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Back in July of 2016, UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos stepped into the Octagon in hopes of defending his lightweight title for the second time when he fought Eddie Alvarez. <\/a><\/p>\n

It took just three minutes and 49 seconds for Alvarez to finish the champ, claiming the lightweight championship<\/a> as he landed a barrage of strikes that forced the referee to stop the fight. Following his loss to Alvarez, Dos Anjos stepped into the Octagon with streaking lightweight contender Tony Ferguson for a highly anticipated lightweight matchup that would determine the lightweight #1 contender. While a win for Dos Anjos would have likely put him on a fast track to a lightweight title fight, Tony Ferguson out-struck the former champ, picking up a unanimous decision win<\/a> and ‘Fight of the Night’ honors in the process.<\/p>\n

\"Tony<\/p>\n

Following the loss to Ferguson, Dos Anjos announced that he would be moving up to welterweight because it wasn’t worth making the cut to 155 pounds anymore.<\/p>\n

In a new interview, Dos Anjos spoke to media members this past weekend, which was transcribed by MMAJunkie<\/a> to explain why he won’t be making the cut to 155 pounds anymore:<\/p>\n

\u201cFor how much I\u2019m making right now, it\u2019s not worth it for me to make 155 (pounds). If it\u2019s a superfight and I\u2019ll make more money, I\u2019ll do it. But (for) how much I\u2019m making right now, it\u2019s not worth it to put my body at that level of stress and (getting beat up).\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the ideal date for me would be any day in June,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I\u2019m here in Fortaleza to have (conversations) because I know I\u2019m going to have a fight soon. I have no idea about an opponent or where, but I\u2019ll be ready in June.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to fight one of the top guys. I was thinking about fighting Jorge Masvidal, but he\u2019s fighting Demian (Maia), because me and Jorge, we\u2019re the only two guys to beat Donald Cerrone in his last 15 fights. Now, I have no idea. I\u2019m a former lightweight champion, and I want to fight the top guys in the division.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"RDA\"<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.co<\/a>m on 3\/14\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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