Nolan stops Moicano in the third

Tom Nolan beat Renato Moicano by TKO at 1:28 of the third round. The finish was punches and elbows. Referee Dan Miragliotta stopped it. The fight was the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday, October 31.

The filed record is 12-1. It was his first UFC main event. Moicano, a former lightweight title challenger, falls to 21-8-1. He came in at 21-7-1.

Moicano took Nolan’s back in the first round and hunted a rear-naked choke. He did it again in the second and locked a body triangle. Miragliotta stood them up. Nolan then dropped Moicano and nearly finished him before the horn. In the third, Moicano scored another takedown. Nolan swept to top position, and the referee waved it off.

The rest of the main card

Jacobe Smith beat Randy Brown by unanimous decision, 30-26 on all three cards. Smith is 14-0. He took the fight on two weeks’ notice. Brown is 20-9.

Cody Durden beat Ode’ Osbourne by unanimous decision, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28.

Luana Santos beat Yana Santos by unanimous decision, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28. It is Luana Santos’s 12th win, and her fourth in a row.

Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani beat Farman Hasanov by TKO at 2:11 of the third round. A doctor stopped it after a cut across Hasanov’s left eyelid. Lebosnoyani is 12-2, and 3-0 in the UFC. It is his first stoppage in the promotion.

The main event was booked for five rounds. The fights before it were three. Start times for Las Vegas, London, and Sydney are in the card story.