September 29, 2024 7:30 pm ET
Renato Moicano thinks Benoit Saint Denis wants a change in coaching surroundings if he desires to snap his two-fight shedding skid after UFC Fight Night 243.
After scoring a second-round doctor’s stoppage TKO win over Saint Denis (13-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) on Saturday at Accor Area in Paris, Moicano (20-5-1 MMA, 12-5 UFC) prolonged an olive department for his most up-to-date opponent to come back into his gymnasium at American Prime Group in South Florida.
“I invite Benoit Saint Denis to come back to our gymnasium, to coach with us and I can assure he’s going to be one other fighter,” Moicano informed reporters on the UFC Struggle Evening 243 post-fight information convention. “He must get out of his consolation zone in my view. However I believe he’s an ideal fighter and he’s nonetheless younger. The issue is, they offer him Dustin Poirier and ‘Cash’ Moicano in a row. We’re a special degree now. However I believe finally he’s going to get there.”
Moicano stated he thinks fairly extremely of Saint Denis. Nevertheless, the constraints within the Frenchman’s sport that Moicano noticed throughout preparation additionally appeared in actuality, and that’s going to be problematic if Saint Denis desires to succeed in the following degree of the light-weight division.
The recommendation from Moicano is real, and he hopes Saint Denis will take it severely. “I actually respect Benoit Saint Denis and what he did on this division,” Moicano stated. “I believe he’s very robust. I believe he’s younger. However I believe he must work on his sport. As a result of what makes him harmful is what makes him weak. He places an excessive amount of strain. If he can contact you, he’s going to interrupt you. But when he can not contact you, it’s straightforward to see. Particularly watching his fights and watch the way in which he stands up with fighters, he’s all the time going one hundred pc. I used to be speaking to my coaches that when I get this man down, he’s going to make the whole lot sweat and he’s going to be gassed, and that’s what occurred.”
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