‘I Feel Like Fine Wine’: 39-Year-Old Raoni Barcelos Wants to Shake up UFC Bantamweight
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‘I feel like fine wine’: 39-year-old Raoni Barcelos wants to shake up UFC bantamweight
Raoni Barcelos has been waiting almost nine years for a UFC main event. At 39, the Brazilian enters against 21-year-old Raul Rosas Jr. on a five-fight winning streak and with the UFC top five in his sights. Barcelos says he is “still young”, has grown stronger in his wrestling and grappling, and believes Rosas still needs to go through some difficult things.
MMA's promise, Raul Rosas Jr. makes his first main fight at UFC, is packed with five wins and aims to overcome Jon Jones as the youngest champion in the company's history.
Raoni Barcelos has been part of the team of Ultimate athletes since July 2018, more than eight years ago. Since then, the Welshweight (61 kg) has played 15 fights in the company. The 16th that is approaching, however, will have a special and unprecedented taste: the protagonistism. In the straight ascent in the category, the Brazilian leads the UFC Vegas 121 [...] The post In high, Raoni Barcelos excels the unpublished protagonistism in the UFC:…
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Preview first provided by the UFC and prediction below it provided by Vince McKee Las Vegas – UFC® returns to Meta APEX on September 26 with a card featuring exciting matchups across several divisions and headlined by No. 12 ranked UFC bantamweight contender Raul Rosas Jr. as he faces proven veteran and No. 13 ranked Raoni Barcelos. Also on the card, The Ultimate Fighter season 34 concludes with two can’t-miss finale fights as Mehemmedeli Osmanl…
Raoni Barcelos Reflects on Long Road to First UFC Main Event
Las Vegas — Bantamweight Raoni Barcelos is “very happy” to be in the main event of UFC Vegas 121 this weekend. “I’m taking in every moment, every second and trying to just enjoy this weekend the most,” the Brazilian told Cageside Press ahead of his first headlining gig in the UFC, 16 fights into his […]
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