{"id":202437,"date":"2016-08-29T16:13:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T23:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=202437"},"modified":"2016-08-29T16:13:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T23:13:16","slug":"dos-anjos-talks-alvarez-loss-and-upcoming-ferguson-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/dos-anjos-talks-alvarez-loss-and-upcoming-ferguson-bout\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Dos Anjos reflects on his loss to Alvarez: “I had a bad day. I just got caught.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the most recent episode of The MMA Hour<\/a>, former UFC lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos joined Ariel Helwani\u00a0and discussed his recent\u00a0title loss to Eddie Alvarez:<\/a><\/p>\n

On the show, Dos Anjos told Helwani that his first priority after the loss was taking a bit of a break.<\/p>\n

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“I had a break and I was thinking about my life a little bit, [about] my career. Now I\u2019m back on track, back working hard again, ready to get the belt again.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now that that’s done that, he feels like he’s already gotten over the loss.<\/p>\n

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“I\u2019m over it already,” he told Helwani. “It was a bad moment for me but I\u2019m able to see a lot of things now that I was sort of hiding before\u2026 I\u2019m learning a lot of lessons.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

One of these lessons, Dos Anjos said, is that people\u00a0tend to treat champions\u00a0differently once they lose the title.<\/p>\n

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“People treat you one way when you\u2019re the champion, but when you\u2019re not champion, everything changes and people treat you differently.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

“That was good to know,” he continued. “So, we can start making adjustments [to our team] and making some cuts in the near future. When I become champion again, these people will not be on my side.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now that he’s had some time to reflect on his loss to Alvarez, Dos Anjos was able to offer up an honest assessment of the fight, and why it didn’t go his way.<\/p>\n

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“I think I had a bad night of work, I think it\u2019s just that,” he explained. “<\/span>When you\u2019re a fighter, when you\u2019re not doing good at work, you lose the fight. I think Eddie had a great day and I had a bad day.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Of course, Dos Anjos wasn’t suggesting he couldn’t beat Alvarez in\u00a0a possible rematch.<\/p>\n

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“I\u2019m sure I\u2019m still the best fighter in this division and I\u2019ll prove it once again,” the former champ told Helwani. “I\u2019m still hungry, I just got caught.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In fact, Dos Anjos believes he should have gotten an immediate rematch<\/a> with Alvarez right off the bat.<\/p>\n

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“I think I should get my rematch because of everything I\u2019ve done in the division, and because I\u2019ve finished guys who have never been finished before. But it is what it is. If Khabib [Nurmagomedov] is next, it\u2019s fine. I\u2019ll get there.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Do you think “RDA” will get back on track when he squares off with Tony Ferguson on November 5? Sound off PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

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