UFC Vegas 123: Tom Nolan Calls Moicano Fight a “Manifestation”
Australian lightweight Tom Nolan enters his first UFC main event this Saturday, topping UFC Vegas 123 against Renato Moicano, and is admittedly “stoked to be here,” he stated during Wednesday’s media day. “Super-excited. Excited is definitely the word to use this week for me.” The fight came together after Moicano saw a high-profile match-up with Brian Ortega fall through. And it’s one that Nolan (11-1) seems to think was ordained. “It’s a manifestation,” he said of how the fight came to be. “I called him out. The Ortega fight got put together, I was like ‘aww that sucks.'” Despite that, Nolan had an inkling that Moicano-Ortega would fall through. “I thought Ortega would probably pull out. I accepted the fight on a week’s notice, that didn’t end up happening but more time is definitely beneficial, so here we are.” Although Moicano has hit a couple of speed bumps in recent years, the…