{"id":202461,"date":"2016-08-29T17:54:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T00:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=202461"},"modified":"2016-08-29T17:54:30","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T00:54:30","slug":"rafael-dos-anjos-discusses-his-upcoming-fight-with-tony-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/rafael-dos-anjos-discusses-his-upcoming-fight-with-tony-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael dos Anjos discusses his upcoming fight with Tony Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 18pt;\">Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael\u00a0Dos Anjos will be locking horns with\u00a0surging contender\u00a0Tony Ferguson on November 5 in Mexico City. And while this isn&#8217;t the fight\u00a0&#8220;RDA&#8221; was initially hoping for, it is one he seems fairly happy with.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18pt;\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;\">\u201cI asked for the rematch [with Alvarez], but I didn\u2019t think they\u2019d give it to me, so I needed to fight somebody else. So I thought, who should I fight? Tony\u2019s a guy with eight wins straight, and Khabib is begging for the belt which I don\u2019t think he deserves.\u201d <\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;\">dos Anjos told Ariel Helwani on today&#8217;s episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/8\/29\/12685290\/the-mma-hour-with-rory-macdonald-paige-vanzant-rafael-dos-anjos-josh\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18pt;\"><em>\u201cKhabib is in a better position in the rankings but I think Tony is ahead of him because he\u2019s been active and has eight wins straight,&#8221; <\/em>Dos Anjos continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18pt;\">Yes, despite the emphatic nature of his loss to Alvarez, Dos Anjos seems\u00a0hell-bent on reclaiming the title that was once his. Of course, his doing so will depend on the outcome of his fight with Tony Ferguson this November.\u00a0How do you think the fight will go? 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