R. Barão enters action in February (Photo; Reproduction Twitter ufc_brasil)
After relocating to American Top Team, in Florida, the Brazilian Renan Barao had a new challenge in Ultimate. The former champion faces brian kelleher No. UFC Orlando, which takes place near his new home on February 24th. The information comes from the North American newspaper “Orlando Sentinel”, which also confirmed a middleweight duel between Sam alvey e Marcin Prachnio for the same show.
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Coming from defeat to aljamain sterling, Barão even trained with his master Jair Lourenço in Arizona before moving to ATT, where he trains with Peter Munhoz, among other top bantamweights. The Brazilian comes from three defeats in his last four fights – in addition to Sterling, he lost to Jeremy Stephens (our feathers) and TJ Dillashaw. His last triumph was against Philippe Nover, in September 2016.
Kelleher started his career in Ultimate last year, surprising when he finished Iuri Marajó in the middle of Rio de Janeiro during UFC 212. Afterwards, he was submitted by Marlon Vera at the end of July, and recovered by knocking out Damian Stasiak at UFC Poland on October 21st.
Still without a main fight, the UFC Orlando already has the presence of two other Brazilians – Jessica Andrade seeks to qualify for a new strawweight title fight against Tecia torres, While Gilbert Durinho seeks second consecutive victory against Olivier Aubin-Mercier. Yoel romero also returns to the octagon against David Branch, while Mike Perry magpie Max griffin.
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