Under normal circumstances, the question of which fighter deserves the next shot at Anthony Pettis‘ UFC lightweight title would seem pretty much cut-and-dried.
Rafael dos Anjos has been on a fine run over the past three years, winning eight of his past nine fights, with the most recent win a one-sided victory over Nate Diaz at UFC on FOX 13.
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UFC 181 is only days away, meaning the rematch between Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler is nearly here. It is a fight enthusiasts have already been expecting, but so have Hendrcicks’ trainers, also. As Marc Laimon described to Ariel Helwani on Monday’s The MMA Hour, they are prepared for Saturday. In addition they consider Hendricks is fighting the correct man in his come back to the Octagon.
“You can not actually refuse Robbie, you know,” Laimon says. “He iced [Jake] Ellenberger and controlled Matt Brown. I do believe he deserves that position. I do not believe there is anyone more worthy than him right now. It is always pleasant to fight somebody brand new, but I kinda look at this as a whole new fight because the past one. Johny had some injuries going into that fight. Johny could get the ‘W’, but right now it is a whole distinct Johny becoming prepared to fight Robbie Lawler.
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The MMA world is taking a little pause to get a Thanksgiving break. But it did not do so before a new controversy was thrown onto the plate: In the aftermath of Frankie Edgar’s dominant performance against Cub Swanson at UFC Fight Night 57, who deserves the next chance at Jose Aldo’s UFC featherweight title?
We delve into that and a great deal more as Fightweets makes its return.
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Winner of seven of his past eight UFC fights, Rafael dos Anjos doesn’t feel he gets the love he deserves.
The Brazilian lightweight, who scored back-to-back knockouts over former champion Ben Henderson and Jason High in a span of 77 days earlier this year, recently called out the MMA media on Twitter, asking if he needed to talk more to get attention.
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Eduardo Dantas lost the Bellator bantamweight title to Joe Warren on Oct. 10, but he needs another five rounds against “The Baddest Man on the Planet.” Dantas held the 135-pound tournament for 2 along with a half years, and he feels he deserves an instant rematch following a unanimous decision loss in Thackerville, Okla.
“I need this rematch. I’d like to fight him again,” “Dudu” told MMAFighting.com after Bellator 128. “I believe I deserve it because I was the winner for a couple of years, I waited for Bellator to do tournaments so I really could fight again, and defended my title twice. And I do not believe he got the better of me convincingly. We must fight again. He actually is a tough sportsman, however he did not get the better of me convincingly.
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