RDA (photo) returns to fight the week of UFC 200. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
After hearing from his next challenger Eddie Alvarez that he will lose the belt being “violently dethroned”, the lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos decided to present its own version for the main fight of UFC Fight Night 90, scheduled for July 7th in Las Vegas (USA). Analyzing the fight against Alvarez, Rafael dos Anjos He said he saw several possibilities for the outcome of the fight, but he was betting on his submission to keep the title.
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“I don’t see this fight lasting five rounds. I'm going under pressure. I would like to finish, it's been a long time since I finished a fight in the UFC, so I would really like to go back to my roots and finish. I believe it can be this way. I think I have several ways to win this fight, but I believe I will finish. I think he's going to try to stifle me on the fence, try to take me down, throw me over, but I'm going to be prepared for anything, because he's also versatile and I have to stay naughty. But I believe he will try to take him down and win on points. He has a heavy right, he likes to move forward, he fights well and he fights. Suddenly it may be (that I am a favorite like never before). I am confident. Alvarez is tough, he was champion of another organization, he lost to Cerrone, he beat Melendez and Pettis, two big names, so I'm going to get there and do my job as hard as always”, said the champion, on the website of the “Combate” channel. .
Dos Anjos also said he was not surprised by Alvarez's selection as his next opponent. In fact, the Brazilian assured that he even hoped that the fight would be scheduled sooner or later. “I was more or less expecting this after they got married Conor McGregor to Nate diaz. He's the only guy, number 1, so that's it. One more fight and I was ready to fight McGregor (in March) when I got injured. I want to fight. In fact, I was shooting everywhere, even wanting the top category. I just wanted to fight because I was never in the situation of training and not fighting, so I welcomed the news that I would face Alvarez”, he concluded.
Rafael dos Anjos and Eddie Alvarez duel for the lightweight belt in the main fight of UFC Fight Night 90, on July 7, in Las Vegas (USA). The event, which takes place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, will be the first in a series of three consecutive events that will culminate with UFC 200, on Saturday, July 9, also in Vegas.
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