{"id":209554,"date":"2016-11-07T10:35:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T18:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=209554"},"modified":"2016-11-07T10:35:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T18:35:54","slug":"photo-team-rafael-dos-anjos-shows-nasty-eye-poke-happened-tony-ferguson-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/photo-team-rafael-dos-anjos-shows-nasty-eye-poke-happened-tony-ferguson-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO | Team Rafael dos Anjos shows nasty eye poke that happened in Tony Ferguson fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

For just the second time in his professional MMA career, Rafael dos Anjos (25-9) has lost two fights in a row. <\/p>\n

After losing the UFC lightweight belt to Eddie Alvarez<\/a> at UFC Fight Night 90 back in July, the former champion fought a tough and exciting battle over the weekend against Tony Ferguson (22-3) at UFC Fight Night 98, which took place in Mexico City. Ferguson was awarded a unanimous decision<\/a> over dos Anjos and has stacked up nine wins in a row, setting a record that no other lightweight has been to achieve in the UFC. Ferguson is still looking to get his shot at UFC gold on his nine-fight winning streak.<\/p>\n

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With falling short in the bout against Ferguson, “RDA” mentioned in the post-fight Octagon interview <\/a>that his vision was messed up from an accidental eye-poke but gave Ferguson credit for his fight performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis finger in my eyes bothered them a little bit in the second, I was seeing double, but that\u2019s no excuse,\u201d<\/em> Dos Anjos said. \u201cTony did a great job. He was the better fighter today.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

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On Sunday, Philipe Della Monica, a BJJ black belt who is on Team dos Anjos posted a photo of the nasty eye-poke that the former UFC champ suffered in the fight with Ferguson.<\/p>\n

Della Monica posted the photo sand said, “Congratulations for one more war @rdosanjosmma. Won the first round and after got poked in the eye, kept fighting with bad vision, and against a good opponent. | MMA is a tough sport. WE WILL BE BACK ——> Parab\u00e9ns por mais uma guerra @rdosanjosmma. Ganhou bem o primeiro round, e depois que tomou uma dedada no olho, continuou lutando sem enxergar direito, e contra um bom advers\u00e1rio. MMA um esporte duro. | Voc\u00ea dar\u00e1 a volta por cima.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Congratulations for one more war @rdosanjosmma. Won the first round and after got poked in the eye, kept fighting with bad vision, and against a good opponent. | MMA is a tough sport. WE WILL BE BACK ——> Parab\u00e9ns por mais uma guerra @rdosanjosmma. Ganhou bem o primeiro round, e depois que tomou uma dedada no olho, continuou lutando sem enxergar direito, e contra um bom advers\u00e1rio. MMA um esporte duro. | Voc\u00ea dar\u00e1 a volta por cima.<\/a><\/p>\n

A photo posted by PHILIPE DELLA MONICA (@philipefurao) on