Renato Moicano beats Benoit Saint-Denis by TKO

Renato Moicano (20-5-1) came away with victory on September 28th when he faced Benoit Saint-Denis (13-3, 1 NC) in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Accor Arena in Paris, France . The Brazilian lightweight defeated the host country's representative by TKO.

The fight, which was scheduled to last five rounds, ended before the start of the third round. The doctor stopped the fight because the French fighter suffered multiple cuts and swelling above his eyes.

In the co-main event, France-based No. 4 middleweight Nassourdine Imavov (15-4, 1 NC) defeated No. 8 Brendan Allen (24-6) of Beaufort, South Carolina by unanimous decision. After three rounds, all three scores were 29-28.

Among other UFC Paris results, another representative of the host country, William Gomis (14-2), picked up a win over Brazilian welterweight Joanderson Brito (17-4-1) by split decision with scores of 28-29, 29-28 x2 . Bryan Battle (12-2) of Charlotte, North Carolina stopped Kevin Jousset (10-3) of France at 3:47 of the second round in the welterweight bout.

Also on the card was French featherweight Morgan Charrier (20-10-1), who stopped Brazilian Gabriel Miranda (17-6) 27 seconds into the second round. Additionally, Fares Ziam (16-4) of France defeated Matt Frevola (11-5-1) of Huntington, New York with a heavy knee in the third round at lightweight.

In the preliminary rounds of UFC Paris, light heavyweight Ion Cutelaba (18-10-1) of Moldova defeated Ivan Erslan (14-4) of Crtoatia by split decision with the scores 28-29, 29-28 x2. In another light heavyweight bout, Oumar Sy (11-0) of France earned a unanimous three-round decision over Da Woon Jung (15-6-1) of Korea.

Additionally, Ludovit Klein (23-4-1) of Slovakia scored a unanimous decision over Roosevelt Roberts (12-6, 1 NC) of Miami, Florida at lightweight by scores of 30-27, 29-28 x2. France's Taylor Lapilus (21-4) secured a three-round UD against Vince Morales (16-8) of Caldwell, Idaho in the bantamweight division.

Additionally, Ailin Perez (11-2) of Argentina defeated Darya Zheleznyakova (9-2) via arm-triangle choke at 3:52 of the first round of their 136.5-pound catchweight bout. Spaniard Daniel Barez (17-6) defeated Mexican flyweight Victor Altamirano (12-5) by unanimous decision with a score of 29-28 x3. Bantamweight Jacqueline Cavalcanti (8-1) of Portugal took a split decision against France's Nora Cornolle (8-2) with the scores 28-29, 29-28 x2.

In the opener of the event, Chris Duncan (12-2) of Scotland defeated Belgian lightweight Bolaji Oki (9-2) by technical submission via a guillotine choke at 3:34 of the first round.