Rafael dos Anjos News

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.

bjpenndotcom - February 18, 2016

On March 5th Rafael dos Anjos will put his UFC lightweight title on the line as he faces Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 196 in Las Vegas. The fight has many MMA fans split down the middle when it comes to who they believe will win. On one hand McGregor’s dominance inside the Octagon makes it hard to choose against the featherweight champion. However, with that being said dos Anjos has been on a tear recently, showing an improved standup game to go with a dominant ground game.

Russell Ess - February 16, 2016

https://youtu.be/2HX2kPa4_9g Ahead of one of the biggest fights in UFC history, the UFC is giving a treat to Rafael dos Anjos’ full fight against Anthony Pettis at UFC 185.

bjpenndotcom - February 13, 2016

We’re now less than a month away from UFC 196 where Conor McGregor will challenge Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight championship. The fight will be McGregor’s first at lightweight under the UFC banner. Ahead of the bout many are questioning how Conor McGregor’s speed will be at lightweight. In a video of McGregor sparring with welterweight teammate Gunner Nelson, McGregor can be seen looking quick and bulked up.

Russell Ess - February 12, 2016

One of the most historic fights in UFC history in less than a month away. On March 5, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will have a chance to make history and become the first fighter to simultaneously hold two division’s titles. However, his opponent is no easy task. UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos is ever confident in his skillset and his abilities to beat McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - February 10, 2016

Lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos doesn’t seem easy frazzled when it comes to Conor McGregor. The champ smoked Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in 66 seconds defending his title with devastating results.

Russell Ess - February 9, 2016

“I want to thank Dana and Lorenzo for finally giving me an easy fight in the UFC.” The UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos had some words of his own regarding his superfight with UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. Dos Anjos appeared on the MMA Hour on Monday and spoke about the historic fight with his outspoken opponent.

Russell Ess - February 1, 2016

It was an answer to a question that sparked a lot of arguments on Twitter and likely one that will have a lot of fans on BJPENN.COM debate about as well. A fan asked UFC color commentator Joe Rogan, “@joerogan do you think the size of Dos Anjos will be to much for McGregor?” Rogan responded to the question saying, “There’s a good argument that @RdosAnjosMMA is the best LW ever, and if @TheNotoriousMMA beats him it’ll be insane.”