Paddy Pimblett vs Renato Moicano booked for UFC 329 on July 11

The UFC has officially announced a lightweight bout between Paddy Pimblett and Renato Moicano for July 11 at UFC 329. According to Ariel Helwani, the UFC also plans to book Max Holloway vs Conor McGregor for UFC 329 and Islam Makhachev vs Ian Garry for UFC 330, though those bouts remain unofficial. Additionally, Gora Azizyan, trainer to several Russian fighters, stated he wants a rematch with Alexander Volkov, claiming Volkov ran the entire first fight and that Pavlovich just needs to change tactics. In other news, Anatoly Malykhin explained why he will not move to the UFC despite receiving offers, citing loyalty to his current organization and its leadership who supported him when nobody else did.