Tom Nolan brutalizes Renato Moicano with ground and pound to win UFC Vegas 123 main event
Tom Nolan defeated Renato Moicano in the main event of UFC Vegas 123 via a third-round TKO. Nolan overcame early submission attempts by Moicano to secure the victory with ground and pound strikes.
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Tom Nolan survived an early onslaught on the canvas to deliver his own vicious brand of ground and pound to finish Renato Moicano in the UFC Vegas 123 main event.
Showing patience and good defense, Nolan avoided Moicano’s many submission attempts early but then came back with some devastating body work to finally put the Brazilian in trouble on the ground. From there, Nolan just unladed some vicious shots until referee Dan Miragliotta stopped the fight with the end coming at 1:28 in the third round.
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“That’s probably better than I expected,” Nolan said about the win. “I come in here, I spoke to God, I said this is the plan for me and I trust me. I come in here ice cold and I delivered.
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