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Was looking over the fight poll thread and reading the replies and looking at the poll results and it doesn't seem many people are giving Rafael Dos Anjos a real shot at taking the belt from Pettis. I know RDA has bee working diligently with Rafael Cordeiro to improve his striking, as proof from the Bendo and Diaz fights, and his BJJ is already very good, I don't see how he isn't as much if not more of a threat then someone like Melendez or Bendo was to the title.
Pettis is a certified killer and is only improving, especially in terms of his BJJ where he isn't even a blackbelt yet. He already comes from a crazy striking pedigree, but I just think Dos Anjos has recently turned a corner where we finally get to see striking starting to catch up with his elite BJJ skills and truly become monstrous. If he keeps it up with Cordeiro and comes in with the correct gameplan, I think he's got good chances of leaving with a world title.
So, what do you guys think? What kind of chances do you see RDA having? Slim to none? Good chance? Potential dark horse champion?
Pettis is a certified killer and is only improving, especially in terms of his BJJ where he isn't even a blackbelt yet. He already comes from a crazy striking pedigree, but I just think Dos Anjos has recently turned a corner where we finally get to see striking starting to catch up with his elite BJJ skills and truly become monstrous. If he keeps it up with Cordeiro and comes in with the correct gameplan, I think he's got good chances of leaving with a world title.
So, what do you guys think? What kind of chances do you see RDA having? Slim to none? Good chance? Potential dark horse champion?