“If your brother Khabib fight me after I beat you let’s do it,” Rafael Dos Anjos wants Khabib after Islam Makhachev
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Rafael Dos Anjos and Khabib Nurmagomedov
The UFC Lightweight fighter Islam Makhachev, the training partner of the Dagestani prodigy Khabib Nurmagomedov extended his undefeated win streak to 7 fights in the Lightweight division with a win against Drew Dober at UFC 259.
With this win, Islam called out top-ranked opponents to face him next and one of them was Tony Ferguson. But there is one guy that doesn’t like all this hype building around Makhachev, he is former Lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos.
Islam Makhachev was originally booked to face Rafael Dos Anjos in November but he pulled out his name from the fight after getting caught by COVID. After this Paul Felder stepped in the fight and faced a loss at the hands of Dos Anjos.
Makhachev made his comeback against Drew Dober and dominated him with his Dagestani wrestling style and many UFC fighters found it boring. Talking about this on ESPN MMA Instagram post, Dos Anjos says,
“Did he just beat a top contender? Beneil Dariush beat Dober and nobody says crap, Stop this hype”. To which Makhachev replied with his tweet, “Hey Rafael Dos Anjos if you don’t like all this hype around me, let’s finish our business in July,”
Dos Anjos put a condition for Islam to fight
Rafael Dos Anjos use this callout as an opportunity to get his hands once again on the UFC Lightweight title. He agreed to fight Makhachev but with the condition of facing Khabib after a win against him.
Dos Anjos says, “If your brother Khabib fight me after I beat you let’s do it,” Both of them faced each other in April 2014 where Khabib won the fight by a unanimous decision. Since then RDA is looking to rebook a match with Khabib.
What are your views on this will Khabib bet on his retirement on Islam’s win or not?
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