{"id":248957,"date":"2017-09-10T06:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=248957"},"modified":"2017-09-10T06:43:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T13:43:00","slug":"big-ufc-215-win-rafael-dos-anjos-calls-tyron-woodley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/big-ufc-215-win-rafael-dos-anjos-calls-tyron-woodley\/","title":{"rendered":"After big UFC 215 win, Rafael Dos Anjos calls out Tyron Woodley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month, UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby made the surprising admission that, if Demian Maia couldn’t be ready in time to battle welterweight champ Tyron Woodley at UFC 214, the title shot would have gone to former UFC lightweight king<\/a> Rafael Dos Anjos.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s interesting about this [dos Anjos vs. Magny] fight is that we obviously had the fight with Tyron Woodley and Demian Maia, and there was some question\u2026 Tyron\u2019s team made it public that Tyron was fighting on this card, and Maia wasn\u2019t initially sure he could do it,” Shelby explained. “The guy waiting there for that fight was RDA. He had already accepted the fight with Tyron had Maia not been able to do it.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Initially, this seemed like a bit of a stretch, as Dos Anjos had one just once in the UFC welterweight division, defeating Tarec Saffiedine in June. Last night, however, in the co-main event of UFC 215, Dos Anjos opened the world’s eyes to his potential as a welterweight, destroying the game Neil Magny inside one round<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, Rafael dos Anjos wants the title fight with Tyron Woodley that he almost received earlier this year:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis division\u2019s wide open; all the top-five, top-six guys in this division have lost to the champion or to the last challenger, which was Demian Maia,\u201d dos Anjos told reporters after UFC 215 (h\/t MMAJunkie.com<\/a>). \u201c(Stephen) Thompson lost twice to Woodley already. I\u2019m the new blood in this division. I was getting ready to fight Woodley if Maia didn\u2019t take the fight, but he ended up taking the fight. But I was getting ready for it, so here I am.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Tyron<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the former lightweight champion looking forward to being a two-division champion,\u201d dos Anjos continued. \u201cI know Woodley has an injury, but I need some time off now. I fought three months ago in Singapore. I just fought now. I was preparing for Woodley, but Maia took the fight. I don\u2019t want to lose what I was training already, so I called (UFC matchmaker Sean) Shelby and said, \u2018Hey, I want to fight, if you have somebody.\u2019 Then the opportunity with Neil Magny came up.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see. My goal is to fight for the title.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dos Anjos then assured that, if he does battle Woodley, he’ll force the champ into an exciting fight:<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing I can be sure, is we\u2019re going to fight,\u201d dos Anjos said. \u201cI\u2019m not going to let him walk around, and I\u2019m going to make sure I push the pace. I\u2019m not saying I will not use my strategy. Of course I will. But I will walk forward. I have confidence in me, in my cardio, and I\u2019m going to make him work.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you want to see Rafael dos Anjos take on Tyron Woodley?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 9\/10\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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