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A few days back, UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby revealed that former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos had come close to landing a welterweight title fight with Tyron Woodley at UFC 214. “Dana made it public that Tyron is fighting on this card [214] and [Demian] Maia wasn’t initially sure if he was could do it,” Shelby said during the …

Rafael dos Anjos hasn’t dipped his toes cautiously into welterweight waters, he has dived right into the depths. Following back to back defeats to Eddie Alvarez and Tony Ferguson, as well as some harrowing weight-cutting experiences, the former 155-pound king of the UFC announced in January of this year that he would be moving up to 170lbs. In April, the …

Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos will make his welterweight debut at the UFC Fight Night 111 event in Singapore on June 17th, the promotion confirmed in a press release on Monday(via Channel News Asia). The Brazilian will face 30-year-old Belgian Tarec Saffiedine. Dos Anjos(25-9) dropped the UFC’s 155-pound title last July when he was bludgeoned to a first-round …

When Joe Rogan claimed last November that Rafael dos Anjos had passed out for three minutes during an attempt to make 155lbs for his unsuccessful UFC lightweight title defence against Eddie Alvarez in July, one hoped that the veteran UFC commentator had been misinformed. However, when he went on an early January edition of The MMA Hour to speak about …

After suffering back-to-back defeats, former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos is headed 15lbs north to welterweight. The Brazilian made his intentions known via Twitter on Friday. I reached the top of LW,it's been a hard journey make weight every time,now I want to fight at my best,I have new goals, I'm moving to WW — Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) …

The Tony Ferguson that turned up in Mexico City on Saturday night to face former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos would be an absolute nightmare for anyone to deal with. Think Nate Diaz if the Stockton native woke up one day believing that he had all the moves of Anderson Silva. That’s a weird concept, I know, but hear …

Rafael dos Anjos and Conor McGregor were just over a week away from fighting each other for the UFC lightweight title earlier this year, but a foot injury that the Brazilian suffered in training scuppered the intriguing contest which had been scheduled to headline UFC 196. Instead, McGregor faced off against late-replacement Nate Diaz in a welterweight contest and was …

The landscape of the UFC has come a very long way since the scheduled bout between Conor McGregor and Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196 fell through. A foot injury sustained by the then lightweight champion a mere two weeks out from his highly anticipated and potentially history-making clash with featherweight king Conor McGregor saw the Irishman embark on a …

Rafael dos Anjos certainly hasn’t been handed a ‘gimme’ fight to help rebuild him in the aftermath of that crushing first-round defeat to Eddie Alvarez at UFC Fight Night 90. In fact, Dos Anjos has been given one of the toughest assignments possible. But we suspect that the rugged Brazilian wouldn’t have it any other way. It was announced on …

Rafael dos Anjos was in an unenviable position on March 5th. With the taunts of Conor McGregor likely ringing in his ears and his recently broken foot in an elevated position, the UFC lightweight champion watched on as Nate Diaz stepped up to fill his proverbial shoes in the main event of UFC 196. The vast amount of money that …

UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos is purely focused on his upcoming title defense against Eddie Alvarez but featherweight champion Conor McGregor isn’t too far from his thoughts. The 31-year-old was scheduled to defend his lightweight title against McGregor at UFC 196 in early March, but due to a foot injury the Brazilian was forced to withdraw from the event. …

The ongoing dispute between Conor McGregor and the Ultimate Fighting Championship is stealing headlines over the past number of weeks, but it hasn’t stopped lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos from calling out the 145-pound champ once again.  The Brazilian is currently preparing for his upcoming title defense at UFC Fight Night 90 against experienced grappler Eddie Alvarez this July. The …

Even in his darkest hour, struggling to digest his first UFC defeat, Conor McGregor was able to come up with a cracking line with which to silence his detractors. In the immediate aftermath of McGregor’s loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196, Jose Aldo and Rafael dos Anjos had took a couple of shots at the downed Dubliner via social …

Over the past few days, the media storm surrounding the ongoing dispute between Conor McGregor and the UFC has been unlike anything previously witnessed in the world of MMA. On Tuesday night, the featherweight champion sent out what was the most retweeted message by any athlete ever, smashing Kobe Bryant’s record for his own retirement announcement back in November of …

Rather than attend the scheduled press conference in Las Vegas tomorrow for UFC 200, Conor McGregor has dug in his heels with a remarkable statement. Guess who's back, back again. Conor's back, tell a friend. — Coach Kavanagh (@John_Kavanagh) April 21, 2016 Following his premature retirement plans, Conor McGregor released a statement addressing the ongoing dispute between himself and the UFC. …

On Wednesday evening, speaking on Fox Sports Radio, Dana White made a number of intriguing revelations regarding the ongoing dispute between the UFC and Conor McGregor… Although the UFC President made it clear that the promotion were going to stand their ground with regard to the cause of the conflict (McGregor refusing to attend a promotional tour), White did say …

Jonathan Shrager is a respected journalist with MixedMartialArts.com and, since the Conor McGregor retirement rift initially broke, Shrager has been breaking reliable exclusives from an apparent source in the Irishman’s immediate family.  Last night, Shrager posted a number of intriguing updates surrounding the McGregor/UFC back and forth that saw the promotion pulling the ‘Notorious’ fighter from the main event at UFC …