Islam Makhachev Calls Out Rafael Dos Anjos For UFC 272 This Saturday – RDA Accepts

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kitt canaria
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Islam Makhachev has called out Rafael Dos Anjos on Twitter, and both fighters have agreed to a short-notice bout at UFC 272 this weekend.

Fight fans around the world were disappointed when Rafael Dos Anjos’ original opponent, Rafael Fizeiv, was forced out of their UFC 272 match due to a positive COVID test. However, there could be a silver lining to the letdown, as Makhachev could potentially be filling in as a replacement.

Makhachev’s name was just in the headlines, as he fought Bobby Green at UFC Fight Night 202 just last weekend. That fight was also a short-notice match-up, except it was Green who was filling in as a replacement. Makhachev was victorious by TKO in the 1st round. If the UFC books the RDA fight, that will be just a 1-week turnaround for Makhachev. The pair have previously been set to fight 3 times in the past, with the face-off never coming to fruition. 

The negotiations for this weekend began on Twitter when Makhachev tweeted to RDA, asking for a match at 170 lbs.,

RDA responded asking to meet at 165 instead, 

At this point, Makhachev declined and said RDA was backing out, 

Then, RDA pointed it back to Makhachev, 

It seemed the two came to a stalemate, but then RDA came around, 

We should be hearing what the UFC plans to do in the next few days, but the Makhachev fight makes sense as a co-main event for the PPV.

UFC 272 streams on ESPN+ PPV this Saturday, March 5 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada


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