Renan Barao - champion of fights without rules

Renan Barao is a Brazilian professional sportsman in the field of mixed martial arts and former UFC lightweight champion. He is one of the few fighters of this sport who have held the status of champion for a long time. In total, he conducted 37 fights, 33 of which came out victorious. Until now, this athlete is popular among fans of fights without rules.

Carier start

Renan Barao began his professional career in Kimura Nova Yuniao, a sports school located in Natal, Rio Grande. Before reaching the world stage, Renan participated in competitions in his homeland, in Brazil. There he managed to compete with such rivals as Roni Mariano Bezerra, Anistavio Medeiros. Both of these fighters were former members of The Ultimate Fighter in Brazil. Barao is also a teammate and training partner for the former featherweight champion and former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo. In general, to get involved in fights without rules, this guy started back at school, practicing the popular Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil.

In 2011, Renan Barao received a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. And the year before, in January 2010, the Brazilian magazine Sherdog, focusing on mixed martial arts, called Renan the greatest hope of Brazil.

WEC

In the professional arena, Renan Barao has conducted 37 fights. He lost just three bouts, one of which was his first fight with João Paolo Rodriguez, which occurred on April 14, 2005, and the two remaining winners were the same man - TJ Dillashaw.

20.06.2010 Renan was to meet in a duel with the famous in the sporting world Clint Godfrey. It would be Renan's debut in World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). However, the match did not take place due to Godfrey's injury. Then Renan was asked to fight with Anthony Leone, who was also a rookie in this tournament. As a result of the match, Barao won by holding Leone in the third round.

Six months later, in December 2010, Renan again went into the ring and defeated Chris Cariaso in the first round, after a stifling reception.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)

In October 2010, WEC merged with the UFC, as a result of which all WEC fighters were transferred to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The debut performance of Barao within the framework of this organization took place on May 28, 2011. His opponent was to be Dimitrius Johnson, but because of the injury of Brad Pickett, as a result of which he could not go to fight with Miguel Torres, Johnson had to replace Pickett. Renan also got the opponent Cole Escovedo. This debut fight within the UFC tournament turned out to be a victory for Renan by a decision of the judges, which was unanimous.

November 5, 2011 Renan Barao, whose biography at that time was already interested in fans of fights without rules, encountered in a duel with Brad Pickett and won that in the first round by a stifling reception. February 4, 2012 Renan fought with Scott Jorgensen, and again the victory remained for him, although the decision of the judges, but this decision was unanimous.

Champion title

On July 21, 2012, after defeating Uriah Faber, Renan Barao, whose combat statistics can hit any person experienced in this matter, became a temporary world lightweight champion. The victory went to him not quickly, the rivals had a full fight, but all the judges gave their votes to Renan.

Since that time, the champion has only been able to protect his title from all those who wished to take him. And there were a lot of such. The first title defense took place in 2013. The fight was against Michael McDonald's. This fighter was a very serious rival who knows how to box well. However, Renan's style was more diverse, he was able to work and standing, and in the stalls. Of course, the victory remained for him.

Next were the battles with Eddie Weinland and a rematch with Uriah Faber, but with that, and the other, Barao coped perfectly, showing all his fighting skills.

May 24, 2014 Renan Barao, whose photo flaunts in the Hall of Fame champions UFC, was defeated by TJ Dillashow, respectively, and lost the championship belt. The rematch, held a year later, could not return Renan lost the title.

Personal life of the champion

The life of Renan Barao outside sport and ring is very mysterious. You can say that the champion avoids journalists who want to talk with him about his biography, about his family and his wife. However, some rumors still reach his fans. For example, the fact that most recently he had a daughter, in which he naturally does not like the soul. Free time Renan spends with his beloved wife and daughter, but he still has very little time like this. Until now, this man is trying to reach some new peaks in the sport, and therefore constantly trains and trains, preparing for something great. Renan has many friends, and not only from the sports world, with whom he likes to meet from time to time. Most of them are comrades from the school bench, and this shows that the champion does not suffer from a "stellar illness" while continuing to be a simple person.