Renan Barao has been forced out of his scheduled title fight with T.J. Dillashaw for “health and safety reasons”. Barao was scheduled for a rematch with T.J. Dillashaw tomorrow night at UFC 177.
BREAKING: Renan Barão is out of UFC 177 fight with T.J. Dillashaw tomorrow night for "health and safety" reasons. (via @bokamotoESPN)
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 29, 2014
Apparently Barao had issues cutting weight for the fight. He will be replaced by Joe Soto.
Just confirmed on Sportscenter, Renan Barao had issues cutting weight this morning, removed from UFC 177 tomorrow. Joe Soto replaces him.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) August 29, 2014
Supposedly this will not affect Barao's place in the division. The plan (of course things can change) is that he'll keep his place in line.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) August 29, 2014
Barão passed out during the weigh loss process. He was transported to a hospital and is better now, but won't face TJ Dillashaw
— Evy Rodrigues (@vevyrodrigues) August 29, 2014