{"id":191851,"date":"2016-04-16T09:29:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T16:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=191851"},"modified":"2016-04-16T09:29:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T16:29:40","slug":"rafael-dos-anjos-gives-thoughts-on-matchup-with-eddie-alvarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/rafael-dos-anjos-gives-thoughts-on-matchup-with-eddie-alvarez\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael dos Anjos gives thoughts on matchup with Eddie Alvarez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Rafael dos Anjos&#8217; trainer posted a video of the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-rafael-dos-anjos-trainer-spills-the-beans-rda-fighting-at-ufc-200\/\">lightweight champ training<\/a> following a broken foot, there was much speculation as to when RDA would return to the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC wasted no time <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/ufc-officially-announces-rafael-dos-anjos-vs-eddie-alvarez\/\">announcing dos Anjos vs. Alvarez<\/a> for a July 7th event on UFC Fight Pass.<\/p>\n<p>dos Anjos spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/rafael-dos-anjos-focusing-on-jiu-jitsu-ahead-of-eddie-alvarez-fight-july-7-las-vegas\" target=\"_blank\">UFC Brazil<\/a> to discuss the fight:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe doctor has cleared me to walk with sneakers two weeks ago, and a few days he said I was good to go with bare feet,\u201d said Dos Anjos, who will return to action against Alvarez in the main event of the UFC FIGHT PASS event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. &#8220;I\u2019m already back at work, the bone is almost healed, but some tendons are still sore. 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