Renato Moicano

ANALYSIS
The French lightweight will look to stay undefeated in 2024 and expand his overall winning streak to four after defeating Drew Dober (unanimous decision) in February and Jalin Turner (TKO) in April. Moicano takes on Saint-Denis, who is 5-2 though his most recent fight ended in a knockout by Dustin Poirier in March.

ANALYSIS
It was far from a flawless performance from Moicano, and he was most definitely aided by some foolishness from Turner, but the bottom line is he cashed a as +200 underdog. We've seen repeatedly that the way to attack Turner is via the takedown. Moicano landed one in each round, but Jalin worked his way back to his feet in the opening frame before blasting Renato with a left hook. Yet, for some reason, Turner didn't follow up after flooring his opposition, and Moicano survived to the end of the round. He planted Turner on his back again early in Round 2 and eventually earned the stoppage. Set to turn 35 years of age in late-May, Moicano has won three straight and five of his last six.

ANALYSIS
Moicano has yet to secure a knockout win in his career, which puts a huge question mark on how he'll fare against tougher competition. However, he has relied heavily on his grappling game, allowing him to win four of his last five fights. Moicano will look to extend that run against an opponent that has dropped two of his last three fights.

ANALYSIS
Moicano performed well to pick up the victory, but his post-fight interview was epic. Seriously, look it up. As for his efforts inside the Octagon, Renato wisely leaned on his grappling game. He turned three successful takedowns into 10:33 worth of control time. The end result was a 142-36 edge for Moicano in terms of total strikes landed, although the significant strikes were 23 apiece. The Brazilian did just enough on the mat to ensure referee Mark Smith wouldn't stand the two up despited repeated warnings for more action. It's hard to bet on Moicano long-term simply because he doesn't have a single knockout victory in his professional career, and it's difficult to hang with better competition if you can't threaten them on the feet, but his grappling skills are excellent, and that has allowed Renato to win four of his last five fights.

ANALYSIS
Although Moicano won his last fight against Brad Riddell, it's been over a year since he fought an opponent, putting him at risk of coming out rusty versus Dober.