Mitch Gagnon Unlike some UFC fighters who bemoan bookings in Brazil, bantamweight Mitch Gagnon is happy to make the long flight from his native Canada to South America. “The chants and the hardcore fans – I can’t wait to be there and be a part of it,” Gagnon told MMAjunkie Radio. Of course, those chants won’t be friendly. Brazilian MMA fans made famous a phrase that translates, roughly, to English as, “You’re going to die.” In countless UFC bouts in which a Brazilian has been paired with a non-Brazilian, they’ve lustily chanted it. Considering his opponent Saturday at UFC Fight Night 58, it might get pretty loud. Gagnon (12-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) meets ex-bantamweight champion Renan Barao (32-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC), a fighter who not so long ago was argued to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world by UFC President Dana White.
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Mitch Gagnon sure about Brazil heel status, but not so much about Renan Barao – MMA Junkie