RIO DE JANEIRO — T.J. Dillashaw stopped Renan Barao’s reign as UFC bantamweight champion with a fifth-round TKO in May, and the Brazilian has not forgotten that loss.
Barao makes his come back to the Octagon against Mitch Gagnon at UFC Fight Night 58 in Barueri, Brazil, on Dec. 20, and he is excited to fight in Brazil for the first since signing with Zuffa.
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Thiago Tavares and Nik Lentz are set to rematch at UFC Fight Night 60 in February, yet, hours prior to the UFC declared the fight on Tuesday, Tavares experienced emergency knee operation in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
“Only woke up in the Baia Sul hospital after undergoing emergency surgery with Dr. Luis Fernando Funchal,” Tavares posted on his Instagram on Wednesday morning. “Thanks to him, I am going to be 100 percent to fight on Feb. 14, representing my city and my state in the UFC.”
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An significant lightweight fight was added to UFC 183.
The UFC has reserved Joe Lauzon (24-9) vs. Al Iaquinta (10-3-1) for the Jan. 31 card in Las Vegas, Newsday first reported on Wednesday, and the UFC later confirmed the news with MMAFighting.com.
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Never a lack of issues, is there?
it is the Wednesday after three largely important occasions in the realm of combat sports. Metamoris 5 took place on Saturday, with MMA stars Jake Shields and Rory MacDonald turning in good functionality in their very own right. There was a lackluster main event, but most of the card ended up having worth.
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Although former UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre and his protege Rory MacDonald claim to have never seriously discussed the matter, the pair hasn’t wavered over refusing to fight one another.
Calling St Pierre ‘one of the more welcoming individuals’ during his 2010 move to Montreal’s Tristar Gym, MacDonald says the then-champ never handled him like a future challenge.
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