{"id":70308,"date":"2013-10-01T11:45:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T18:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=70308"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:48:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:48:29","slug":"dana-white-for-all-intents-and-purposes-barao-is-the-real-bantamweight-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-white-for-all-intents-and-purposes-barao-is-the-real-bantamweight-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White: For All Intents And Purposes, Barao Is The Real Bantamweight Champion"},"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 \/>\n<em>\u201cRenan Barao is a champion. If you look at Renan Barao and what he has done, he\u2019s beaten everybody that Dominick Cruz would be fighting if Dominick Cruz was healthy and was the champion. So, [the interim label] takes nothing away from [Barao], other than just that pin, that place holder until Dominick Cruz comes back&#8230; But for all intents and purposes, Renan Barao is the real champion. He\u2019s the one that\u2019s beating the guys that need to be beaten.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While on the UFC 168 world tour, UFC President Dana White, told the fans and media in Brazil that their own, Renan Barao, should be considered the real world champion despite holding the interim title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRenan Barao is a champion. If you look at Renan Barao and what he has done, he\u2019s beaten everybody that Dominick Cruz would be fighting if Dominick Cruz was healthy and was the champion. 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