Renato Moicano believes Muhammad Mokaev would haveactually produced more buzz than Steve Erceg as a UFC title opposition.
Despite Mokaev having more experience in the octagon, flyweight champ Alexandre Pantoja (27-5 MMA, 11-3 UFC) injury up illustration Erceg (12-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 301 (Pay-per-view/ESPN/ESPN+) headliner at Rio Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
Moicano, who’s great pals and American Top Team colleagues with Pantoja, believes Erceg isn’t a huge sufficient name to draw audiences in after being in the UFC for just a year.
“I am a buddy with Pantoja,” Moicano stated on the “MIGHTYcast” podcast with Demetrious Johnson. “He’s my youngboy. I like him a lot. Hard employee, devoted guy, constantly in the fitnesscenter, however I didn’t like this battle at all. This guy (Erceg), he’s hazardous however just 3 battles in the UFC. Nobody understands who he is. He’s not going to sell any paytelevisions. I believe Pantoja desired bad to battle in B