{"id":265669,"date":"2017-12-13T12:32:03","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T20:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=265669"},"modified":"2017-12-13T12:32:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T20:32:03","slug":"healthier-rafael-dos-anjos-ready-old-school-fight-robbie-lawler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/healthier-rafael-dos-anjos-ready-old-school-fight-robbie-lawler\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthier Rafael dos Anjos Ready for &#8216;Old School&#8217; Fight With Robbie Lawler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After back-to-back losses at lightweight and losing his UFC title, Rafael dos Anjos abandoned the division and decided to move up to welterweight. It was something he was thinking about even before his victory over Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone. The experiment has been successful so far. He&#8217;s earned wins over\u00a0Tarec Saffiedine and Neil Magny in a Performance of the Night. He recently opened up about his rejuvenation and upcoming bout with Robbie Lawler and is hyped up for a good old school battle between two gamers.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I can live. I can eat normal. I don\u2019t have to have that feeling after having my meal of still being hungry. Now, if I feel hungry I can eat again if I want. [&#8230;] Before, 70 to 80 percent of my camp was focused on losing weight and being stressed out about making weight. Now, I still have to cut some weight, but it\u2019s way easier. I can have a normal life, I can enjoy my life and my training and put a hundred percent of the work into my technique and training and not just losing weight and being stressed out. It\u2019s been a very good moment for me. I\u2019ve been around for so long, but I\u2019ve never been as happy as I am now.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He&#8217;s one BAD MAN! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RdosAnjosMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RdosAnjosMMA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCWinnipeg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCWinnipeg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UB5isscsJ2\">pic.twitter.com\/UB5isscsJ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/941008578298515456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c[We don&#8217;t talk trash and] that\u2019s the good part of it. [Robbie Lawler and I are] gonna&#8217; go there and we\u2019re gonna&#8217;<span> take care of business like men, like fighters. I miss that old school feeling. These days, all these guys trash talk on Twitter and other social media and I\u2019m not good at it. I\u2019m good at fighting, and Rob is as well. It\u2019s gonna be great and we\u2019re gonna put on a great show for all the fans.\u00a0<\/span><span>I\u2019m 33 and I feel that I\u2019m at the best moment of my career, physically and mentally. I\u2019m just happy to make the move up a weight class and everything else is coming along well in my life \u2013 family, everything is great, and it\u2019s a great moment right now.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/Rejuvenated-Dos-Anjos-relishing-life-at-welterweight#undefined.uxfs\">Rafael dos Anjos speaking to UFC.com via Thomas Gerbasi<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No talk. No social media jabs. No throwing Monster cans at press conferences. Just two worthy opponents who bring the action going at it. In our present time, the lack of trash talk may hurt a fight, but for some reason it&#8217;s probably not an issue between Rafael dos Anjos and Robbie Lawler. Fight fans are going to tune in to see what these two warriors are going to do to each other this weekend and who will be next in line for a potential title shot at Tyron Woodley. Could RDA get another shot at a belt in a second weight class? Everyone will be tuned in to find out.<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/13\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After back-to-back losses at lightweight and losing his UFC title, Rafael dos Anjos abandoned the division and decided to move up to welterweight. It was something he was thinking about even before his victory over Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone. The experiment has been successful so far. 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