VIDEO | Rafael dos Anjos wins first pro fight out of Brazil 8 years ago today

Jun1.2008

In what was his 1st fight outside of Brazilian soil,@RdosAnjosMMA submits Takaichi Hirayama via armbar pic.twitter.com/Uz2Kc7hEE7

— MMA History Today (@MMAHistoryToday) June 1, 2016

On this day eight years ago, Rafael dos Anjos competed in his first professional MMA fight that was outside of Brazil at Pancrase 5. RDA went into the bout with a 9-2 record, and riding a 7 fight win streak.

Check out the video above ahead of RDA’s fight with Eddie Alvarez on July 7th, where he will look to defend his lightweight championship.

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