{"id":133054,"date":"2015-03-15T14:02:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T21:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=133054"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:44:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:44:22","slug":"cerrone-vs-nurmagomedov-winner-will-face-dos-anjos-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/cerrone-vs-nurmagomedov-winner-will-face-dos-anjos-maybe\/","title":{"rendered":"Cerrone vs. Nurmagomedov Winner Will Face Dos Anjos, Maybe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dos-anjos-vs.-pettis.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dos-anjos-vs.-pettis.jpg\" alt=\"UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dos-anjos-vs.-pettis.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dos-anjos-vs.-pettis-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dos-anjos-vs.-pettis-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dos-anjos-vs.-pettis-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is a new UFC lightweight champion and his name is Rafael dos Anjos. Although he just won the title at UFC 185, there&#8217;s already talks about who his first challenger will be. <\/p>\n<p>Many have assumed that the winner of the upcoming lightweight fight between Donald Cerrone and Khabib Nurmagomedov will in fact get a shot at the championship next. At the UFC 185 post-fight press conference UFC president Dana White spoke about the possibility. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to go with. We\u2019ve got to see what happens with Rafael.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dos Anjos apparently injured his knee a few weeks before his UFC 185 bout and will now need some time to heal. Reports are that it&#8217;s an MCL tear and shouldn&#8217;t keep the champ sidelined to long. We will have to wait and see. <\/p>\n<p>By: <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/ryan-miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan C. Miller<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryancmiller1630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a new UFC lightweight champion and his name is Rafael dos Anjos. Although he just won the title at UFC 185, there&#8217;s already talks about who his first challenger will be. 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