High-15-ranked light-weight Renato Moicano believes Paul Craig is biting off greater than he can chew by difficult fast-rising prospect Bo Nickal.
‘Bearjew’ made his middleweight debut on Saturday evening as a part of a stacked UFC London card inside the enduring O2 Area. Craig scored himself a stable second-round TKO towards BJJ specialist Andre Muniz and proceeded to place the remainder of the middleweight division on discover. That included callouts of world-class wrestler Bo Nickal and undefeated Chechen monster Khamzat Chimaev.
Craig insisted that Nickal would play instantly into his grapple-heavy recreation plan earlier than telling members of the media that Chimaev would “get triangled” if he tried a takedown of their hypothetical showdown. Most combat followers chalked up Craig’s feedback to clout-chasing, however Moicano believes that ‘Bearjew’ may dwell to remorse these phrases.
Renato Moicano Unloads on Paul Craig
Talking on his YouTube channel. Moicano laid into Craig, suggesting that the Scottish standout is “f*cking horrible.”
“Paul Craig. Man, Paul Craig is horrible. I do know you guys gonna roast me for saying that, however he’s f*cking horrible,” Moicano mentioned. “Even his prime place within the first spherical, he received reversed very simply. I feel what occurred on this combat is ‘Sergipano’ is a jiu-jitsu participant, too, so he sat within the guard and stuff.
“However Paul Craig’s standup is horrible. He was speaking about Bo Nickal. Bo Nickal would destroy him. Khamzat would destroy him,” Moicano continued. “I do know you guys like that form of stuff, however let me let you know one thing, he’s horrible… Make no mistake, he’s horrible” (h/t MMA Information).
After reaching the No. 9 spot within the mild heavyweight rankings, Paul Craig hit a few brick partitions at 205 named Volkan Oezdemir and Johnny Walker. Prepared for a change of surroundings, ‘Bearjew’ made the drop to 185 and appeared fairly good doing so on Saturday evening. Taking out the middleweight division’s No. 14 ranked fighter, Craig expects to see his title within the prime 15 shortly and plans on ascending to the highest of the division throughout the subsequent 5 years.
A combat with Bo Nickal is actually throughout the realm of chance contemplating they’re each comparatively new to the UFC’s middleweight division, however Paul Craig has some work reduce out for him if he desires to share the Octagon with Khamzat Chimaev sometime.
