Rafael dos Anjos at Welterweight

[Venom]

Who does he beat?

Matt Brown
Neil Magny
Johny Hendricks
Carlos Condit
Tyron Woodley
Stephen Thompson
Rory MacDonald
Robbie Lawler

dos Anjos is the same height as Hendricks and Woodley but faster and more agile so mabe his best chances, more woodley than Hendricks, who has devastating wrestling. Perhaps he could pick them apart for 3 rounds

We saw how much Condit resorting to a running fight when Nick Diaz pressed him. I think a monster like RDA would press Condit in a similar manner.

Matt Brown would be a tough fight, but I think RDA takes it.

Same with Wonderboy.

Robbie Lawler vs RDA would be an insane matchup. Two killers who push the pace and hit very hard.

 

[joeyjoejoe]

I don't think he beats anyone you've listed. He's got some serious skills it's just the WW division is full of some big boys.

 

[tdko]

It's hard to tell with RDA. I don't see anyone out matching him skill wise, he might be a tad undersized at WW though.

 

[Russ82]

He would beat Condit, Woodley and lose to the rest imo

 

[BokaBokte]

I dunno I always thought that his stand up defense kinda sucks. I don't see him doing good at welterweight.
He is still a monster don't get me wrong.

 

[MMA92585]

I don't think he would be terribly undersized for WW. I THINK he walks around at about 185, so he would be like an average to slightly below-average WW (in terms of size).

 

[Venom]

I don't think he would be terribly undersized for WW. I THINK he walks around at about 185, so he would be like an average to slightly below-average WW.

I heard Robbie Lawler say he walks at 182, which seems a bit low.....that's like GSP size. I'm not sure.

 

[cenksinan]

there are very few fighters in the ufc that might benefit from going up and dos anjos is definitely not one of them.

 

[DeadlyDuddly]

Who does he beat?

Matt Brown
Neil Magny
Johny Hendricks
Carlos Condit
Tyron Woodley
Stephen Thompson
Rory MacDonald
Robbie Lawler

dos Anjos is the same height as Hendricks and Woodley but faster and more agile so mabe his best chances, more woodley than Hendricks, who has devastating wrestling. Perhaps he could pick them apart for 3 rounds

We saw how much Condit resorting to a running fight when Nick Diaz pressed him. I think a monster like RDA would press Condit in a similar manner.

Matt Brown would be a tough fight, but I think RDA takes it.

Same with Wonderboy.

Robbie Lawler vs RDA would be an insane matchup. Two killers who push the pace and hit very hard.

I think weight classes are there for reason .If you take boxing as an example , fighters usually go up through the weigh classes in lower divisions where there is less weight between the divisions .

A 15lb weight change aginst fighters who walk round at 200lbs will be too much and he gets murked .However this is mma with multiple ways to win a fight .

He might win a couple . but a country mile off a strap .

 

[megaton]

RDAs a beast, with great skill, but I think guys like Rory, Lawler, Steve.T, would just be too big

 

[Venom]

I think weight classes are there for reason .If you take boxing as an example , fighters usually go up through the weigh classes in lower divisions where there is less weight between the divisions .

A 15lb weight change aginst fighters who walk round at 200lbs will be too much and he gets murked .However this is mma with multiple ways to win a fight .

He might win a couple . but a country mile off a strap .

Who at Welterweight is as versatile and can hit as hard as dos Anjos?
I think he could beat at least one top 5 guy.

 

[DrHouse]

He'd get wrecked, too small.

 

[DeadlyDuddly]

Who at Welterweight is as versatile and can hit as hard as dos Anjos?
I think he could beat at least one top 5 guy.

'He might win a couple , but a country mile off a strap '

I agree might beat a top five guy .

 

[Venom]

'He might win a couple , but a country mile off a strap '

I agree might beat a top five guy .

Beating a top 5 guys isn't close to the strap? He could potentially work his way up downing top guys.

 

[John Wick]

Conor

 

[soulsstealer]

i dont see him moving up, i hope he proves me wrong i always like it when champs go up it spices up the matchups.

 

[FlyingKimurabar]

He would beat Condit, Woodley and lose to the rest imo

I'd add Brown to the list

 

[Oooxente]

The big boys at WW would give him problems he is average sized like Nate.

 

[FrancisBergoglio]

He still needs to beat Khabib because the first one was very easy for Nurmy.

 

[discrawg]

I think light weight is the perfect spot for him. He is strong with good stamina. The welterweight div is a different story,