{"id":186002,"date":"2016-02-13T10:49:49","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T18:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=186002"},"modified":"2016-02-13T10:49:49","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T18:49:49","slug":"photo-rafael-dos-anjos-looking-massive-while-sparring-lyoto-machida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/photo-rafael-dos-anjos-looking-massive-while-sparring-lyoto-machida\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO | Rafael dos Anjos looking massive while sparring Lyoto Machida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re now less than a month away from <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/must-see-all-new-chilling-ufc-196-promo\/\">UFC 196<\/a> where Conor McGregor will challenge Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>The fight will be McGregor&#8217;s first at lightweight under the UFC banner.  Ahead of the bout many are questioning how Conor McGregor&#8217;s speed will be at lightweight.  In a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/watch-conor-mcgregor-sparring-hows-his-speed\/\">video of McGregor sparring<\/a> with welterweight teammate Gunner Nelson, McGregor can be seen looking quick and bulked up.<\/p>\n<p>With that being said, in this photo of Rafael dos Anjos sparring with Lyoto Machida, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-rafael-dos-anjos-tkos-donald-cerrone\/\">the lightweight champion<\/a> looks huge in comparison to Machida.<\/p>\n<p>To put things in perspective, dos Anjos is 5&#8217;9 and fights at 155 pounds, while Machida is 6&#8217;1 and fights at 185 pounds&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>See the photo below!<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oficialrafaeldosanjos\/posts\/1038896619486804:0\" data-width=\"500\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oficialrafaeldosanjos\/posts\/1038896619486804:0\">\n<p>&#xfe4ec;&#xfe4e6;&#8212;&gt;&gt;&gt;To be a lion you have to train with lions, thank &#064;lyotomachidafw for the help&#xfe4ea;&#xfe4ee;&#8212;&gt;&gt;&gt;Pra ser le&#xe3;o tem que&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oficialrafaeldosanjos\/\">Rafael Dos Anjos<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oficialrafaeldosanjos\/posts\/1038896619486804:0\">Friday, February 12, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re now less than a month away from UFC 196 where Conor McGregor will challenge Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight championship. 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