Moicano’s coach ‘can’t explain’ loss to TKZ, says Renato was ‘predictable’
Renato Moicano’s coach, Gabriel de Oliveira, analyzes his student’s TKO loss to Chan Sung Jung at UFC Greenville.
After weeks of preparation, it only took 58 seconds for Renato Moicano’s chance at a win at UFC Greenville to slip through his fingers. Caught with a perfect overhand right in the opening seconds of the card’s main event, the Brazilian – a slight betting favorite – suffered his second TKO loss in a row, now by the hands of Chan Sung Jung.
Shortly after the bout, Combate managed to get in touch with Moicano’s coach Gabriel de Oliveira to find out what went wrong in the short, but astonishing fight. In Oliveira’s opinion, Renato was just too predictable in the Octagon and not aware enough from the get-go.
“There is no analysis. There was no fight,” Oliveira explained. “We are still flabbergasted, because that was one of the best camps Renato had. What happened is inexplicable. Maybe there was no technical mistake – because his technique is very refined – but he was predictable in there. He didn’t perform like he should. Maybe he was trying to take his time, but he was to aloof and his jab was studied, for sure. The guy learned the timing of his jab threw an overhand over it. You need to go in there turned up to 11. You need to be focused. We will have to go back to the drawing board, let Renato go a while without training, just rest. Then we’ll reassess some aspects of our training routines.”
Additionally, Oliveira explains that his team expected a five-round affair, not a quick win in the first minute. Perhaps that could explain why Moicano was so surprised with the hard shot early in the match.
“He was okay, he was normal. He recovered well from the weight cut, he was relaxed as usual. I can’t explain what happened. We expected a long fight, five rounds. We expected back-and-forth action, but unfortunately he was unable to land a single punch. We were surprised by a strike we knew he would throw. We worked on that, we knew he would time the jab and throw the overhand. But I don’t know, I don’t know what happened in the fight. He [Renato] didn’t go. I don’t know if he was distracted. It’s hard for us to swallow that, honestly. We weighed all the pros and cons in that fight and we had everything in our favor. When the fight started, we just couldn’t bring those to work in our advantage.”
Now, Renato Moicano (13-3-1) finds himself on a two-fight losing skid, with TKO losses to Chan Sung Jung and Jose Aldo. Before those, the 30-year-old was on a two-fight winning streak, with an unanimous decision over Calvin Kattar and a submission win against Cub Swanson.