LAS VEGAS – There was a time when former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos wasn’t sure he’d want to head back to 155 pounds. After his run as a champ, the Brazilian eventually moved north to welterweight, where he found that extra 15 pounds he could keep on his frame instead of laboring over during weight cuts to be just fine. In fact, he won his first three fights at 170 pounds and got himself into an interim title fight with Colby Covington in June 2018. But a decision loss to Covington put dos Anjos on a slide of four losses in five fights, and Saturday he’ll return to the division in which he became champ with a March 2015 upset of Anthony Pettis .

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Ex-UFC champ Rafael dos Anjos says size disadvantage helped bring him back to lightweight – MMA Junkie

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