Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight champion Renan Barao is putting an end to his drastic weight cuts -- which at one point led to this -- for a shot at featherweight superstardom.
That starts with a fight against veteran face puncher Jeremy Stephens at the UFC Fight Night 88 mixed martial arts (MMA) event later tonight (Sun., May 29, 2016) inside Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Barao (33-3, 1 NC), once considered one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport, hasn't competed since TJ Dillashaw turned him inside out at UFC on FOX 15.