Former bantamweight champion, Renan Barao will be making his return to the octagon, but it won’t be in the bantamweight division he once reigned over. In an interview with MMA Fighting , Barao said that he and his team had come to the conclusion that cutting to the division’s 135-pound weight requirement was “too much”
Whether inside or outside of the octagon, there are few things Chael Sonnen loves more than stirring up trouble, even with fighters outside of his weight class. During a Monday interview with The MMA Hour , the infamous “American Gangster” and former middleweight and light heavyweight contender targeted welterweight great, Georges St. Pierre : “I
Featherweight BJ Penn has been pulled from his upcoming match at UFC 199 due to a “potential Anti-Doping Policy violation.” The 37-year-old Penn was originally slated to face featherweight Cole Miller. The fight would have marked his return to the octagon after a near-two-year hiatus. Penn was pulled from the bout for using an IV
The Conor McGregor hype train went off the rails earlier this year at UFC 196, when lightweight Nate Diaz handed the Irishman his first UFC loss. Yet, there is one man who thinks Conor may be able to get himself back on track: boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. “Sometimes you go up in weight and