dos Anjos: Next fight with Khabib will be different
Should Khabib Nurmagomedov get past Donald Cerrone, Raphaek Dos Anjos is confident the second time the two meet will be a different fight.
New lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos will likely defend his title against the winner of Donald Cerrone versus Khabib Nurmagomedov, the latter of which beat him less than year ago by decision. Should Nurmagomedov get past Cerrone, Dos Anjos is confident the second time around will be different:
“I still have that loss against Khabib,” he said. “Khabib has a tough fight, Cerrone is a tough opponent. I don’t know how it’s gonna be to come back from a bad injury and fight against him, but we’ll see. If he beats Cerrone, okay, I’ll fight. I don’t have any preference. I’ll be ready for anyone of them.”
dos Anjos lost to Nurmagomedov in 2014 and beat Cerrone the year before, and agrees that a rematch with the only man to beat him in years would be more interesting.
“Yeah, I think so, because I lost to him and I would like to get it cleared,” he agreed. “But it’s another time now. Everything changed. The next fight will be a different fight.”