{"id":306943,"date":"2019-03-24T06:08:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T13:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=306943"},"modified":"2019-03-24T06:08:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T13:08:43","slug":"rafael-dos-anjos-responds-to-callout-from-anthony-pettis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/rafael-dos-anjos-responds-to-callout-from-anthony-pettis\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael dos Anjos responds to callout from Anthony Pettis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Saturday night, in the main event of UFC Nashville, Anthony Pettis shocked the world by knocking out two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; Thompson in his UFC welterweight debut. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With his jaw-dropping defeat of Thompson in the books, Anthony Pettis suddenly stands out as one of the top contenders in the crowded UFC welterweight division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his post-fight interview with Daniel Cormier, Pettis announced that he plans to continue competing in the welterweight division, and called for a fight with Rafael dos Anjos, the man who ended his reign as lightweight champion in 2015. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dos Anjos is currently booked for a scrap with Kevin Lee, but promptly answered Pettis&#8217; callout on Twitter, accepting his challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/RdosAnjosMMA\/status\/1109652599731478528\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ll take care of Lee first then I\u2019ll see you Pettis,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Great win btw.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rafael dos Anjos also took a moment to explain why he was matched up with Kevin Lee instead of Santiago Ponzinibbio, who has recently called him out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People keep telling me to fight Ponzinibio, I wanted that fight too but he turned down Till in London now UFC don\u2019t want to give him anybody higher than him on the rankings.Thats not my fault, i&#39;m an employee and I follow orders.<\/p>&mdash; Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RdosAnjosMMA\/status\/1109666798801059840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;People keep telling me to fight Ponzinibbio, I wanted that fight too but he turned down Till in London now UFC don\u2019t want to give him anybody higher than him on the rankings,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Thats not my fault, i&#8217;m an employee and I follow orders.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With his knockout over Stephen Thompson, Anthony Pettis rebounds from a wild loss to Tony Ferguson in the lightweight division. 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