LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 58: dos Anjos vs. Fiziev results throughout the night (Sat. July 9. 2022) live from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Taking main event status in the promotion’s return to the UFC Apex facility; a high-stakes lightweight matchup between former undisputed champion, the #7 ranked, Rafael dos Anjos, and […]
Taking main event status in the promotion’s return to the UFC Apex facility; a high-stakes lightweight matchup between former undisputed champion, the #7 ranked, Rafael dos Anjos, and the streaking #10 rated contender, Rafael Fiziev.
Returning to his prior stomping grounds for the first time since 2020, dos Anjos co-headlined UFC 272 back in March, defeating compatriot and common-opponent, Renato Moicano in a unanimous decision win over the course of a five round, 160lb catchweight bout.
As for Fiziev, the Kazakhstan-born striking expert managed to land consecutive victory number five back in December at UFC Vegas 44, defeating Brad Riddell with a third round spinning wheel kick knockout at the UFC Apex facility.
UFC Vegas 58: dos Anjos vs. Fiziev – Results
UFC Vegas 58 Main Card Results: (ESPN/ESPN+ 9 p.m. ET)
Lightweight: Rafael dos Anjos vs. Rafael Fiziev
Middleweight: Caio Borralho vs. Armen Petrosyan
Bantamweight: Said Nurmagomedov vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade
Rafael dos Anjos (RDA) is giving credit to Brazilian doctors for his road to recovery. Tonight at UFC Vegas 58, Rafael dos Anjos will be stepping back into the UFC Octagon to face Rafael Fiziev in the main event. Dos Anjos is riding a two-fight winning…
Rafael dos Anjos (RDA) is giving credit to Brazilian doctors for his road to recovery. Tonight at UFC Vegas 58, Rafael dos Anjos will be stepping back into the UFC Octagon to face Rafael Fiziev in the main event. Dos Anjos is riding a two-fight winning streak coming into this intriguing matchup and could be…
UFC Vegas 58 took place tonight from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights! The main event saw top-ten lightweights Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev do battle, with both looking to extend their wi…
UFC Vegas 58 took place tonight from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights! The main event saw top-ten lightweights Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev do battle, with both looking to extend their win streaks. In the co-main event, Contender Series alums Caio…
We are one day away from the battle of the Rafaels when former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos battles Rafael Fiziev in the main event of UFC Vegas 58. One week removed from the UFC 276 pay-per-view, the MMA leader returns to Sin City in the …
We are one day away from the battle of the Rafaels when former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos battles Rafael Fiziev in the main event of UFC Vegas 58. One week removed from the UFC 276 pay-per-view, the MMA leader returns to Sin City in the UFC APEX with more battles to be waged….
Ahead of his scheduled UFC Vegas 58 headliner this weekend opposite the surging, Rafael Fiziev, former undisputed lightweight champion, Rafael dos Anjos has revealed which opponent proved to be the tougher challenge between fellow former champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and welterweight kingpin, Kamaru Usman – having shared the Octagon with both. Rafael dos Anjos rides a […]
Ahead of his scheduled UFC Vegas 58 headliner this weekend opposite the surging, Rafael Fiziev, former undisputed lightweight champion, Rafael dos Anjos has revealed which opponent proved to be the tougher challenge between fellow former champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and welterweight kingpin, Kamaru Usman – having shared the Octagon with both.
Rafael dos Anjos rides a two-fight rise into this weekend’s headlining return
Niteroi veteran, dos Anjos, will return to the lightweight limit for the first time tonight since a one-sided split decision win over short notice replacement, Paul Felder back in December 2020.
Earlier this year, the former undisputed lightweight titleholder, featured in the co-main event of UFC 272 in March, defeating compatriot, Renato Moicano in a five round slot 160lb catchweight matchup. dos Anjos was initially scheduled to fight Islam Makhachev between his wins against Felder and Moicano.
Clinching undisputed lightweight gold against Anthony Pettis back in 2015, dos Anjos lost the title to Eddie Alvarez after a sole successful title outing against Donald Cerrone in December of that year, and a furhter defeat to former interim titleholder, Tony Ferguson in 2016 spelled an end to a lightweight run ahead of a welterweight climb.
However, during his first tenure at lightweight, and his mixed run at welterweight, dos Anjos faced both the aforenoted, Khabib, and Usman, respectively. And ahead of his return at UFC Vegas 58, dos Anjos has revealed who was the tougher competitor between the duo.
“Oh, definitely (Kamaru) Usman,” Rafael dos Anjos told Yahoo! Sports. “I can tell you that because 12 weeks before my fight with Khabib (Nurmagomedov), I was training in the cage and my ear got stuck in the cage and I split my ear. It took 14 stitches to close it and I almost lost my ear. So I pretty much didn’t train any wrestling for that fight. I had no scrambles, no grappling, none of that. It was more feet and knees and sparring and stuff like that.”
“For Usman, I actually trained a lot of wrestling and he still took me down,” Rafael dos Anjos said. “He still controlled me. It was a five round fight and I feel like Usman brought the tougher competition for me.”
Former undisputed UFC lightweight and featherweight champion, Conor McGregor and streaking 155lbs contender, Rafael Fiziev has come to verbal blows, at least, with the latter urging the Dubliner to come train with him at Tiger Muay Thai in Thailand, as the two argued striking defense and techniques. Conor McGregor, a former two-division champion under the […]
Former undisputed UFC lightweight and featherweight champion, Conor McGregor and streaking 155lbs contender, Rafael Fiziev has come to verbal blows, at least, with the latter urging the Dubliner to come train with him at Tiger Muay Thai in Thailand, as the two argued striking defense and techniques.
Conor McGregor, a former two-division champion under the UFC banner, has been sidelined since July of last year, suffering a first round doctor’s stoppage TKO loss against Dustin Poirier after he fractured his left tibia at the end of the first round.
For Fiziev, the surging Kazakhstan striker will make his first headlining outing under the UFC’s banner this weekend against former undisputed lightweight champion, Rafael dos Anjos, tackling the Brazilian at UFC Vegas 58.
A hugely accomplished striker and coach at renowned Muay Thai facility, Tiger Muay Thai in Phuket, Fiziev, a renowned striker himself, received major plaudits for his striking defense during his kickboxing career, as well as his ‘Fight Island’ outing against Marc Diakiese, hinging at the hips to avoid a high kick attempt.
Conor McGregor and Rafael Fiziev share a series of tweets arguing techniques
Breaking down Fiziev’s patented technique, McGregor urged aggressors to utilize an axe kick rather than a roundhouse kick attempt.
“This is awesome,” Conor McGregor tweeted in response to Rafael Fiziev’s defensive manoeuvres. “Change the roundhouse to an axe kick. Roundhouse into the axe kick and this defense eats the full of the heal. I’m telling you. If their reaction to a high kick is this, implement the axe.”
In response to McGregor, Fiziev offered to train the 33-year-old at Tiger Muay Thai, and claimed the former was living in a “fantasy world”.
“Conor, I invite you to @tigermuaythai where we can show you how to kick and defend the kicks properly so you can stop living in fantasy world where you think it’s possible to land an axe kick in this situation,” Rafael Fiziev tweeted.
In a series of responses to the upcoming main event feature, Fiziev, McGregor accepted an offer to train alongside him in Thailand, however, insisted that he was not living in a fantasy world, and told Fiziev how he has yet to achieve anything “significant” in the sport of mixed martial arts so far.
“I’m not disrespecting,” Conor McGregor tweeted. “I’m telling you, I’ve faced this defense habit a lot in my time where I knew every high kick I threw was being pulled back from and hitting air. I then began changing to an axe kick and came down on top with great success. That or the running roundhouse.”
“”Fantasy world” is thinking that this major defensive habit you have developed is impenetrable,” Conor McGregor tweeted to Rafael Fiziev. “It is, very much so penetrable. Habits are opportunities to set traps. Good luck.”
“Thank you for the offer,” McGregor tweeted. “When I am in Thailand I will head here for sure! Don’t disrespect you are yet to do anything significant in this sport. Good luck in your upcoming fight.”