Renato Moicano dominated Benoit Saint Denis in brutalizing fashion Saturday en route to a doctor’s stoppage win.
But despite his domination, Moicano (20-5-1 MMA, 12-5 UFC) was dealing with some battle wounds of his own, from training camp for UFC Fight Night 243.
According to Moicano and confirmed to MMA Junkie by his manager Oren Hodak of KO Reps, the Brazilian fighter suffered a shoulder injury approximately one month prior to the bout. Hodak provided a pair of images of the injury to MMA Junkie.
Here's another angle of Renato Moicano's shoulder from the time of the injury, per his manager @ko_reps.
Moicano somehow 10-8'd Benoit Saint Denis and beat him via doctor stoppage at #UFCParis. pic.twitter.com/CAGuBTTzXK
— Nolan King (@mma_kings) September 29, 2024
After the fight, veteran reporter Kevin Iole tweeted an X-ray and image of Moicano’s shoulder. Moicano then confirmed the injury on social media shortly thereafter.
“I hurt my shoulder 3 weeks ago… but I couldn’t pull out of a main event,” Moicano wrote on X. “… Thank you my team for helping me training like that [to] get me ready for the fight.”
I hurt my shoulder 3 weeks ago… but I couldn’t pull out of a main event… thank you my team for helping me training like that e get me ready for the fight #ufcparis #att https://t.co/V5rExjLHQM
— Renato Moicano UFC (@moicanoufc) September 29, 2024
While Moicano nor his team specifically confirmed the injury diagnosis, the x-ray provided appears to show an AC joint separation. Many AC joint separations do not require surgery, however, medical professionals may recommend high-caliber athletes go under the knife in some cases, according to the Institute for Athletic Medicine.
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