{"id":396707,"date":"2022-07-10T17:19:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T17:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=396707"},"modified":"2022-07-10T17:19:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T17:19:37","slug":"hes-dangerous-also-and-a-big-challenge-for-me-rafael-fiziev-believes-theres-a-chance-justin-gaethje-could-knock-him-out-in-a-potential-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/hes-dangerous-also-and-a-big-challenge-for-me-rafael-fiziev-believes-theres-a-chance-justin-gaethje-could-knock-him-out-in-a-potential-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;He\u2019s Dangerous Also and a Big Challenge for Me&#8217;- Rafael Fiziev Believes There&#8217;s a Chance Justin Gaethje Could Knock Him Out In a Potential Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight Rafael Fiziev made a huge statement at UFC on ESPN 39 when he finished former champion Rafael dos Anjos, 18 seconds into the final round. Fiziev found success with his striking early on and his takedown defense was able to stand up to the test as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018RDA\u2019 also landed well throughout the fight, but a large majority of the MMA fraternity had it 3-1 in favor of Rafael Fiziev going into the fifth round. Chiefly, the belief was that Fiziev was getting tired heading into the final round as he was showing some signs of gassing out. However, Fiziev dispelled that narrative quickly and showed that he truly belongs.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/they-will-never-say-this-to-my-face-israel-adesanya-blasts-chris-pratts-pr-apology-after-criticizing-his-performance-at-ufc-276\/\">\u201cThey Will Never Say This to My Face\u201d- Israel Adesanya Blasts Chris Pratt\u2019s \u2018PR\u2019 Apology After Criticizing His Performance at UFC 276<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters after the biggest win of his MMA career, Rafael Fiziev called out Justin Gaethje, who is coming off a loss to Charles Oliveira. This will no doubt be a high-action affair, and fans are already pumped up about the action.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RAFAEL FIZIEV JUST PUT RDA OUT IN ROUND FIVE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCVegas58?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCVegas58<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hW8hwiCsdT\">pic.twitter.com\/hW8hwiCsdT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpinninBackfist\/status\/1545986264553476096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYeah, you know I want to fight with Gaethje\u2026 Gaethje, if you want to fight, one more yellow guy with yellow hairs (Charles Oliveira), we need to know who\u2019s best.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat\u2019s a good match for you and me. If you\u2019re ready, and you\u2019re not scared, don\u2019t talk sh*t and let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ready to keep climbing the ranks \ud83d\udcc8 <\/p>\n<p>Who&#39;s next for \ud835\udc68\ud835\udc7b\ud835\udc68\ud835\udc74\ud835\udc68\ud835\udc75? <\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RafaelFiziev?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RafaelFiziev<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCVegas58?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCVegas58<\/a> ] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c62QTNmLdm\">pic.twitter.com\/c62QTNmLdm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1546169629692665858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Fiziev was open about the fact that facing Justin Gaethje would be a challenge for him since Gaethje always brings forth a hellacious pace in his fights. Regardless, Fiziev is determined to make his mark as the next man in line for the title.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6dMtOubhJT8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think he would maybe make my face like this, maybe more hard,\u201d Fiziev said as he pointed to his battle-worn face. \u201cHe\u2019s dangerous also and a big challenge for me. I think he has a lot of chance to knock me out, and I have a lot of chance to knock him out. That\u2019s a good fight, I think, for fans also.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/07\/ufc-news-rafael-fiziev-calls-out-justin-gaethje-after-rafael-dos-anjos-knockout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmajunkie.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fans will be eagerly awaiting the news of the booking as it\u2019s most definitely going to be a \u2018Fight of the Year\u2019 candidate.<\/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>UFC lightweight Rafael Fiziev made a huge statement at UFC on ESPN 39 when he finished former champion Rafael dos Anjos, 18 seconds into the final round. Fiziev found success with his striking early on and his takedown defense was able to stand up to the test as well. \u2018RDA\u2019 also landed well throughout the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":396710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396707","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\/396707","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=396707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}