The UK’s Darren Stewart (7-1 1NC) enters the UFC’s Octagon for the third time on Saturday night at UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis. The fight will be Stewart’s first in the UFC against someone not named Francimar Barroso.
Stewart’s first fight with Barroso came last November in Brazil. That night he was declared winner via TKO. However, the decision was changed to a no contest while Stewart was flying back home to Britain. Brazilian sanctioning officials had decided that an inadvertent head butt was responsible for Barroso not being able to continue, not Stewart’s punches.