Arman Tsarukyan-Renato Moicano Set For UFC April

Lightweight fighters Arman Tsarukyan and Renato Moicano will headline the April 29 UFC Fight Night event.

The action takes place from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Prelims air on ESPN2 with the main card on ESPN+.

Tsarukyan (19-3, fighting out of Krasnodar, Russia, by way of Yerevan, Armenia) aims to kick off his 2023 campaign with a show-stealing performance.

The always entertaining Moicano (17-5-1, fighting out of Brasília, Brazil) intends to continue his ascent up the lightweight ladder with a highlight-reel finish.

Talented grappler Borralho (13-1 1NC, fighting out of São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil) hopes to extend his hot streak with another dominant showing. Knockout artist Oleksiejczuk (18-5 1NC, fighting out of Barki, Poland) plans to continue the momentum he’s gathered since moving down to middleweight last year.

Additional bouts on the card include

* Rodolfo Vieira (9-2, fighting out of Orlando, Fla. by way of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) locks horns with Cody Brundage (8-3, fighting out of Englewood, Colo.) at middleweight

* Emily Ducote (12-7, fighting out of Oklahoma City, Okla.) faces Polyana Viana (13-5, fighting out of São Geraldo do Araguaia, Pará, Brazil) in a strawweight bout

* Marcos Rogerio de Lima (20-9-1, fighting out of Ribeirâo Pires, Brazil) battles undefeated Dana White’s Contender Series contract winner Waldo Cortes Acosta (9-0, fighting out of Phoenix, Ariz. by way of Fundacion, Barahona, Dominican Republic) in an intriguing heavyweight bout

* Josh Quinlan (6-0 1NC, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nev.) squares off with Ange Loosa (9-3, fighting out of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland by way of Kinshasa, DR Congo) in a welterweight matchup

* Heavyweights collide when Martin Buday (11-1, fighting out of Trnava, Slovakia) takes on Jake Collier (13-8, fighting out of Cuba, Mo.)

* Julian Erosa (28-11, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nev.) meets UFC newcomer Fernando Padilla (14-4, fighting out of Chihuahua, Mexico) at featherweight

* Natan Levy (8-1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nev. by way of Herzliya, Israel) goes for his third consecutive win when he faces Pete Rodriguez (5-1, fighting out of Green Valley, Ariz.) at lightweight

* Cody Durden (14-4-1, fighting out of Covington, Ga.) squares off with Charles Johnson (13-4, fighting out of St. Louis, Mo.) in a flyweight bout

* Stephanie Egger (8-3, fighting out of St. Gallen, Switzerland) welcomes UFC newcomer Irina Alekseeva (4-1, fighting out of Ekaterinburg, Russia) at bantamweight

* Brian Kelleher (24-14, fighting out of Selden, N.Y.) faces Journey Newson (10-4 1NC, fighting out of Portland, Ore.) at bantamweight

* Hailey Cowan (7-2, fighting out of Robinson, Texas) looks to spoil the debut of Jamey-Lyn Horth (5-0, fighting out of Squamish, B.C., Canada) in a bantamweight bout

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