Urijah Faber is now 0-5 in his last five title shots. That's the truth and that sucks. It sucks because Urijah Faber is a really nice guy, but unfortunately this isn't a nice guy competition - this is mixed martial arts, and Renan Barao and Urijah Faber just did a bunch of martial arts in a cage for twenty five minutes until the Canadian crowd booed and the fight was deemed over. At the end of it all, Renan Barao was unceremoniously awarded the bantamweight belt as Urijah once again heads back to Sacramento and the slightly shorter-than-regulation chalkboard.

Throughout the fight, Barao used his speed and mutant-level, distance closing strikes to constantly leave Faber trying to get his hands on the Brazilian. This in and out action and a bevy of leg kicks left the Team Alpha Male captain no option but to abandon his wrestling, like a sad kitten in the snow.

Props To Renan Barao (Bar-OW), the dude has a win streak almost as long as Fedor's career, but the whole card had some weird UFC 9 style bad joo joo going on. The title fight fight had it's moments, as any high-level bantamweight fight would, but there was no denying the thousands of fans chanting bull**** at the end of the fight. Were they Urijah fans, anticipating an unsatisfactory decision? Or were the shouts about bovine fecal matter directed at the main card of UFC 149 as a whole?

What really matters is that Barao is a legit badass and he has eyes on Dominick Cruz and unifying his belt in a Triforce-like ceremony as soon as possible.

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+11 # Guest 2012-07-21 21:30

Future undisputed champion.

Sorry Cruz.

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+6 # Guest 2012-07-22 06:49

Word, think Dom's days are numbered. Will probably have to get surgery on that knee again after he fights Barao.

Poor Urijah, not an Alpha @ 145 or 135

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+11 # Guest 2012-07-21 21:48

Pay per view portion of card was one of the worst ever. People were chanting refund. The prelims were good with a bad decision going to Nick Ring. That is my opinion of 149

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+9 # Fatty_Sam86 2012-07-22 00:12

Yeah how the F did Ring get the decision over McGee!?!?

And Nick "The Promise" Ring? The Promise Ring? Really? And people question his sexuality...?

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+8 # Patrick 2012-07-22 04:51

Oh no you didn't question his sexuality now, did ya?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdVrDDjXdJ4[/youtube]

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+2 # Guest 2012-07-22 08:28

I agree, that last round should have been 10-8 McGee

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0 # Guest 2012-07-22 08:26

I was falling asleep after Lombard v Boestch and went to bed. Did I miss anything good?

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+2 # Fatty_Sam86 2012-07-22 11:17

Faber vs Barao was actually a solid fight in my opinion

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-7 # Guest 2012-07-22 04:41

and nobody gives a fuck. put this boring fighter in the undercard

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+3 # Guest 2012-07-22 04:48

he will beat cruz.

then cruz and faber will get their grudge match as a non-title fight.

will be more exciting as they won't fight as reservedly.

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+4 # Patrick 2012-07-22 04:52

I hope he takes his bonus and gets his buckteeth fixed.

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0 # Guest 2012-07-23 11:36

what's the point of fixing your teeth in the fight game

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+3 # TIMinBALTIMORE 2012-07-22 06:13

Man, Urijah looked slooooooow in this fight, Cruz/Barao should be good though, still favor Cruz if he's back to 100%.

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-3 # MustacheHero 2012-07-22 09:01

Barao looked good. Not good enough to warrant all that screaming in the post fight celebration. That was more obnoxious than Jimmo's dancing.

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-3 # Patrick 2012-07-22 10:18

LOL. I thought so too. Stop running around and screaming like a f***ing monkey. It's bad enough that you look like one.

However, where Barao was just annoying, Jimmo was just pathetically embarrassing. Dude, you're white! Stop it!

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-2 # MustacheHero 2012-07-22 10:32

At least I got a chuckle out of Jimmo's antics.

Something rubbed me wrong about Barao's camp lifting him up on shoulders and parading him around the ring before the official decision was announced. I understand being excited, but good lord.

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-1 # Guest 2012-07-22 09:30

His team mate dantas is better then him

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+4 # Sambro 2012-07-22 10:00

Barao is gonna run the division. Cruz is getting KTFO and sent back to dancing with the stars.

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+2 # Guest 2012-07-22 18:24

This was a decent fight, and would have been enjoyable if it wasn't for the crowd shitting on it.

The UFC has now learned what most Canadians already know... never go to Calgary.

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0 # Guest 2012-07-22 20:52

What an, um...interestin g looking cover photo.

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