{"id":64720,"date":"2013-07-22T09:47:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T16:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=64720"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:56:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:56:23","slug":"interim-champ-barao-says-he-is-the-true-champ-not-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/interim-champ-barao-says-he-is-the-true-champ-not-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Interim Champ Barao Says He Is The True Champ, Not Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Renan-Barao-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62272\" title=\"Renan-Barao-2\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Renan-Barao-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Renan-Barao-2.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Renan-Barao-2-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Renan-Barao-2-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhen Renan Barao faced off and defeated Urijah Faber at UFC 149 he was crowned the UFC&#8217;s interim bantamweight champion in the absence of the injured Dominick Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>He has since had one successful title defense against Michael McDonald in the year he has held the interim title and apparently\u00a0that&#8217;s enough for the Brazilian place holder to consider himself the real undisputed champion of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what he told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FightersOnly\/status\/357104098740416513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fighters Only<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I consider myself the champion. It&#8217;s me who is training, fighting, defending the belt, not him.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cruz has been out with multiple injuries and surgeries since October of 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Renan Barao faced off and defeated Urijah Faber at UFC 149 he was crowned the UFC&#8217;s interim bantamweight champion in the absence of the injured Dominick Cruz. 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