Longtime UFC veteran Raoni Barcelos and undefeated bantamweight contender Payton Talbott closed out the UFC 311 prelims with an action-packed fight that ended in a huge upset.

The largest betting favorite on the entire UFC 311 card failed to record a victory thanks to Raoni Barcelos' relentless pressure. In the final preliminary bout at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif ...

Barcelos (20-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) outworked ex-bantamweight champ Cody Garbrandt (14-7 MMA, 9-7 UFC) for a unanimous decision Saturday on the main card at UFC on ESPN 69 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

Talbott (9-1), a 26-year-old who entered his third UFC appearance as a -1200 betting favorite, ran into a determined veteran in Raoni Barcelos (19-5) and took home a wide defeat via unanimous ...

Raoni Barcelos reminded any and all upstarts in the Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight division that experience still matters. The onetime Resurrection Fighting Alliance and Shooto Brazil ...

Peyton Talbott (9-0) faces Raoni Barcelos (18-5) on the UFC 311 prelims on Saturday night from the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. Talbott is one of the UFC’s best prospects and has won via ...

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When Raoni Barcelos looks across the cage in a matter of days, he can expect one of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ’s most promising young lions to be staring back at him.

Barcelos has a 1.5-inch reach advantage vs. Garbrandt, holds a 5.11-to-2.98 significant strikes per minute edge and is much more accurate with those strikes at 57.52%, while Garbrandt is just 42.59%.

The featured prelim for UFC 311 featured rising star Payton Talbott taking on the biggest test of his young career against Raoni Barcelos. Most of the attention leading up to the UFC's first Pay ...