Coach: Renan Barao Doesn’t Need to Move to Featherweight

Former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao saw opportunity slip through his fingertips Friday, as just 24 hours before a title rematch with T.J. Dillashaw, he passed out from a bad weight cut and was unceremoniously removed from the fight.  However, Barao‘s coach and manager, Andre Pederneiras, told Combate the whole incident was the result of one […]

Former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao saw opportunity slip through his fingertips Friday, as just 24 hours before a title rematch with T.J. Dillashaw, he passed out from a bad weight cut and was unceremoniously removed from the fight.  However, Barao‘s coach and manager, Andre Pederneiras, told Combate the whole incident was the result of one […]

UFC 177: TJ Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao 2 Main Card Betting Odds and Predictions

UFC 177 heads to Team Alpha Male country on Saturday. The Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, California, plays host to the next UFC event. Team Alpha Male member and UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw defends the title against Renan Barao in the main event. Dillashaw won the belt from Barao back in May at UFC […]

UFC 177 heads to Team Alpha Male country on Saturday. The Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, California, plays host to the next UFC event. Team Alpha Male member and UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw defends the title against Renan Barao in the main event. Dillashaw won the belt from Barao back in May at UFC […]

Renan Barao Replaced by Joe Soto in UFC 177 Main Event: Latest Details, Reaction

UFC 177 will have to go on without half of its scheduled main event. Renan Barao was expected to battle T.J. Dillashaw for the UFC Bantamweight Championship, but the 27-year-old fighter has dropped out of the event, according to Guilherme Cruz of MMA Fighting: Dave Sholler of UFC.com provides the latest details on the changes: […]

UFC 177 will have to go on without half of its scheduled main event. Renan Barao was expected to battle T.J. Dillashaw for the UFC Bantamweight Championship, but the 27-year-old fighter has dropped out of the event, according to Guilherme Cruz of MMA Fighting: Dave Sholler of UFC.com provides the latest details on the changes: […]

T.J. Dillashaw Will Beat Renan Barao, and He’ll Beat Everyone Else, Too

In May, I spent four days with T. J. Dillashaw during the lead-up to his UFC bantamweight title fight with Renan Barao. Barao was the UFC’s latest pet project at the time. Dana White had spent the previous weeks telling everyone with a camera or a recorder that Barao was, in his mind, the best pound-for-pound […]

In May, I spent four days with T. J. Dillashaw during the lead-up to his UFC bantamweight title fight with Renan Barao. Barao was the UFC’s latest pet project at the time. Dana White had spent the previous weeks telling everyone with a camera or a recorder that Barao was, in his mind, the best pound-for-pound […]

T.J. Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao 2: Keys to Victory for Both Fighters

It’s only been three months since T.J. Dillashaw shocked the MMA world and dethroned Renan Barao. However, the elite bantamweights are already set to meet again on Saturday, with Dillashaw defending the 135-pound belt this time around. At UFC 173, Dillashaw demolished Barao over four rounds before stopping the Brazilian with strikes in the fifth stanza. […]

It’s only been three months since T.J. Dillashaw shocked the MMA world and dethroned Renan Barao. However, the elite bantamweights are already set to meet again on Saturday, with Dillashaw defending the 135-pound belt this time around. At UFC 173, Dillashaw demolished Barao over four rounds before stopping the Brazilian with strikes in the fifth stanza. […]

UFC 177 Bold Predictions: Can Renan Barao and T.J. Dillashaw Draw a Crowd?

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. When the mad scientists at Zuffa headquarters fired-up their matchmaking supercomputer months ago and asked it to synthesize an awesome card for UFC 177, the machine huffed and puffed, spit out reams of paper and then said in its creepy sentient computer voice: “Optimum main event: Jon Jones […]

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. When the mad scientists at Zuffa headquarters fired-up their matchmaking supercomputer months ago and asked it to synthesize an awesome card for UFC 177, the machine huffed and puffed, spit out reams of paper and then said in its creepy sentient computer voice: “Optimum main event: Jon Jones […]