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On Saturday night, in the main event of the stacked UFC on Fox 26, former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos established himself as one of the welterweight division’s top contenders by dominating Robbie Lawler to a unanimous decision win. In fact, dos Anjos could easily be the next man in line for UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley. He certainly believes he’s earned the chance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m able to wait for him,\u201d Rafael dos Anjos told the media at the UFC on Fox 26 post-fight press conference, assuring he’s willing to wait for a crack at the champ (h\/t MMAFighting<\/a>). \u201cI think I did enough in the division to deserve the title shot. And I\u2019m not a guy that talks so much, try to get that title shot because I\u2019m talking bad about people, cursing people. I just go there and do a great performance like I did tonight. I hope so.\u00a0<\/span>Dana White\u00a0<\/span>said that. That\u2019s what I hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople forget,\u201d dos Anjos continued. \u201cMost of the people in MMA, MMA fans, they have very short memory. People remember you because of your last performance; they don\u2019t remember your whole career. I never had an easy path to get to the lightweight belt. I\u2019m not gonna have an easy path to the get to the welterweight belt. I\u2019m not the guy that talk much, I don\u2019t curse people. I just go in there and work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whenever he gets his fight with Woodley, Rafael dos Anjos believes he will be one of the toughest fights of Woodley’s reign thus far.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think when he fought Demian [Maia], he was worried about takedowns only,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhen he fought \u2018Wonderboy\u2019 (Thomson), he was worried only about stand up. I think with me, he\u2019s gotta be worried about everywhere. I\u2019m gonna kick him, I\u2019m gonna wrestle him, i\u2019m gonna try to take him down, I\u2019m gonna box him. He\u2019s gonna have a lot of things to worry about.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 18\/12\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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