Rafael dos Anjos News

bjpenndotcom - April 6, 2016

Late Tuesday evening, news broke that Tony Ferguson was injured and would no longer be able to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC on FOX 19 on April 16th in Tampa Florida. While it didn’t take long for fan favorite fighter Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone to offer to fill-in on short notice to fight Khabib, UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos is now offering to fight Khabib in order to attempt to avenge his 2014 loss to ‘The Eagle’.

bjpenndotcom - April 1, 2016

While UFC President Dana White stated recently that the co-main event for UFC 200 had yet to be announced, it appears as though Eddie Alvarez may have broken the news via Twitter. Alvarez, who is currently riding a 2-fight win streak that has seen him defeat both Gilbert Melendez and Anthony Pettis via split decision, posted the following photo on Twitter:

bjpenndotcom - April 1, 2016

Recently the UFC announced that Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz would have their highly anticipated welterweight rematch at UFC 200 on July 9th. While the majority of the MMA community was thrilled with the announcement of the bout, Rafael dos Anjos wasn’t. During a Periscope session, dos Anjos stated:

bjpenndotcom - March 19, 2016

UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos was initially slated to fight Conor McGregor for the lightweight championship at UFC 196 on March 5th, however a broken foot forced dos Anjos out of the fight. Ultimately Nate Diaz stepped in as a late replacement for dos Anjos with less than two weeks until fight night. Diaz then proceeded to submit McGregor in the 2nd round of their welterweight scrap.

bjpenndotcom - March 16, 2016

While Rafael dos Anjos may have been forced out of his UFC 196 main event bout with Conor McGregor due to a broken foot, the lightweight champion is looking to fight at UFC 200 in July. Not only is dos Anjos looking to fight on the card, he may even be looking to challenge welterweight champion Robbie Lawler in a champion vs. champion bout.

Chris Taylor - March 13, 2016

UFC veteran Nate Diaz picked up the biggest win of his mixed martial arts career this past weekend in Las Vegas when he submitted Conor McGregor in the second-round of their UFC 196 main event fight. Since earning the epic stoppage victory over the current UFC featherweight champion, in a bout that took place at welterweight (170 pounds), much speculation has been made in regards to who the ‘Stockton Slugger’ should fight next.

Russell Ess - March 9, 2016

Nate Diaz became a millionaire with just one fight against UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos was supposed to be in that spot, but an injury forced him out of the fight with McGregor leading Diaz to step in as a late replacement.

bjpenndotcom - March 9, 2016

Leading up to UFC 196, there was much speculation as to a potential fight between Conor McGregor and Robbie Lawler at UFC 200 if McGregor were to defeat Nate Diaz at UFC 196. Ultimately, as everyone knows by now, Diaz submitted McGregor in the 2nd round of their welterweight scrap. Following the bout, McGregor revealed that he plans to go back down to featherweight to defend his championship. That of course has led to a slew of talk regarding who McGregor should defend his championship against.

bjpenndotcom - March 5, 2016

In the main event of UFC 196, Nate Diaz shocked the world as he picked up a 2nd round submission win over Conor McGregor. Immediately, the MMA world went wild as everyone had something to say about McGregor’s loss.

Russell Ess - March 4, 2016

With less than two weeks out from the biggest fight of his career, lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos pulled out of his scheduled bout with featherweight champion Conor McGregor with a foot injury. Dos Anjos updated everyone with his injured foot. He posted two photos to his Instagram account and captioned the first saying, “—>>>Me desculpem todos os fans de verdade e ao @ufc , em toda minha carreira de 32 lutas eu nunca precisei cancelar luta por conta de uma lesão mas num esporte de contato isso acontece, creio que Deus sabe de todas as coisa e o melhor está por vir!||—>>>Sorry to all my real fans and @ufc, I have 32 professional fights on my career and I never cancel any fight due to injuries, but it is a contact sport and injuries happen, I believe that God knows everything and he have a better plans for me #Jesus #Jesusfirst #truechampion #fletcherjonesnewportbeach #evolvefightteam #evolvemma #kingsmma #gordojj.”

Chris Taylor - March 4, 2016

UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos took to Twitter last night to give his take on the Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz press conference scuffle. “RDA” was rather disgusted by the current featherweight champions actions, stating that McGregor acted classless and was attempting to injure his UFC 196 opponent with the strike, his words:

bjpenndotcom - March 2, 2016

By now the MMA world knows that Conor McGregor and Rafael dos Anjos won’t get to settle their beef on March 5th at UFC 196. A broken foot forced dos Anjos out of the bout, which lead to the UFC bringing Nate Diaz in as a fill-in opponent for Conor McGregor in the main event.

bjpenndotcom - February 24, 2016

Tuesday morning the MMA world awoke to news that UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos had broken his foot and would no longer be able to fight Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 196. Ultimately the UFC selected Nate Diaz as a replacement for dos Anjos, and the bout was moved from lightweight to welterweight.

bjpenndotcom - February 23, 2016

Yesterday morning UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos withdrew from his UFC 196 main event title fight against Conor McGregor due to a broken foot. The UFC ultimately replaced dos Anjos with Nate Diaz on short notice, and moved the bout from 155 pounds to 170 pounds given that Diaz was stepping in on short notice.

bjpenndotcom - February 23, 2016

Tuesday morning news broke that UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos had been forced to pull out of his UFC 196 lightweight title fight with Conor McGregor on March 5th. While there was certainly no shortage of top ranked contenders offering to fight McGregor on short notice, the UFC ultimately opted to go with Nate Diaz as a fill-in opponent for McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - February 23, 2016

Early Tuesday morning news surfaced that UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos had been forced to withdraw from his UFC 196 lightweight title fight against Conor McGregor after breaking his foot. While the UFC has been scrambling to find a replacement for dos Anjos with less than 2 weeks to go until fight night, Donald Cerrone and Anthony Pettis have already offered to step in on short notice to fight McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - February 20, 2016

https://youtu.be/te_yJEe0vi0 On March 5th Rafael dos Anjos will square off against Conor McGregor for the lightweight title in Las Vegas at UFC 196.

Russell Ess - February 19, 2016

[ooyala code=”BwNmQzMTE6MhNnCBj2exuUiIz-aqbpvq” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”1280″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Check out this video of UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos training for his upcoming fight with featherweight champion Conor McGregor. The two are set to fight in a historic bout as McGregor looks to become the first fighter in UFC history to hold two different weight class’ belts at the same time.