The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) will not license Renan Barao at 135 pounds, executive officer Andy Foster confirmed to MMA Fighting on Wednesday.
Barao was announced as fighting Aljamain Sterling in a bantamweight bout at UFC 214 on July 29 in Anaheim, Calif., last month. But, citing its new weight-cutting rules, CSAC will not let the fight go on at that weight class, Foster said. Sterling wrote about the situation Wednesday on Instagram.
Barao, the former UFC bantamweight champion, got a chance to regain his title against T.