Renan Barao claims the UFC had to pressure him into accepting his fight against T.J. Dillashaw after Chris Weidman injured himself and they needed a title fight to headlined UFC 173.
Renan Barao decided to give a little bit of backstory as to how he came to lose his belt against T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 173, on May last year. According to the former champion, the UFC pressured him into taking the bout once Chris Weidman injured himself and his fight against Lyoto Machida had to be postponed to July.