nPantoja<\/a> 2 headlines UFC 331, with Van defending the UFC
\nflyweight championship against the former champ in a rematch after
\nan anticlimactic ending to their first meeting, in which Pantoja
\nsuffered an early arm injury.<\/p>\n

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MAIN EVENT ALERT \ud83d\udea8@MoicanoUFC<\/a> will
\nnow fight Tom Nolan<\/a> at
\n
\n#UFCVegas123<\/a> on October 31!<\/p>\n[ LIVE on @paramountplus<\/a>
\n] pic.twitter.com\/ChJ1RdyzXL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount)
\nSeptember 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Renato \u201cMoney\u201d Moicano vs. Brian Ortega is no longer part of the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship numbered event. Ortega has suffered an injury, forcing the cancellation of the bout scheduled for UFC 331 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sept. 19. While \u201cT-City\u201d nurses his injury, Moicano has a new matchup and will now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40507","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\/40507","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=40507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}