Tom Nolan stops Renato Moicano in round three of his first UFC main event at UFC Vegas 123
The 26-year-old Australian finished Moicano with punches on the ground at 1:28 of the third round to improve to 12-1.
Tom Nolan stopped Renato Moicano by TKO in the third round of the UFC Vegas 123 main event at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The lightweight fight was waved off at 1:28 of round three as Nolan landed punches from top position.
Nolan, 26, improves to 12-1. It was his first UFC main event, a week after fellow Australian Alexander Volkanovski retained the featherweight title at UFC 333. His previous win was a unanimous decision over Fares Ziam in June.
Moicano falls to 21-8-1. He came into the fight off a second-round finish of Chris Duncan at UFC Vegas 115 and has said he plans to fight out his UFC contract and then test free agency.
In the co-main event, Jacobe Smith beat Randy Brown by unanimous decision. Earlier on the card, Julian Erosa knocked out JeongYeong Lee in the first round of his retirement fight.
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