White: Nurmagomedov not fully healthy, dos Anjos next for Pettis
Dana White: “I would say if Khabib Nurmagomedov is healthy right now, probably Khabib. But he’s not. So it’s Rafael dos Anjos.”
Rafael dos Anjos beat Nate Diaz Saturday night at UFC on FOX 13 so completely that for once, there was zero worry about leaving it in the hands of the judges. The sole question was whether or not the score would be under 30-27. In fact two judges awarded a 30-26.
Afterwards dos Anjos pleaded for a title shot.
“I’ve been in the UFC for six years,” said dos Anjos. “I have 17 fights. I moved to California three years ago to chase my dreams and I’ve been working a lot. I get better every day, I feel that I get better every day, and that’s my dream. I want to be the first UFC lightweight Brazilian to hold the belt. For the title, I’ll fight him next week. That’s what I want. I’m ready to go.”
At the post fight press conference, UFC president Dana White said UFC light weight champion Anthony Pettis was game.
“Pettis texted me right after the fight and said ‘wow, he murdered him. I’m ready to go. I’ll fight either one of them.'” said White.
However, dos Anjos is not the # contender at lightweight, Khabib Nurmagomedov is. However, Nurmagomedov injured his knee in July, some 20 minutes after signing to fight Donald Cerrone, and apparently is not fully healed.
White was asked who gets the shot.
“I would say if Khabib is healthy right now, probably Khabib,” replied White. “But he’s not. So it’s dos Anjos.”
What do you think UG? How does a Pettis vs. dos Anjos fight go?