{"id":140600,"date":"2015-04-27T10:29:57","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T17:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=140600"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:34:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:34:06","slug":"rafael-dos-anjos-pulling-khabib-beat-cerrone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/rafael-dos-anjos-pulling-khabib-beat-cerrone\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael dos Anjos Is Pulling For Khabib To Beat Cerrone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos is waiting to see who his first title challenger will be.<\/p>\n

Khabib Nurmagomedov will fight Donald Cerrone on May 23 at UFC 187. Dos Anjos says he wants Nurmagomedov to win, so that he can avenge his loss.<\/p>\n

“I don’t want to make any excuses,” dos Anjos said to Submission Radio<\/a>, “But I had a couple issues before Khabib’s fight,” said dos Anjos. “No excuses, he did a great job. He did the perfect strategy. He was able to hold me down and keep the pressure. I wasn’t able to defend his takedown, but I’m a different fighter now.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“At that time I was fighting under a lot of pressure. I was thinking about my title shot. The next fight will be different. If [Nurmagomedov] beats Cerrone I think he’ll be a different fighter. I’m a complete fighter right now. I’ve got extra confidence.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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By: Ryan C. Miller<\/a> | @ryancmiller1630<\/a><\/p>\n

LOL! — D.C. Pokes At Khabib — ‘We’ve created a trash talking MONSTER!’<\/strong>
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