Rafael dos Anjos Reacts To Conor McGregor’s UFC 197 Presser Rant

UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos didn’t like what he saw at the UFC 197 presser, and he says it shows the Irishman is ‘scared’….

Last week the stars of UFC 197 gathered for a press conference that turned in to another edition of ‘The Conor McGregor Show.’ Much like the Go Big presser in Australia, ‘The Notorious’ took over the presser and made sure he blasted Rafael dos Anjos during his time on the mic. For his part, the Brazilian champion remained calm and collected, if a little quiet. Once again the stage has been set by McGregor.

It’s obvious by now that the UFC featherweight champion likes to pile the pressure on both the opponent and himself during the pre fight hype, he says it helps him perform better, and who are we to argue? After all he did just surgically remove Jose Aldo‘s chin with a single precise punch at UFC 194, but will it be the same with the lightweight champion on March 5?

In case you missed it, McGregor blasted RDA as a traitor to the Brazilian people and claimed he would behead the lightweight boss and drag his corpse through the streets of Rio.

Talking during a media scrum in his home nation of Brazil, the lightweight champion revealed how he felt watching McGregor talk trash during the 197 presser, as quoted by MMAFighting.com:

“When I saw him with that shirt I thought he had lost it. What was up with that? It’s horrible,” dos Anjos said. “A friend of mine showed me a video of ‘El Chapo’ later, and then I understood about the drug dealer.

“He thinks he’s the boss, he thinks he’s God,” he added. “Like I said, the next step is his fall. He will get scared.”

“I speak English, but he has an accent that is hard to understand sometimes. But I believe I was able to get in a debate with him,” dos Anjos said. “I believe it was worse for Aldo because he listened to what he said and watched everybody laugh but couldn’t understand a word. Press conferences aren’t the best thing to do, but it’s part of the job. It’s not fun to be there and listen to this clown do his comedy show.”

So here we are again, the champion trying to ignore Conor McGregor’s antics, ‘The Notorious’ promising a first round knockout, deja vu?