The previous UFC Light-weight Champion, Rafael dos Anjos (31-13 MMA) has lately withdrawn his curiosity to combat the No. 4 ranked light-weight contender, Islam Makhachev (22-1 MMA).
The pair have almost been scheduled to combat within the octagon on a number of events earlier than the thought was shelved in the intervening time by the UFC. The closest the fighters have come to creating a date official was at UFC 272 in March after Rafael Fiziev – Dos Anjos’s opponent -was pressured out of the bout after testing constructive for COVID.
Whist the method of discovering a substitute went on, Makhachev provided to fill in and take the combat through his social media. Nonetheless, there was no bodily settlement made, and UFC light-weight veteran, Renato Moicano (16-5-1 MMA) was put ahead because the official replacement for the fight.
The 37-year-old is now targeted once more on his unique UFC 272 opponent, Rafael Fiziev.
Their bout has now been rescheduled for July 9th and Rafael dos Anjos has additionally had the time to decide on the correct phrases he needed to make use of to explain Makhachev on his social media.
“Islam is a p****,” dos Anjos informed MMA Fighting. “I took the combat. Straight up, he’s a p****. I took the combat, he took the combat. I went to mattress, [I] thought I’m going to combat him, after which within the morning he tried to say in any other case. I’m glad Dana White came to visit and stated the reality.”
“He’s making an attempt to play cool and he’s making an attempt to play, ‘I’m going to take the combat’, Dos Anjos continued. “He stated 170, I stated 165, they usually saved [saying] 170. I used to be 170 once I was chatting with the UFC on the time. I stated, ‘I’ll take this combat towards Islam at 170, I simply need to combat. I haven’t fought in so lengthy, I had a tough coaching camp, I need to combat anyone.’ Then within the morning, the deal fell out on his aspect.”
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Rafael dos Anjos’s difficulty with Makhachev wasn’t that the 30-year-old didn’t take the combat on brief discover, however slightly that Islam Makhachev volunteered to switch Fiziev solely to show away from the chance when the UFC provided him the bout at 170ib.
Ever since returning to the Light-weight division, Dos Anjos has had ambitions of reclaiming his Light-weight gold, though he admits ‘the division is loopy,’ he states that he sees a scenario through which he and one other sure native Brazilian go head-to-head in Brazil later this 12 months.
“I heard the UFC goes to do an enormous present in Brazil in December, and why not Brazil vs. Brazil? As soon as I get previous Fiziev, me towards Charles could be a terrific combat.” (Transcribed by MMAFighting.com)
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