{"id":181956,"date":"2016-01-08T09:52:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T17:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=181956"},"modified":"2016-01-08T09:52:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T17:52:18","slug":"rda-looking-to-crush-mcgregors-soul-at-ufc-197","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/rda-looking-to-crush-mcgregors-soul-at-ufc-197\/","title":{"rendered":"RDA looking to crush McGregor&#8217;s soul at UFC 197"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late last night it was revealed that a lightweight showdown between champion Rafael dos Anjos and UFC <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/photo-conor-mcgregor-13-seconds-beer-sold-in-dublin\/\">featherweight champion<\/a> Conor McGregor had been scheduled for <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/mcgregor-vs-dos-anjos-holm-vs-tate-booked-for-ufc-197\/\">UFC 197<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The UFC had yet to make the bout announcement official, however Kings MMA coach Rafael Cordeiro confirmed everything is good to go in a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/m.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Rafael-Cordeiro-on-Conor-McGregor-Rafael-dos-Anjos-Wants-to-Break-His-Soul-at-UFC-197-98233\" target=\"_blank\">Sherdog<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe didn\u2019t receive an official 100 percent confirmation from the UFC, but that\u2019s something we\u2019re waiting on,\u201d Cordeiro said. \u201cFrom our part, it\u2019s already signed. It\u2019s important to make it clear that this was a request from McGregor. Rafael is really happy to \u2018welcome\u2019 him in a brutal way to the lightweight division.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s a fighter that we truly believe we can beat,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s coming from a lower division, and he can be sure that he\u2019ll face a strong champion who will not change his style. McGregor has already proven to be a great athlete, but we have five rounds to beat him and Rafael is coming in hungry to beat him, not only physically but spiritually, and to break his soul inside the Octagon. I bet Rafael will finish him in a brutal way, the same way he has finished his last fights.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>How do you see this fight playing out PENN Nation? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last night it was revealed that a lightweight showdown between champion Rafael dos Anjos and UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor had been scheduled for UFC 197. The UFC had yet to make the bout announcement official, however Kings MMA coach Rafael Cordeiro confirmed everything is good to go in a recent interview with Sherdog. 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