Renato Moicano vs Chad Mendes in the works for UFC 231

The featherweight division is has gotten plenty good over the years and there are several current top fighters that display why.

Multiple of those fighters will be competing on December 8 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

MMA Brasil has reported that a second high caliber 145-pound matchup is now in the works for UFC 231 as rising contender Renato “Moicano” Carneiro (13-1-1) is expected to face former two-time title challenger Chad “Money” Mendes (18-4).

The Team Alpha Male staple Mendes just recently returned from a nearly three-year absence from the Octagon after being handed a two-year suspension from USADA. In his return, he picked up right where he left off as he scored an impressive first-round TKO over Myles Jury at UFC Boise in July.

While Mendes has been away, new blood has been flowing its way through the division and a part of that movement has been the near-perfect Moicano.

To be exact, Moicano has fought five times since Mendes fight prior to his return and has gone 4-1 in doing so with his only loss coming to the upcoming title challenger who will be in the event’s headliner, Brian “T-City” Ortega.

Moicano’s four wins came over the likes of Zubaira Tukhugov, Calvin Kattar, Jeremy Stephens and most recently a first-round submission of Cub Swanson at UFC 227 in August.

As for the rest of the excellent looking card, it currently looks like this:

FEATHERWEIGHT – 145LBS: (C)MAX HOLLOWAY VS. BRIAN ORTEGA

FLYWEIGHT – 125LBS: (C) – VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO VS. JOANNA JEDRZEJCZYK

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT – 205LBS: JIMI MANUWA VS. THIAGO SANTOS

STRAWWEIGHT – 115LBS: CLÁUDIA GADELHA VS. NINA ANSAROFF

MIDDLEWEIGHT – 185LBS: ERYK ANDERS VS. ELIAS THEODOROU

LIGHTWEIGHT – 155LBS: OLIVIER AUBIN-MERCIER VS. GILBERT BURNS

Flyweight: Katlyn Chookagian vs Jessica Eye

BANTAMWEIGHT – 135LBS: BRAD KATONA VS. MATTHEW LOPEZ

WELTERWEIGHT – 170LBS: CHAD LAPRISE VS. DHIEGO LIMA

LIGHTWEIGHT: JOHN MAKDESSI VS. CARLOS DIEGO FERREIRA

FEATHERWEIGHT: HAKEEM DAWODU VS. KYLE BOCHNIAK

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT: DEVIN CLARK VS. ALEKSANDAR RAKIĆ

on 10/15/2018