‘Shame on You’ Rafael Dos Anjos slams Michael Chandler for not stepping in the fight against him


‘Shame on You’ Rafael Dos Anjos slams Michael Chandler for not stepping in the fight against him
Michael Chandler and Rafael Dos Anjos

Just before one week of UFC Fight Night Anjos vs Makhachev, Islam Makhachev had to withdraw his name from the fight following an injury. This fight was originally scheduled for UFC 254 but Rafael Dos Anjos was tested positive for COVID at that time. And now this is rescheduled as the main event but this time it again got canceled.

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RDA is looking for a new opponent for him to fight and in this quest, he gave a callout to the newly signed Bellator MMA Sensation Michael Chandler. RDA says, “I wish Makhachev a speedy recovery. Looking for a new partner to dance with. Looks like Michael Chandler is ready to go. Your move”.

Although Michael Chandler on an interaction with a fan of the Instagram post denied fighting RDA saying he has some other plans. He has already shown his interest in fighting either with Tony Ferguson or Justin Gaethje and he isn’t interested in fighting the former champion Rafael Dos Anjos.

RDA gave a hard reply to Chandler

Rafael Dos Anjos

Following his talk with the fan on the Instagram post, RDA seems to be pissed from the type of response Chandler gave. Responding to this he says, “If you don’t take a fight because you don’t have enough time to drop weight I get it but don’t tell me you have other plans.”

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“I became the champion of the BIGGEST organization fighting everyone they put in front of me. Shame on you!”.  Chandler also replied to his tweet saying, “I’ll go ahead and assume that the above statement was directed at me. We do have other plans & we don’t just abandon them out of the blue”.

“Also, making weight this quick is impossible this soon after last cut. For the record… I was never offered this fight”.

The former UFC champion RDA is coming from a pair of losses in his previous fights against Leon Edwards and Michael Chiesa. It was rather a brave step for him to call out Chandler but with him denying to fight RDA, he can say anything.

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