Renato Moicano explains why he didn’t take UFC settlement

As for Renato Moicano, fans have taken aim at the Brazilian for not taking the UFC payout settlement.

However, Moicano says he decided not to, as it goes against his own principles and felt like he didn’t deserve the money.

“I base the stuff that I do based on principles… and that’s hard. I like money, but I would never rob a bank. I would never go against my word just to get money. That’s my whole point,” Moicano said. “My whole point is when these people signed with the UFC, they were very happy about this. 10 years later they say, ‘No. I was not happy. I was abused.’ And then when they have the chance to keep going with the lawsuit, they dropped it because they did the settlement. So they got the money and the lawsuit is gone. Guess what? UFC will continue doing the same thing that you’ve been complaining about.”

Renato Moicano is 20-7-1 as a pro and coming off a decision loss to Beneil Dariush. Before that, he suffered a submission loss to Islam Makhachev for the belt.