{"id":40573,"date":"2026-09-16T02:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T02:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Renato-Moicano-rips-Brian-Ortega-for-UFC-331-withdrawal-202815"},"modified":"2026-09-16T02:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T02:56:00","slug":"renato-moicano-rips-brian-ortega-for-ufc-331-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/renato-moicano-rips-brian-ortega-for-ufc-331-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"Renato Moicano rips Brian Ortega for UFC 331 withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Renato
\n\u201cMoney\u201d Moicano<\/a> is frustrated with Brian
\nOrtega<\/a> for pulling out of their matchup.<\/p>\n

Moicano (21-7) was scheduled to welcome Ortega (16-5) to the
\n
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> lightweight division at UFC
\n331<\/a> on Sept. 19 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. However,
\nthe matchup fell through five days before fight night after Ortega
\nsuffered a cut above his eye in training, which required
\nstitches.<\/p>\n

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Moicano, who now has a new assignment for a later date, recently
\naddressed Ortega\u2019s pull-out.<\/p>\n

Renato Moicano unloads on Brian Ortega after their UFC 331
\nfight falls apart<\/h2>\n

Moicano will now fight surging prospect Tom Nolan<\/a>
\n(11-1) in the main event of a
\nFight Night on Oct. 31<\/a> at Meta Apex in Las Vegas. The Brazilian
\nrecently went off on Ortega for pulling out of the matchup,
\nrevealing that he\u2019s frustrated as he missed out on what he viewed
\nas a favorable matchup.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrtega chickened out,\u201d Moicano said on his YouTube channel.
\n\u201cSomething I never expected whatsoever. Quite simply, the easiest
\nfight in the division just slipped right through my fingers. And I
\nwas pissed, I was angry, but there\u2019s nothing I can do about it. If
\nyou\u2019re watching this video, it\u2019s because I\u2019m not going to fight at
\nUFC 331, unfortunately, because of this son of a b*tch, because of
\nthis guy who\u2019s always pulling out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ortega has previously pulled out of a matchup against Moicano
\nscheduled for this past March. The latter further notes that the
\nformer featherweight title challenger also missed weight for his
\nlast fight against Aljamain
\nSterling<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

Moicano believes Ortega has lost all credibility after pulling out
\nof consecutive fights and claims that \u201cT-City\u201d blamed his breakup
\nwith fellow UFC fighter Tracy
\nCortez<\/a> for missing weight against Sterling.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody is ever going to trust you again,\u201d Moicano added. \u201cWho\u2019s
\ngoing to want to fight Brian Ortega? He already missed weight
\nagainst Sterling; he\u2019s had all kinds of problems. I didn\u2019t want to
\nbring these personal things up here, but in interviews he said it
\nwas Tracy Cortez\u2019s fault, that Tracy Cortez was making his life
\nmiserable, that he was having problems because of that. And now,
\nover the last two years, over the last three years, what\u2019s the
\nproblem? I\u2019m asking, but I want you to go f*ck yourself. I don\u2019t
\neven want to know.\u201d<\/p>\n