‘Let’s do it RDA’- Islam Makhachev offers to step in as a last-minute against Rafael Dos Anjos, but there’s a condition!

‘Let’s do it RDA’- Islam Makhachev offers to step in as a last-minute against Rafael Dos Anjos, but there’s a condition!

Rafael Dos Anjos and Islam Makhachev

The co-main event of UFC 272 was booked between the former champion, Rafael Dos Anjos, and the rising prospect Rafael Fiziev. These two were supposed to headline UFC Vegas 47, but their fight got pushed back because of Fiziev’s visa issues. They trained really hard, but Fiziev had to pull out from this fight because of Coronavirus.

Fiziev landed in Vegas, and he got affected by the Coronavirus. He had no choice but to pull out from the fight, and he announced it via Twitter, he wrote, “I’m devastated to announce that I’m out of the fight. I had a great camp and was ready to put on the show, I flew all the way to Vegas from Thailand just to get sick with covid, for 3 days I’m in hotel bed with fever, bones pain and cough.”

Fiziev isn’t too happy with people saying he faked the sickness, he added, “I called out RDA and I still want that fight when my health will allow me to compete again. Apologies to him, but saying that I was faking it is complete nonsense. Time will put everything in place.”

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Islam Makhachev is ready to take on Rafael Dos Anjos in a welterweight contest

Rafael Dos Anjos on Islam Makhachev
Rafael Dos Anjos on Islam Makhachev

Islam took to Twitter to announce that he would fight RDA, but he won’t take him at lightweight. He wrote, “170 ??? Let’s do it. We have unfinished business RDA”

RDA and Islam wanted to fight each other for a long time, and they were booked to face each other on three different occasions. Every time something unfortunate would happen, they never got to smash each other’s faces. This can prove out to be a blessing in disguise, as Islam is coming off from a dominant performance against Bobby Green, and he was offered a title shot against the winner of Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje’s fight.

If RDA can beat him the title shot could be well within his reach, and who knows, maybe he can fulfill his dream of once again becoming the champion.

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Also read – Breaking: Rafael Fiziev out from UFC 272 co-main event fight against Rafael Dos Anjos