SAO PAULO Renan Barao is happy.
Thats what he says, anyway, on the Wednesday prior to Saturdays UFC on ESPN+ 22 meeting with Douglas Silva de Andrade. Of course, its not like fighters tend to say that theyre miserable ahead of upcoming fights, but theres something about Baraos disposition that makes it believable. Perhaps its a perspective thing; after years of talking to bantamweight Barao, the featherweight version is noticeably different.
For someone just looking at the numbers, the idea that Barao would be happy might sound a little strange. He has, after all, lost six of his past seven bouts. Hes gone from being a champion on a 33-fight unbeaten streak, the unstoppable force from Joe Rogans once omnipresent Renan Barao is a monster! proclamation, to being someone who may very well not even be a UFC fighter next week.
Its a good thing, then, that Barao doesnt seem all that preoccupied with what people...
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Slump be damned, a well-fed Renan Barao is a happy Renan Barao - The Athletic
