{"id":197351,"date":"2016-06-24T09:04:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T16:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=197351"},"modified":"2016-06-24T09:04:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T16:04:19","slug":"rafael-dos-anjos-i-dont-see-conor-winning-this-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/rafael-dos-anjos-i-dont-see-conor-winning-this-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael dos Anjos: &#8220;I don&#8217;t see Conor winning this fight&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, Conor McGregor was slated to fight Rafael dos Anjos in a highly anticipated fight in the main event of UFC 196 for the lightweight title.  Unfortunately for RDA, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/rafael-dos-anjos-releases-statement-on-ufc-196-along-with-new-photo\/\">he broke his foot<\/a> in training, and was forced out of the bout.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the UFC selected Nate Diaz as a replacement opponent for McGregor, and as MMA fans know by now, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-nate-diaz-submits-conor-mcgregor\/\">Diaz submitted McGregor,<\/a> handing him his first UFC loss.<\/p>\n<p>With the pair set to clash once again in the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/nate-diaz-vs-conor-mcgregor-2-official-for-ufc-202\/\">main event of UFC 202<\/a>, Rafael dos Anjos offered his thoughts on the rematch to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2016\/06\/21\/rafael-dos-anjos-conor-mcgregor-nate-diaz\/\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to advise him, because Nate Diaz was on vacation when he got a call to fight him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd on less than 10 days\u2019 notice he still beat him \u2014 now he\u2019s got a full fight camp. It\u2019s hard to give him any advice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Conor can win] if he can catch him with the right shot, but Nate can take a lot of shots, especially at 170 pounds. Nate Diaz is a 55er, he\u2019s a lightweight. But now he\u2019s fighting at 170 \u2014 I don\u2019t know why. But I don\u2019t see Conor winning this fight, for sure.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While McGregor attributed the first loss to an inefficient use of his energy, do you think he now has the recipe to defeat Diaz at UFC 202?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video | Alexander Gustafsson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[ooyala code=&#8221;45NGFjMzE6DPrY4Z9BOeGPf5Cjh_krDg&#8221; player_id=&#8221;bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, Conor McGregor was slated to fight Rafael dos Anjos in a highly anticipated fight in the main event of UFC 196 for the lightweight title. Unfortunately for RDA, he broke his foot in training, and was forced out of the bout. 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