UFC Fight Night 292 pre-event facts: Renato Moicano chasing choke record

UFC Fight Night 292 pre-event facts: Renato Moicano chasing choke record

About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement UFC Fight Night 292 closes it out the promotion's October schedule with a Halloween card on Saturday at Meta APEX in Las Vegas ( Paramount+ ).

Ranked lightweights meet in the main event. Divisional staple Renato Moicano (21-7-1 MMA, 13-7 UFC) looks to defend his ranking against surging Australian Tom Nolan (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC), who brings a five-fight winning streak in the matchup scheduled for five rounds.

For more on the numbers behind the headliners, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie's UFC Fight Night 292 pre-event facts.

Moicano is 8-3 since he moved up to the UFC lightweight division in March 2020.

Moicano's seven submission victories by rear-naked choke in UFC competition are tied for third-most in company history behind Demian Maia (nine) and Michael Chiesa (eight).

Nolan's five-fight UFC winning streak at lightweight is the third-longest active streak in the division behind Arman Tsarukyan (six). Quillan Salkilld (six).

Yana Santos (17-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) lands 57.5 percent of her significant strike attempts in UFC women's bantamweight competition, the second-highest rate in divisional history behind Mayra Bueno Silva (59.9 percent).

Luana Santos' (11-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak at women's bantamweight is the third-longest active streak in the division behind Ailin Perez (six) and Joselyne Edwards (five).

Santos earned the first Americana submission finish in women's UFC competition at UFC Fight Night 256. She's one of nine fighters to accomplish the feat overall in company history.

Piera Rodriguez (12-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has earned all five of her UFC victories by decision.

Rodriguez completes 59.1 percent of her takedown attempts in UFC strawweight competition, the best rate in divisional history.

Julian Erosa (30-13 MMA, 9-9 UFC) is 8-5 since he returned to the UFC for a third stint in June 2020.

Ode Osbourne (13-10 MMA, 5-8 UFC) is 4-6 since he dropped to the UFC flyweight division in August 2021.

Cody Durden (18-11-1 MMA, 7-8-1 UFC) is 2-7 in his past nine fights dating back to December 2023.

Mickey Gall's (7-7 MMA, 6-7 UFC) four-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn't earned a victory since July 2021.

Gall moves up to the middleweight division after spending his previous octagon tenure at welterweight.

UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript .

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Fight Night 292 pre-event facts: Renato Moicano chasing choke record


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