The UFC’s traditional Super Bowl weekend event—typically held in Las Vegas but headed to New Jersey this year to coincide with broadcast partner Fox’s coverage of the big game—has a main event. And a co-main event. Featherweight champion Jose Aldo will defend his belt against top contender Ricardo Lamas in the main event, while bantamweight […]
The UFC’s traditional Super Bowl weekend event—typically held in Las Vegas but headed to New Jersey this year to coincide with broadcast partner Fox’s coverage of the big game—has a main event. And a co-main event. Featherweight champion Jose Aldo will defend his belt against top contender Ricardo Lamas in the main event, while bantamweight […]
UFC 165 went down Saturday night in Toronto. In the co-main event, interim champion Renan Barao defended his belt against underdog challenger Eddie Wineland. Wineland started strong, using various types of feints to avoid Barao‘s deadly striking game and keep the champ guessing. In fact, a case could easily be made that Wineland won the […]
UFC 165 went down Saturday night in Toronto. In the co-main event, interim champion Renan Barao defended his belt against underdog challenger Eddie Wineland. Wineland started strong, using various types of feints to avoid Barao‘s deadly striking game and keep the champ guessing. In fact, a case could easily be made that Wineland won the […]
The UFC 165 main event between Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson may be the talk of Toronto, but a co-main event between interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao and top contender Eddie Wineland could steal the show this evening. And there are plenty of reasons for fans to be excited about this 135-pound affair. For the […]
The UFC 165 main event between Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson may be the talk of Toronto, but a co-main event between interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao and top contender Eddie Wineland could steal the show this evening. And there are plenty of reasons for fans to be excited about this 135-pound affair. For the […]
Sometimes a winning streak walks a fine line between legendary and insanity, especially when it features a man like UFC interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao, who owns 30 pro career wins, one no-contest, and just one defeat. Skeptics argued that, aside from eventual featherweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil and rising prospect Rony “Jason” […]
Sometimes a winning streak walks a fine line between legendary and insanity, especially when it features a man like UFC interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao, who owns 30 pro career wins, one no-contest, and just one defeat. Skeptics argued that, aside from eventual featherweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil and rising prospect Rony “Jason” […]
UFC 161 was originally set to feature an interim title bout as its main event. Interim UFC bantamweight champion, Renan Barao, was supposed to defend his title against Eddie Wineland, but a Barao foot injury forced that fight to be cancelled. Instead, fans watched Rashad Evans defeat Dan Henderson via split decision in the headlining bout […]
UFC 161 was originally set to feature an interim title bout as its main event. Interim UFC bantamweight champion, Renan Barao, was supposed to defend his title against Eddie Wineland, but a Barao foot injury forced that fight to be cancelled. Instead, fans watched Rashad Evans defeat Dan Henderson via split decision in the headlining bout […]
The UFC’s search for a suitable opponent for Eddie Wineland has yielded no one, leading to the bantamweight getting pulled from the UFC 161 main event alongside the injured interim champ Renan Barao. Wineland, who is coming off two straight wins against Scott Jorgensen and Brad Pickett, was supposed to fight Barao for the interim […]
The UFC’s search for a suitable opponent for Eddie Wineland has yielded no one, leading to the bantamweight getting pulled from the UFC 161 main event alongside the injured interim champ Renan Barao. Wineland, who is coming off two straight wins against Scott Jorgensen and Brad Pickett, was supposed to fight Barao for the interim […]