Coach: Rafael Dos Anjos Will Make Conor McGregor Quit

UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos is as confident as UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor going into UFC 196. Anjos’ coach Rafael Cordeiro recently spoke with Mirror.uk about the upcoming fight and according to Cordeiro, Anjos will put McGregor in deep waters.

“From my perspective, Rafael will do well and is going to fight very well. He is very excited for this fight, and we are going to put McGregor in deep waters. He’s never fought anybody on the same level as Rafal.”

McGregor’s last few fights have not gone the distance and has ended very quickly due to his knockout power.

Cordeiro strongly believes that if McGregor went into the championship rounds in his fight with Jose Aldo at UFC 194, then McGregor would have lost to the former featherweight champion.

“We knew if it had gone to the second, third and fourth, we knew Jose Aldo could have beat him, but unfortunately, it was a knockout, but a fight is a fight, and we are going to do everything to make sure Rafa raises his arm at the end of the fight, and we are going to work hard for that”

Cordeiro finished the interview by saying that dos Anjos will beat McGregor so bad that he will ask for the fight to be stopped.

“We believe Rafal can beat McGregor in a bad way. Maybe it’s going to be the first time that [McGregor] is going to ask to stop the fight.”

UFC 196 takes place at MGM Grand Garden Arena on March 5 and airs on PPV, FOX Sports 1, and UFC Fight Pass.