RDA Hit With The Hard Truth After Title Loss
Coming off of a disappointing title loss to newly-crowned UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez this past July, former 155-pound champ Rafael dos Anjos recently joined The MMA Hour (courtesy of Bloody Elbow) to discuss a hard truth he learned after losing the lightweight throne.
‘RDA’ stated that it was a huge blow for him and his family after dropping the title to Alvarez, but it was nice to know who would truly stick by your side when you are no longer on the top of the mountain:
“I learned a lot of things,” dos Anjos said. “For instance, the way people treat you. I learned from each person in my family. My wife and kids were really sad, it was a big loss for us, especially due to the way it was. At the gym, too.
“People treat you one way when you’re the champion and another when you’re not.”
The former lightweight champion then revealed that he would be trimming the fat off some of his so called ‘friends’ circle, and that thankfully some of them will no longer be with him once he is hoisting the 155-pound title above his head once again:
“It was good to know what people really think,” dos Anjos said. “We can’t stop adjusting and we will let some people go in order to be champion again.
“Fortunately, some people will not be with me anymore.”
Dos Anjos will attempt to regroup when he takes on Tony ‘El Cucuy‘ Ferguson in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) Latin America Season 3 Finale from the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico on November 5, 2016.
