Renato Moicano accuses Brian Ortega of chickening out of UFC 331 fight

Renato Moicano has accused Brian Ortega of chickening out of their UFC 331 bout, MMA Fighting reported. Ortega attributed his withdrawal to a training cut requiring stitches.

By Darren Murray · Published Fri 18 Sept, 10:55 UK · AI-assisted reporting
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Renato Moicano accused Brian Ortega of chickening out after Ortega withdrew from their UFC 331 bout, MMA Fighting reported.

Ortega said a cut sustained in training required stitches in his eye and forced his withdrawal, in a statement shared by ChampRDS.

In comments posted by Ariel Helwani, Moicano said: “How the f*** do you hurt yourself a week out”.

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