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Barao defends weight cutting methods

Renan Barao: “My weight was around regular what I come in for fight week. Everything was fine, everything was going great the whole week.”

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Chris Palmquist
August 30, 2014 · 1 min read
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Yesterday Renan Barao had to withdraw from his UFC 177 world title fight after experiencing issues with his weight cut. Despite the issues, Barao defended his methods:

“I was dehydrating in the bathtub,” Barao explained. “I feinted, I hit my head, I was taken to the hospital.

“I was fine,” Barao added. “My weight was around regular what I come in for fight week. Everything was fine, everything was going great the whole week. The whole thing was I hit my head in the bathtub and that’s where it all went down.”

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