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Renato Moicano vs Tom Nolan prediction

Lightweight · Moicano vs Nolan · 31 Oct 2026
UFC 13-7 · Pro 21-7-1
VS
UFC 5-1 · Pro 11-1

Prediction

early read
Tom Nolan 66%
34%66%
as of 11 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC

By the numbers

  • Age

    Nolan is 10 years younger. With an age gap of 10 years or more, the younger fighter wins 70% of UFC fights (353 of 508 fights).

  • Win streaks

    Nolan comes in on a 5-fight UFC winning run. A fighter on a run of 4 or 5 against an opponent on a shorter one wins 57% of the time (367 of 639 fights).

Counted from every UFC fight on record before this bout. These are history, not our model’s read.

Tale of the tape

The facts, side by side — Renato Moicano vs Tom Nolan.

Red corner RenatoMoicano
VSUpcoming
Blue corner TomNolan“Big Train”Team Compton Training Centre · Born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia · Fights out of Brisbane, Australia
LightweightPicks published · graded in public after the card
The story
  • Has finished 9 of 13 UFC wins.
  • Comes in on a 5-fight win streak.
  • 20 UFC bouts deep — 14 more than Nolan.
  • Has finished 2 of 5 UFC wins.
21-7-1
Record
11-1
37
Age
−11 yr26
5' 11"
Height
+4″6' 3"
72″
Reach
+1″73″
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
+1420
UFC bouts
6
+29%9/1369% of wins
Finishes
2/540% of wins
Vitals, record, nickname and camp come from the public UFC fighter register and are current, not a snapshot of fight night. UFC bouts, finish rate and every storyline line are counted off the official UFC fight record. A tick marks the side holding the raw edge in that row — longer reach, taller, younger, more bouts, a higher finish rate. It is a fact about the tape, not a prediction, and rows with no clean comparison (record, stance, gym, hometown) carry no tick at all. Any row we cannot fill on both sides is left out rather than half-drawn. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s.
All the vitals, as a table
UFC 13-7UFC recordUFC 5-1
21-7-1Pro record11-1
—NicknameBig Train
5' 11"Height6' 3"
72"Reach73"
OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw
37Age26
155 lbs.Weight155 lbs.
—NationalityAustralia
—Born inToowoomba, Queensland, Australia
—Fights out ofBrisbane, Australia
—CampTeam Compton Training Centre
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality and camp from the public fighter register. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

FightIQ Metrics

Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the fighter’s own weight class (the full roster where a division is too thin to rank in). The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.

Renato MoicanoTom Nolan
76
Striking
74
62
Defence
38
49
Grappling / TD
42
42
Cardio
29
40
Chin
30
54
Fight IQ
43
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within weight class.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Where they go — head to head

Career UFC significant strikes by target zone. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Renato Moicano20 UFC fights · 771 landed

73.0%
HEAD
50.2%
9.7%
BODY
31.8%
17.3%
LEGS
18.0%

Tom Nolan6 UFC fights · 255 landed

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Renato Moicano

1.68takedowns / 15 min
1.68 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
1.08 / 15m
4.20 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
4.15 / 15m
40%
ACCURACY
26%
0.60 / 15m
SUB ATT
1.40 / 15m

Tom Nolan

1.08takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.19 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked in Lightweight

Stats comparison

Renato Moicano (left) vs Tom Nolan (right) — career striking & grappling rates.

Strikes landed / min
4.1
vs
4.84
Striking accuracy
49%
vs
45%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.55
vs
3.74
Striking defence
59%
vs
48%
Takedowns / 15 min
1.68
vs
1.08
Takedown accuracy
40%
vs
26%
Takedown defence
64%
vs
58%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
vs
1.4
Career averages from public UFC statistics.

Bios

Who these two are — reported newsroom prose where we have it, our own data-built profile where we don’t. Each is labelled.

Renato MoicanoFightIQ profileSubmission grappler

5' 11" orthodox submission grappler campaigning at Lightweight. 13 UFC wins — 2 KO/TKO, 7 submission, 4 decision.

Built from Renato Moicano’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →
Tom NolanFightIQ profileTechnical striker

6' 3" southpaw technical striker campaigning at Lightweight. 5 UFC wins — 1 KO/TKO, 1 submission, 3 decision.

Built from Tom Nolan’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →

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