Before current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight titleholder TJ Dillashaw and ex-champ Renan Barao face off for the second time at UFC on FOX 16 this Saturday night (July 25, 2015) in Chicago, warning shots were fired.
The pair originally fought at UFC 173 back in May 2014, with Dillashaw pulling off the unforgettable upset over the heavily-favored Barao. Now, as fight week drudges on, it appears both camps are looking to play mind games ahead of this critical point in their mixed martial arts (MMA) careers.
"If TJ had excellent punching power, he would have finished it after that first knockdown," Barao's Muay Thai coach Johnny Eduardo told Combate (via Bloody Elbow).