UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Duncan
Mixed martial arts event in 2026
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UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Duncan (also known as UFC Fight Night 272 and UFC Vegas 115) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship which took place on April 4, 2026, at the Meta Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.[2]
| UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Duncan | ||||
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The poster for UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Duncan | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 4, 2026 | |||
| Venue | Meta Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
A lightweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Renato Moicano and Chris Duncan headlined the event.[2]
A lightweight bout between Tofiq Musayev and Samuel Sanches was scheduled for the event.[3] Sanches withdrew for undisclosed reasons, leading to the cancellation of the matchup. Musayev was then rebooked one week earlier at UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer against Ignacio Bahamondes.[4]
A middleweight bout between Edmen Shahbazyan and Park Jun-yong was scheduled for the event.[5] However, Park had to withdraw due to an injury and the pairing was scrapped.[6][7]
A welterweight bout between Charles Radtke and promotional newcomer José Henrique Souza was scheduled for the event.[8] However, for undisclosed reasons, Souza withdrew and Radtke was re-booked for UFC 327 one week later with a new opponent.[9]
At the weigh-ins, two fighters missed weight:[10]
- Undefeated prospect Rafael Estevam weighed in at 136.5 pounds, half a pound over the bantamweight non-title fight limit.
- Darrius Flowers weighed in at 156.5 pounds, half a pound over the lightweight non-title fight limit.
Estevam and Flowers' bouts proceeded at catchweight. Both fighters were fined 20 percent of their individual purses which went to their opponents Ethyn Ewing and Lando Vannata respectively.[10]
Results
| Main card (Paramount+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Renato Moicano | def. | Chris Duncan | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:14 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Virna Jandiroba | def. | Tabatha Ricci | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev | def. | Brendson Ribeiro | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:52 | |
| Catchweight (136.5 lb) | Ethyn Ewing | def. | Rafael Estevam | KO (punch to the body) | 3 | 1:44 | |
| Featherweight | Tommy McMillen | def. | Manolo Zecchini | TKO (knee to the body and punches) | 1 | 3:57 | |
| Featherweight | José Mauro Delano | def. | Robert Ruchała | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 29–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Preliminary card (Paramount+) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Thomas Petersen | def. | Guilherme Pat | Decision (majority) (28–28, 29–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Alessandro Costa | def. | Stewart Nicoll | KO (punch to the body) | 2 | 4:56 | |
| Catchweight (156.5 lb) | Darrius Flowers | def. | Lando Vannata | TKO (slam and punches) | 2 | 0:52 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Alice Pereira | def. | Hailey Cowan | KO (knee) | 2 | 4:24 | |
| Middleweight | Tresean Gore | def. | Azamat Bekoev | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 3 | 3:27 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Dione Barbosa | def. | Melissa Gatto | Decision (majority) (28–28, 29–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Lightweight | Kai Kamaka III | def. | Dakota Hope | Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 28–29) | 3 | 5:00 | |
- Ruchała was deducted one point in round 3 due to grabbing the fence.
- Barbosa was deducted one point in round 2 due to an illegal soccer kick.
Bonus awards
The following fighters received $100,000 bonuses. The other finishes received $25,000 additional bonuses, with the exception of Darrius Flowers, as he missed weight for his bout.[12]
- Fight of the Night: Tommy McMillen vs. Manolo Zecchini
- Performance of the Night: Alessandro Costa and Alice Pereira
