“Took my foot off the gas”- Rafael dos Anjos reveals how he got caught while pulling his punches in Renato Moicano fight at UFC 272
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Former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael Dos Anjos proved at UFC 272 that he still can fight against the best or the upcoming best of the sport in his fight with a late replacement opponent and a very durable fighter in Renato Moicano. Not only that but Dos Anjos is also proved to be a gentleman of this sport as well when after giving career-threatening damage for four straight rounds, Dos Anjos decided to rather go light like a sparring match on Moicano for the last round and not put on inflict any more of damage.
Dos Anjos is in a phase of his career that he calls as third title run which will also be most probably his last run for the UFC gold in his career. For a man who has fought only against the top of the fight game for 13+ straight years, Dos Anjos has not won against all but man he has fought against the likes of the who’s who of MMA. Dos Anjos’ prime time during his career came in between 2012-2015 when his only setback was a loss against Khabib Nurmagomedov, yet Dos Anjos managed to climb the rankings to fight for the title in his first run and become the UFC Lightweight Champion in 2015.
Rafael Dos Anjos believes that the Renato Moicano fight should’ve stopped heading into the final round
In an interview for MMA Fighting‘s THE MMA HOUR with Ariel Helwani, Dos Anjos talks about his fight against Moicano at UFC 272 that went to the distance in his favour, and also about the stress he endured for his returning fight in the past couple of weeks. On being asked if the fight should’ve stopped after round 4, Dos Anjos gave his opinion as well.
“I thought so,” said Dos Anjos “I took my foot out of the gas because I knew I was four rounds ahead and he’s a hard guy to finish and so my coach said don’t take any risk just go there eat some time you know, walk around but that’s when I got caught right around and I think by taking my foot out of the gas he kind of recovered a little bit and felt more confident that’s why he comes for hard and throw those shots,” concludes Dos Anjos.
What did you make of the call to continue the fight between Dos Anjos and Moicano after four rounds of a lopsided matchup at the co-main event of UFC 272? Do you think Dos Anjos will be successful in his third and final title run to become the UFC champion again in his career? Who do you think Dos Anjos should fight next? Despite all the questions that regard his future inside the octagon, it’s quite clear when he will retire, Dos Anjos will be a legit Hall of Famer in the UFC as soon as possible after that time.
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