{"id":352133,"date":"2020-06-03T12:27:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T19:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=352133"},"modified":"2020-06-03T12:27:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T19:27:54","slug":"rafael-dos-anjos-on-final-fight-of-ufc-deal-uncertain-of-future-with-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/rafael-dos-anjos-on-final-fight-of-ufc-deal-uncertain-of-future-with-promotion\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael dos Anjos on final fight of UFC deal, uncertain of future with promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos is on the final fight of his current UFC deal, and is uncertain what the future holds beyond that.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s hoping to fight again in the coming months, and with a little luck, re-sign with the UFC, where he&#8217;s spent the vast majority of his MMA career thus far.<\/p>\n<p id=\"PYoiMP\">\u201cI want to fight. I fought in January, so June or July would be good dates,\u201d dos Anjos told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/6\/2\/21277331\/last-fight-ufc-deal-rafael-dos-anjos-anthony-pettis-wonderboy-ponzinibbio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a> recently. \u201cI\u2019m going for the last fight in my contract with the UFC, so we have to see if the UFC wants to re-sign me. It\u2019s a bunch of things.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Fosk0I\">\u201cI\u2019m in the UFC for many years, since 2008, and the UFC is a very solid company,\u201d dos Anjos added. \u201cI have a great relationship with Dana White, I have almost 30 fights in the organization, and I would like to re-sign with the UFC. That\u2019s what I want, but it\u2019s not only up to me, it\u2019s up to them as well, if they want to re-sign me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While dos Anjos is hoping to re-sign with the UFC, he would no doubt be a hot commodity if he became a free agent, and could probably expect offers from the likes of Bellator and ONE Championship. In fact, the former UFC champ has a close friendship with ONE boss Chatri Sityodtong, and even attended a ONE event in Tokyo in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>For the moment, of course, dos Anjos&#8217; focus is on closing out his current UFC contract with a big one. He&#8217;s not sure who <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/rafael-dos-anjos-says-there-is-only-one-fight-that-would-bring-him-back-to-lightweight\/\">he&#8217;ll fight<\/a>, but is reluctant to make callouts.<\/p>\n<p id=\"B5PFF6\">\u201cI\u2019m in a situation that I can\u2019t call anyone out. I\u2019m coming off a loss and I know that\u2019s in the past and I will bounce back, but what the UFC offers me, something that makes sense\u2026 I think Pettis would make sense for the history. The market is starting to move now. Stephen Thompson and I, there was some talk in the past, so I think that could be the fight. The division is very jammed, let\u2019s see how it plays out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Where do you think Rafael dos Anjos will end up after his current deal concludes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos is on the final fight of his current UFC deal, and is uncertain what the future holds beyond that. 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