Rafael dos Anjos
Birth : 1984-10-26, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Professional mixed martial artist in the UFC Lightweight division.
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UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. dos Anjos (also known as UFC Vegas 78 and UFC on ESPN 51) is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 12, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
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Stephen Thompson vs. Kevin Holland (Welterweight) Bryan Barberena vs. Rafael dos Anjos (Welterweight) Matheus Nicolau vs. Matt Schnell (Flyweight) Tai Tuivasa vs. Sergei Pavlovich (Heavyweight) Roman Dolidze vs. Jack Hermansson (Middleweight) Eryk Anders vs. Kyle Daukaus (Middleweight) Niko Price vs. Phillip Rowe (Catchweight (173.5 lb))
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Rafael dos Anjos vs. Rafael Fiziev (Lightweight) Caio Borralho vs. Armen Petrosyan (Middleweight) Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Said Nurmagomedov (Bantamweight) Jared Vanderaa vs. Chase Sherman (Heavyweight) Aiemann Zahabi vs. Ricky Turcios (Bantamweight) Michael Johnson vs. Jamie Mullarkey (Lightweight)
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The friendship is long over, and now all that's left is for welterweight stars Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington to settle their score in the main event of UFC 272 on Saturday, March 5 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It's been a grudge match years in the making, and finally, the BMF champ will get his opportunity to end his feud with "Chaos" Covington once and for all in the Octagon. UFC 272: Covington vs Masvidal - Saturday, March 5th live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV 170 lbs.: Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal 160 lbs.: Rafael dos Anjos vs. Renato Moicano (not Rafael Fiziev) 145 lbs.: Edson Barboza vs. Bryce Mitchell 170 lbs.: Kevin Holland vs. Alex Oliveira 265 lbs.: Greg Hardy vs. Serghei Spivac
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The submission grappling event created by Chael Sonnen, Submission Underground, returns for its 19th event and the final for 2020 with a barn burner of jiu-jitsu matches from Oregon. The line-up is peppered with UFC fighters including Donald Cerrone, Rafael dos Anjos, Felicia Spencer and Anthony “Rumble” Johnson amongst former fighters and Bellator standouts.
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Lightweight: Paul Felder (+165) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (-200) Welterweight: Abdul Razak Alhassan (-223) vs. Kalinn Williams (+185) Women’s Strawweight: Ashley Yoder (+140) vs. Miranda Granger (-167) Catchweight: Brendan Allen (-121) vs. Sean Strickland (+100) Women’s Strawweight: Kay Hansen (-213) vs. Cory McKenna (+175) Bantamweight: Jose Alberto Quinonez (+115) vs. Louis Smolka (-139)
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UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. dos Santos was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on January 25, 2020 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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A welterweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael Dos Anjos and Leon Edwards.
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UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Lee (also known as UFC Fight Night 152 or UFC on ESPN+ 10) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on May 18, 2019 at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York.
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UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 is an MMA event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on June 9, 2018, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
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UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos (also known as UFC on Fox 26) is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on December 16, 2017, at the Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2 is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on September 9, 2017 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta.
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UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia (also known as UFC Fight Night 111) is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on June 17, 2017 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
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The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson (also known as UFC Fight Night 98) is a mixed martial arts event held on November 5, 2016 at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico.
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UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez (also known as UFC Fight Night 90) was a mixed martial arts event held on July 7, 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rafael dos Anjos (c) vs. Eddie Alvarez Roy Nelson vs. Derrick Lewis Alan Jouban vs. Belal Muhammad Joseph Duffy vs. Mitch Clarke
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UFC on Fox: Dos Anjos vs. Cerrone 2 (also known as UFC on Fox 17) was a mixed martial arts event that took place on December 19, 2015 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. This was the last UFC event in 2015.
In the main event, Rafael dos Anjos will defend his lightweight title against Donald Cerrone in a rematch. dos Anjos defeated Cerrone via unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night 27 on Aug. 28, 2013. Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos will battle former Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem in the co-main event.
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UFC 185: Pettis vs. dos Anjos was a mixed martial arts event held on March 14, 2015 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
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UFC on Fox: Dos Santos vs. Miocic (also known as UFC on Fox 13) was a mixed martial arts event held on December 13, 2014 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.
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UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. dos Anjos (also known as UFC Fight Night 49) was a mixed martial arts event held on August 23, 2014 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Main event: Lightweight - Benson Henderson (#2) vs. Rustam Khabilov (#11) Lightweight - Diego Sanchez vs. Ross Pearson Flyweight - John Dodson (#1) vs. John Moraga (#5) Lightweight - Rafael dos Anjos (#5) vs. Jason High Lightweight - Piotr Hallmann vs. Yves Edwards Bantamweight - Bryan Caraway vs. Érik Pérez
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The event was headlined by a heavyweight number one contenders bout between Fabricio Werdum and Travis Browne.
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The main event will be a rematch between Martin Kampmann and former UFC Interim Welterweight Champion and former WEC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit.In their first encounter at UFC Fight Night 18 in 2009, Kampmann defeated Condit (who was making his promotional debut) via split decision. A bout between promotional newcomers Nandor Guelmino and Derrick Lewis was briefly linked to this event. However, Lewis was forced out of the bout with an injury and Guelmino was removed from the card and scheduled for a later bout at UFC 165. Paulo Thiago was expected to face Kelvin Gastelum at the event. However, Thiago pulled out of the bout citing a knee injury and was replaced by Brian Melancon. Sarah Kaufman was expected to face Sara McMann at the event. However, McMann pulled out of the bout for undisclosed personal reasons.As a result, Kaufmann was pulled from the event as well.
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UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold (also known as UFC on FX 8) is an mixed martial arts event held on May 18, 2013 at the Arena Jaraguá in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil.
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UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 17, 2012 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The main event features 170-pound champion St-Pierre (22-2 MMA, 16-2 UFC) vs. interim champ Condit (28-5 MMA, 5-1 UFC), with the welterweight title going to the winner. St-Pierre, who has had a lengthy recovery from knee surgery, will be fighting for the first time since an April 2011 win over Jake Shields and will have been out of competition for almost 19 months when he enters the cage. Condit, on the other hand, competes for the first time since earning the UFC's interim title with a February decision win over Nick Diaz
UFC on Fuel TV 4: Munoz vs. Weidman was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event took place on July 11, 2012 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
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UFC on Fuel TV 3: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 15, 2012 at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.
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UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 19, 2011 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, USA. The event was the first that the UFC has hosted in San Jose, the longtime home and base arena for Strikeforce. UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez was originally expected to have his first title defense against Junior dos Santos at this event. However, on September 2, 2011, the UFC announced that fight would be moved to the inaugural UFC on Fox event. Vitor Belfort was briefly linked to a matchup with Cung Le at this event. However, Belfort was removed from the bout and replaced by Wanderlei Silva. Dana White announced that the winner of the main event between Rua and Henderson will likely be in line for a Light Heavyweight title shot.
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UFC 132 was originally set to feature a rematch between B.J. Penn and Jon Fitch, but both were forced to withdraw because of injuries. Evan Dunham was expected to face George Sotiropoulos at the event, but was forced off the card with an injury and replaced by Rafael dos Anjos. Jason Miller was scheduled to face Aaron Simpson at this event. However, Miller was removed from the card after accepting a coaching position on The Ultimate Fighter 14, and replaced by Brad Tavares. Cub Swanson was expected to face Erik Koch at this event, but was forced from the bout with an injury. Koch was instead moved to UFC Fight Night 25 to take on Jonathan Brookins.
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UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 7, 2010 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, United States. * Heavyweight bout: Junior dos Santos vs. Roy Nelson * Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida * Lightweight bout: United States Clay Guida vs. Brazil Rafael dos Anjos * Catchweight (171.5 lbs) bout: Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves * Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen
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UFC 112: Invincible was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 10, 2010, on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Set to headline the event is former Ultimate Fighter (TUF) contestant Gray Maynard (8-0) attempting to avenge the loss that sent him packing on season five of the cable TV reality show when he faces former cast mate Nate Diaz (11-4). In addition, TUF 8 champion Efrain Escudero (12-0) takes on fellow undefeated lightweight Evan Dunham (9-0).
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UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on September 19, 2009 in Dallas at the American Airlines Center.
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UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann, also referred to as UFC Fight Night 18, was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on April 1, 2009. The event was broadcast on Spike TV, as a prelude to the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom
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It's the biggest fight in mixed martial arts history! 3-time UFC® Heavyweight Champ Randy "The Natural" Couture returns to the Octagon™ and puts his title on the line against the biggest opponent of his career, wrestling powerhouse Brock Lesnar. Can the legend prevail? Or will a new hero rise?
