After a two-fight run as a featherweight, former bantamweight champion Renan Barao appears to be ready to move back to 135 pounds. Barao (34-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC), according to Brazilian MMA news outlet Combate.com , will end his featherweight experiment with a 1-1 record in the division. Barao’s move to 145 pounds came after one infamous struggle to make the bantamweight limit for a title fight rematch with T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 177 in August 2014. For that fight, Barao had to be hospitalized on the day of the weigh-ins after a brutal weight cut and was removed from the card. Dillashaw fought and beat Joe Soto, instead.
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