{"id":191791,"date":"2016-04-15T08:55:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T15:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=191791"},"modified":"2016-04-15T08:55:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T15:55:59","slug":"ufc-officially-announces-rafael-dos-anjos-vs-eddie-alvarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/ufc-officially-announces-rafael-dos-anjos-vs-eddie-alvarez\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC officially announces Rafael dos Anjos vs. Eddie Alvarez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos&#8217; strength &#038; conditioning coach captioned an Instagram photo <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-rafael-dos-anjos-trainer-spills-the-beans-rda-fighting-at-ufc-200\/\">with a major hint<\/a> at dos Anjos fighting at UFC 200, the UFC officially announced the bout.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday July 7th, just two days before UFC 200, Rafael dos Anjos will look to defend his UFC lightweight championship against Eddie Alvarez on UFC Fight Pass.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: UFC 155lbs title is on the line ONLY on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCFIGHTPASS?src=hash\">#UFCFIGHTPASS<\/a>, Thursday, July 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RdosAnjosMMA\">@RdosAnjosMMA<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ealvarezfight\">@Ealvarezfight<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BwxI5T2vat\">pic.twitter.com\/BwxI5T2vat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC Fight Pass (@UFCFightPass) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCFightPass\/status\/721000134557839360\">April 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>dos Anjos is riding a 5 fight win streak into the bout that most recently saw him TKO Donald Cerrone. 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