{"id":41332,"date":"2026-10-29T01:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Renato-Moicano-plans-to-test-free-agency-after-UFC-contract-expires-203392"},"modified":"2026-10-29T01:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:52:44","slug":"renato-moicano-plans-to-test-free-agency-after-ufc-contract-expires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/renato-moicano-plans-to-test-free-agency-after-ufc-contract-expires\/","title":{"rendered":"Renato Moicano plans to test free agency after UFC contract expires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/renato-moicano-plans-to-test-free-agency-after-ufc-contract-expires.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 \/>\n\u201cMoney\u201d Moicano<\/a> intends to fight out his <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> contract and explore free<br \/>\nagency.<\/p>\n<p>Moicano (21-7-1) will headline <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-292-Moicano-vs-Nolan-114214\"><br \/>\nUFC Vegas 123<\/a> against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tom-Nolan-244655\">Tom Nolan<\/a> on<br \/>\nSaturday at Meta Apex in Las Vegas. The 37-year-old said he has<br \/>\nthree fights remaining on his current deal, including this<br \/>\nweekend\u2019s bout, and wants to complete them before deciding his next<br \/>\nmove.<\/p>\n<h2>Renato Moicano says he has three UFC fights remaining, starting<br \/>\nwith Tom Nolan at UFC Vegas 123<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cMoney\u201d <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/518106\/i-would-like-to-be-a-free-agent-renato-moicano-plans-to-fight-out-remainder-of-deal-ahead-of-ufc-vegas-123-headliner\">told MMA Fighting<\/a><br \/>\nthat his future will depend partly on his UFC earnings and how he<br \/>\nfeels about continuing to compete. He also pointed to several<br \/>\nbusiness ventures outside the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to fight this deal out for sure,\u201d Moicano said. \u201cI want to<br \/>\ndo the whole thing and then let\u2019s see what happens. I would like to<br \/>\nbe a free agent, too. \u2026 Just to see what it\u2019s like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have another business, I have this YouTube, I have the gym, I<br \/>\nhave other stuff that I\u2019m doing. I\u2019m starting to manage some guys<br \/>\nin Brazil, too. I have this MMA show going on Dec. 5. So, who<br \/>\nknows? I\u2019m not making any plans,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not too worried. I\u2019m not too worried,\u201d Moicano said.<\/p>\n<p>Moicano snapped a two-fight skid following losses to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Islam-Makhachev-76836\">Islam<br \/>\nMakhachev<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Beneil-Dariush-56583\">Beneil<br \/>\nDariush<\/a> by submitting <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Chris-Duncan-74346\">Chris<br \/>\nDuncan<\/a> in the second round of their UFC Vegas 115 main event in<br \/>\nApril. He will look to build on that victory against Nolan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renato \u201cMoney\u201d Moicano intends to fight out his Ultimate Fighting Championship contract and explore free agency. Moicano (21-7-1) will headline UFC Vegas 123 against Tom Nolan on Saturday at Meta Apex in Las Vegas. The 37-year-old said he has three fights remaining on his current deal, including this weekend\u2019s bout, and wants to complete them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41332","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\/41332","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=41332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}