{"id":202629,"date":"2016-08-30T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=202629"},"modified":"2016-08-30T21:45:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T04:45:00","slug":"rafael-dos-anjos-making-changes-following-loss-eddie-alvarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/rafael-dos-anjos-making-changes-following-loss-eddie-alvarez\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael dos Anjos making changes following loss to Eddie Alvarez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Eddie Alvarez and Rafael dos Anjos stepped into the Octagon on July 7th, no one could have imagined <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-new-ufc-lightweight-champion-eddie-alvarez-destroys-rafael-dos-anjos-ufc-fight-night-90\/\">Alvarez would pick up such an incredibly dominant TKO just minutes into the fight<\/a> to claim the UFC lightweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tony-ferguson\/ufc-officially-announces-rafael-dos-anjos-vs-tony-ferguson\/\">UFC opting to book dos Anjos to fight Tony Ferguson<\/a> rather than give him an immediate rematch with Alvarez, the former champ has made some changes behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/8\/29\/12685290\/the-mma-hour-with-rory-macdonald-paige-vanzant-rafael-dos-anjos-josh?_ga=1.198231404.2105079035.1465399157\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I learned a lot of things,\u201d dos Anjos said. \u201cFor instance, the way people treat you. 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