‘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.
Raul Rosas Jr. developing game plan to finish Raoni Barcelos
Raul Rosas Jr. believes he has developed a game plan that will help him secure a finish on Saturday night. With an extraordinary age gap, Rosas Jr. will face Raoni Barcelos; almost an incredible 18 years between them. At different stages of their careers, both men are riding high and bring a combined 10-fight win streak into the octagon when they collide this weekend. But somebody’s run has reached its end, and Rosas Jr. believes he will be the …
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 The post In high, Raoni Barcelos excels the unpublished protagonistism in the UFC:…
UFC FIGHT NIGHT: ROSAS Jr. vs. BARCELOS PREVIEW & PREDICTION
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…
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