Thiago Moises lost as many fights in his first 10 months on the UFC roster as he did over the first six years of his professional career, and the Brazilian lightweight knows he’s better because of it.
“I grew so much after those fights,” he said of his unanimous decision losses to Beneil Dariush and Damir Ismagulov, which bookended his first UFC victory over Kurt Holobaugh. “I think those fights were very important in my career because I could fix — not mistakes, but I could see what I could do better in my training and my personal life in order to compete at a higher level.