Brazilian - Athlete | October 26, 1984 -
If I don't fight McGregor, I still have a good life.
Rafael dos Anjos
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If you're out for two years, and you beat one guy with a full-time job, without disrespect, but we're talking about fighting for a world title. You can't just beat a guy that went there to cover some guy that got injured, and then this guy, after two and a half years, gets a title shot.
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I beat Diaz, Pettis, Ben Henderson, Cerrone, and I earned it, man. I earned my title.
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Nate Diaz is a tough opponent. I've fought him.
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I'm the former lightweight champion. I want to fight one of the top guys. I don't want to fight a guy who isn't ranked.
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I think between 2014 and 2015, I made weight five times in 11 months. During that time, I felt my body change. It was able to hold on to more weight. And anybody who makes weight knows that it gets harder and harder to make weight once you've done it that many times.
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Cerrone is a great opponent. The guy won eight fights straight.
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I am surrounded by great people.
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I'm a big fan of Georges St-Pierre.
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A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.
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You have to respect your opponent.
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You can promote fights - of course, you have to - you can say 'I'll beat you' or whatever, but you cannot put family, religion, anything like that in the mix. You need to separate things. That is a line a lot of fighters cross.
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