Renato Moicano was more than willing to step up and fight Justin Gaethje at UFC 313. Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be.
Originally, Gaethje was scheduled to square off with Dan Hooker in a five-round co-main event that had fight fans salivating from the moment it was announced. Sadly, the fight would never come to fruition after ‘The Hangman’ suffered a broken hand whilst training, forcing him to bow out of the bout.
Determined to keep Gaethje on the card, the UFC immediately went to work looking for a replacement. One fighter who quickly made himself available was Moicano — the man who just recently stepped up and fought Islam Makhachev in January.