{"id":396378,"date":"2022-07-08T15:22:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T15:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=396378"},"modified":"2022-07-08T15:22:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T15:22:48","slug":"guys-knock-him-down-and-they-run-away-from-his-guard-rafael-dos-anjos-assesses-the-approach-of-charles-oliveiras-former-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/guys-knock-him-down-and-they-run-away-from-his-guard-rafael-dos-anjos-assesses-the-approach-of-charles-oliveiras-former-opponents\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Guys Knock Him Down, and They Run Away From His Guard&#8217;- Rafael dos Anjos Assesses the Approach of Charles Oliveira&#8217;s Former Opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prior to his lightweight fight against Rafael Fiziev, former UFC 155-pound champion Rafael dos Anjos expressed his views on the division\u2019s uncrowned champion Charles Oliveira. \u2018Do Bronx\u2019 was stripped of his belt after missing weight for his title defense against Justin Gaethje at UFC 274 and after winning the fight regardless, he\u2019s now in pole position to recapture his belt that is placed as vacant.<\/p>\n<p>After a stint at welterweight, \u2018RDA\u2019 has decided to make his way back down to lightweight, and he\u2019s only got the gold strap on his mind. Dos Anjos believes he still has what it takes to become the champion and defeat the surging contenders who have stormed through the ranks at lightweight.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ufc-lightweight-star-islam-makhachev-slams-easy-money-michael-chandler-for-challenging-him-to-a-fight\/\">UFC Lightweight star Islam Makhachev Slams \u2018Easy Money\u2019 Michael Chandler for Challenging Him to a Fight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Per Dos Anjos\u2019 observation, fighters don\u2019t truly capitalize on opportunities to finish Charles Oliveira when they have him hurt on the feet. In all his recent title fights, \u2018Do Bronx\u2019 has been visibly wobbled by his opponents, however, he\u2019s found an opening to make a return and finish his opponents in calculating fashion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3 months post surgery, I\u2019m officially back to business <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RDA2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RDA2<\/a>.0 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0AsPuk0Gpn\">pic.twitter.com\/0AsPuk0Gpn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RdosAnjosMMA\/status\/1405712828103905293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think guys knock him down, and they run away from his guard,\u201d dos Anjos said. \u201cI\u2019m going to take the opportunity to be in his guard and punish him from the top. I think that would make a huge difference. These guys they knock him down, but they don\u2019t capitalize on it.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nearly finished round 1\ufe0f\u20e3, champion 19 seconds round 2\ufe0f\u20e3 \ud83d\udc51<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlesDoBronxs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CharlesDoBronxs<\/a>&#39; title winning performance at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC262?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC262<\/a> is your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCHonors?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCHonors<\/a> Fan Choice &#39;Comeback of the Year&#39; \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<p>[ \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCHonors?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCHonors<\/a> | Presented By <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToyoTires?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ToyoTires<\/a> ] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FNdASoivPk\">pic.twitter.com\/FNdASoivPk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1478878986549841925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf you see when he took [Dustin] Poirier down, [Poirier] just grabbed him and tried to eat the time. It looked like he was desperate while he was on bottom. I play well on the bottom. I\u2019m a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, and I know how to control the wrist and how to be calm on the bottom. With [Justin] Gaethje, he gave the back right away, and once you get in the scrambles and these guys give their back right away, that\u2019s how Charles is good.\u201d<\/em> [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/7\/7\/23195495\/rafael-dos-anjos-criticizes-desperate-fighters-cant-hang-charles-oliveira-promises-ill-punish-ground\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmafighting.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Dos Anjos is confident that he has what it takes to control and dominate Charles Oliveira, especially when he has him in a compromising position. Given the way he\u2019s looked, it will take a stellar performance by anyone to dethrone \u2018Do Bronx\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>More UFC news:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/im-not-interested-in-helping-him-joe-rogan-explains-why-he-turned-down-the-opportunity-to-have-donald-trump-on-his-podcast-multiple-times\/\">\u201cOne Thing About Izzy That Is Absolutely Unique\u2026.\u201d- John McCarthy Reveals a Skill That Separates Israel Adesanya From the Rest of the Division<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ufc-schedule-for-july-2022\/\">UFC Schedule for July 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/one-thing-about-izzy-that-is-absolutely-unique-john-mccarthy-reveals-a-skill-that-separates-israel-adesanya-from-the-rest-of-the-division\/\">\u201cI\u2019m Not Interested in Helping Him\u201d- Joe Rogan Explains Why He Turned Down the Opportunity to Have Donald Trump on His Podcast Multiple Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow our UFC page for more key UFC updates and news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior to his lightweight fight against Rafael Fiziev, former UFC 155-pound champion Rafael dos Anjos expressed his views on the division\u2019s uncrowned champion Charles Oliveira. \u2018Do Bronx\u2019 was stripped of his belt after missing weight for his title defense against Justin Gaethje at UFC 274 and after winning the fight regardless, he\u2019s now in pole [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":396381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}