Rafael dos Anjos Gives His Thoughts On Charles Oliveira vs Islam Makhachev

[@FizzSix]

RDA talking out his ass again - the judges are not going to cheat anybody. They gave the 1st round to Gaethje in his fight with Khabib - even though, most people thought Khabib took it. You’re already making excuses in case Oliveira loses SMH

[@upvoter8163]

Don't worry, no judges are going to be involved lol...Islam is finishing Charles.

[@younshannibal4520]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gl6pnI14e9iNesU 0:30 even khabib is saying that, is he talking out of his ass? its their territory, its not about the judges its just that they have huge support here so it is a factor its like fighting home it don’t know what you don’t understand about that

[@user-fj1je3qm1c]

@@younshannibal4520 when you fight at home is more stress , it is very difficult when your family is watching you fighting. When you don't know anybody and everyone against you , you have nothing to lose . But my experience may differ from the others

[@asangaameela6395]

100% EARLY EXCUSE! why do you think khabib said they are looking to finish him early? The wise Eagle has Eagle eyes and sees the early excuses coming from miles away! 👀

[@truthseeker96]

Charles never complained that Gaethje had an advantage when the fight was in Gaethje's hometown in Phoenix, Arizona although Charles was officially the champ (before the weigh in) and could've asked for a different location. Charles simply knows that Gaethje was a good matchup for him while Islam is not.

[@_DioBrando_]

Well you see, guys from Dagestan receive dragon ball z super powers when they fight in the thousands of miles away in the arabian peninsula so this is not a fair fight for Charles 😂

[@theone8878]

Oh yeah man that's an underrated point. They keep talking how it's Islam's house and all and yet nobody didn't say anything about olives fighting in gaethje's literal home.

[@lakshuknowmeright9215]

He already fought in the usa so that point is invalid.Abu dhabi is islam’s and only islam’s region. Not to mention Usa is a neutral territory

[@saifaldin_]

Well, if you talk about the weather, Abu Dhabi would give advantage to Oliveira, wouldn’t it? Makhachev is going from a cold mountainous region down to the desert.. 😅

[@AadilKhan-ed9ey]

Muslims support only muslims. So in Phoenix this was not the situation. Now Islam only have full support

[@Naksu..]

Khabib destroyed Conor in the biggest fight in MMA history with more than 95 percent of attendees rooting for Conor. 🥺

[@fabolousjada5070]

Bro Conor lasted 4 rounds lol and he doesn’t grappler Charles will ko Islam in the 3rd

[@ozmusic3035]

@@fabolousjada5070 it last 4 rounds because khabib wanted to play with Conor but when he decided it's over conor had just his eyes left to cry,khabib said to iron mike that he came to bite his heart,not for a regular mma fight it was a personal war and he was disapointed by conor's weakness,and felt so frustrated that he jumped out the cage to smash any one 🙂i'm happy that you wrere not on his way to smashland

[@FuShengAlex]

Lol....that wasn't no damned biggest fight in history. Only to Conor worshippers and Khabib fanboys and girls. Everyone going in knew Conor sucked on the ground. He was a white belt on the ground vs Nate Diaz and got choked out. Charles vs Islam is a more compelling fight skillwise.

[@jonmoris9354]

@@fabolousjada5070 lol you cant be this dumb

[@jonmoris9354]

islam will destroy charles

[@bol8lod]

Wow so Islam’s only strength is AbuDhabi? Is this an early excuse?

[@Sportss_24_7]

Did Khabib also beat RDA in Abu Dhabi? I know but just asking. Thing is, when cage is closed. Two guys have to fight and one wins. It's as simple as that. Who told him this fight is going to go for a decision? I don't think this fight will go to the judge's decision.

[@rexyz5875]

No khabib beat rda in las vegas

[@nia9045]

Happy to see the support for my boy makachev in the comments.

[@nia9045]

Early excuses in the works,it's quite the opposite, the fact it is in abu Dhabi puts alot more pressure on islam than Charles

[@lakshuknowmeright9215]

Home advantage is always bigger than home pressure. Islam has already fought in abu dhabi once…. So I doubt Islam feels overwhelmed

[@saifaldin_]

@@lakshuknowmeright9215 The biggest pressure is not from the crowd. Makhachev needs to win the belt for his late coach.. and that pressure doesn’t change no matter where the fight takes place.

[@farishassan1547]

When khabib was begging the world to recognize Islam as the no. 1 contender and that to give him charles in brazil, they said he isn't world class and hasn't fought many top opponents . But now that he has earned his shot at the title and ufc chose abu dhabi as venue they're worried it could be too big of an advantage 😂😂

[@ArdiMuluk]

Their hypocrisy..

[@john-ch3en]

Don't worry Islam will ride Charles like horse

[@vumazwesiziba4103]

RDA was campaigning for Makhachev not to get a title shot. He knows what Dagestani wrestling is all about.

[@Sk.128]

No need Dagistani wrestling for RDA. He can't take down Fiziev. Fizive kick his a**.

[@user-dc9yv4rf1f]

I find it very funny that you people talk about the location in Abu Dubai how many time i have to say that islam from Dagestan Russia not in uae its not his home town just because there a muslim doesn’t mean thats this is home town . I think they gust making excuse after excuse

[@nathan2683]

Yeah it literally does and khabib said it himself

[@Yacine3Dz]

I think the only advantage for Islam is that Abu Dhabi is way closer to Dagestan than US or Brazil, like Islam said It takes only 2h to get there. I don't think it's a big deal. but keep in mind many Russian Dagestan fans will fly to Abu Dhabi without any problem.

[@DxModel219]

man you guys are knuckle heads. OFCOURSE it’s his hometown! 99% of Islam’s fans are…. wait for it…. I S L A M!!! HOLY FOCKKKK yoh people are dumb

[@fellipe6130]

Abu Dhabi is Hell on earth!

[@user-dc9yv4rf1f]

@@Yacine3Dz exactly

[@mdm9096]

How is abudhabi Islam’s home? Boy it takes Islam as much as much as it takes anyone else acclimatising to abudhabi’s weather. I think it will be easier for Charles to get used to the weather than Islam because Brazilian are used to heat and humidity and Russians and dagestani living in the cold mountains aren’t used to that kinda of weather.

[@knowhow6776]

I 100% agree that its stange to think that abudhabi is islam's home. Hovewer, Dagestan is one of the warmest regions in Russia and surely the closest one to Abu Dhabi. Still, desert climate is a desert climate and even Khabib told that he had had to stay there for 3 weeks to acclimatize completely.

[@younshannibal4520]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gl6pnI14e9iNesU 0:30

[@bigo8264]

You know the referees are hired by the UFC and they are Americans. They are not from Abu Dhabi. Stop this BS

[@gcoffey223]

The refs are from all over

[@bigo8264]

@@gcoffey223 give me just one name for an Arabic referee or for one from Abu Dhabi. I will be waiting

[@gcoffey223]

@@bigo8264 Keep waiting...

[@akindtroll28]

Apparantely Abu Dhabi gives the russians some kinda super powers, if Islam wins it's definately because of that and not because he's the better fighter... right? 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ahg8006]

I don't understand why these guys think fighting on fight island is an advantage for Islam. The judges gave Justin the first round against Khabib. That alone is an indicator that the judging would not have been biased in that fight.

[@knowhow6776]

The only advantage that Islam has is the experience of his team and Khabib's experience especially.

[@youthoftoday]

@@knowhow6776 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@knowhow6776]

@@youthoftoday yeah now it seems stupid

[@youthoftoday]

@@knowhow6776 its okay.. i’ve seen worst.. 😂😂

[@user-dc9yv4rf1f]

Next excuse when Charles lose is food poisoning

[@saidkaroui5929]

Nice one !

[@anandsekar7818]

Ok

[@zemjo8807]

@@anandsekar7818 or maybe too much curry..lmao

[@anandsekar7818]

@@zemjo8807 ok

[@zemjo8807]

@@anandsekar7818 thank you🤣

[@theone8878]

LOL if they were to fight on Mars. Islam will still beat olives with ease. Islam is just way too diverse and way too skilful. This RDA guy is still salty that habib dominated him.

[@shubhammitra99]

Ok

[@theone8878]

@@shubhammitra99 hey mr.kumar from India the poor country. Build the toilets in your dirty country.

[@MuhammadAli-kg7ij]

I thought Dos Antos made prediction about how the fight will go and who will win, It feels like they are making early excuses, Khabib beat Conor in an arena full-filled with Irish and McGregor fans, the judges, the referee, even the comentary team was on Conor's side, again Khabib beat Thiago Tavares in the first round in Brazil, being in Brazil didn't help him

[@HeHe-vp6zv]

That night khabib vs whole vegas

[@john-ch3en]

Almost in 20,000 ppl in Vegas i think only 100 ppl were on Khabib's side

[@nasirosman7026]

Even in brasil Islam will still beat him.

[@john-ch3en]

RDA wouldn't have touched the lightweight belt if Khabib never had a rib injury and couldn't compete for 2 years😅

[@ovd1221]

'Let's start planting idea to downplay if islam's win oct 22' it's all they trying to do now 😆

[@theone8878]

LOL so true.they have already makings excuses. Whole UFC roster and majority of UFC fans will cry on 22 October.

[@brunonobrega9416]

For me its quite the opposite. The pressure is all on Islam's shoulders. The worst place to be tested under BIG LIGHTS for the first time in your life is definitely in front of your crowd.

[@imam-_-]

How is Abu Dhabi Islam's home arena? Are they saying all muslim counties are home ground for Dagestanis? And why Champs won't fight in enemy arena? Charles fought Justin at US. There was no problem then.

[@ozmusic3035]

a neutral territory ...usa or Brazil...RDA at his best,Khabib and Islam were ok to fight in brazil without droping crocodile tears

[@boris_js]

Sure charlie gonna pull out giving some stupid excuses or he will miss weight like he always does Be ready to see Islam vs Volk

[@shubhammitra99]

Ok

[@anandsekar7818]

Ok

[@heisenberg9739]

Ok

[@Eldiviablo]

Ok

[@Kremmycakes]

No. Charles will show up, you guys are scared and hoping Charles misses weight or backs out. Pu**sies- now Islam has to answer for everyone that was doubting Charles or saying this was easy. PROVE IT now

[@EbNorth]

He called Brasil and the US neutral territory? That's funny.

[@thedauntlessone.7335]

More excuses, these people don’t have any confidence in Oliveira. Khabib, Islam and that entire crew came to the USA and fought against the judges and hostile crowds.

[@FuShengAlex]

Khabib went to Abu Dhabi and was allowed to cheat the scale. Charles was not shown the same leeway in Arizona.

[@thedauntlessone.7335]

@@FuShengAlex Khabib made weight backstage in front of UFC officials and on the scale. Oliveira has missed weight 5 times, he was the last to weigh in, he had 1 hour to cut 0.5 and still didn’t make it. Keep up the excuses buddy.

[@FuShengAlex]

@@thedauntlessone.7335 towelgate

[@thedauntlessone.7335]

@@FuShengAlex Tap via strikes.

[@FuShengAlex]

@@thedauntlessone.7335 Felder was no Adriano Martins that's for sure

[@haidersyed6554]

Excuses ??? What about Islam fighting 11 fights in USA?

[@moathalhmoud5902]

It is new to me knowing islam from Abu Dhabi 🤣....excuses excuses excuses.

[@yankeeverse]

AY DIOS MIO... The Brazilians already have an excuse ready for when Charles loses. A tough kid from the favelas is gonna be bothered by geography? Cmon man.

[@zeus_arbios]

Olivera never fought a fighter who is even miles away to the level of Islam Makahchev. All the fighters Charles has fought were good in stand up & striking but sucked in ground but Islam is a completely different level of beast. Not only Islam has power in his both hands but also he is extremely good on the ground.

[@blaugranisto]

RDA is still salty

[@sumaid2268]

The Real Reason why charles oliveira started calling out conor mcgregor and nate diaz is to Duck islam makhachev, beneil dariush and mateusz gamrot. he is just Running from islam. Charles Oliveira after post fight octagon interview after beating justin gaethje he said he wants to take Rest and comeback in january 2023 my Question is why he wants to take 8 months off after loosing belt by missing weight, if he was a True champion he should Try to get his belt back as soon as possible he should comeback in September to get his belt back. How will he get his belt back ? By beating contenders not by beating conor mcgregor and nate diaz. instead of getting his belt back this Ducker oliveira wants to fight with conor and nate at 170 pounds. bcuz he knows very well to get his belt back he should fight contenders like islam makhachev and Beniel Dariush, he is afraid to fight islam and Beniel therefore he is calling out conor mcgregor and nate diaz. Look at him he is so scared to fight islam and Beniel he doesn't even want to get his belt back, he is more than Willing To loose his belt rather than fighting islam he will Rather give up his belt just to avoid fighting Beniel. Oliveira Decided to not get his belt back and instead fight diaz and mcgregor at 170 so that he can Run away from islam makhachev and Beniel Dariush.

[@PCE-20]

islam is going to finish him , so this excuse of abu dhabi is foolish,

[@DwadeFL4SHMV3]

I wonder if these guys know that Islam isn’t from Abu Dhabi 😂

[@zemjo8807]

Regardless the fight is in Abu Dhabi, Brazil, America or Crazy Island, the shape of the cage is still octagon unless they made it round in Abu Dhabi and square in Brazil for either these two fighters got their own pros and cons. Come on dude act like a professional fighter. Islam is right on his recent interview about how upset he was when this champ calling out Conor and Nate while saying Islam did not deserve title shot yet. Charles was doing fine when fighting with Dustin and Justin and now when come to Islam plenty of excuses made and money is one of them. Charles accept the fights with both Justin and Dustin without worry about money. I guess he knew he will lose so yeah need that huge payday for his early retirement. lmao

[@roheetkunwar5711]

Absolutely relevant thought of RDA

[@FM-fi4uy]

even if the fight goes to decision it won't be judged by any arabs or russian. The judges are americans that paid by UFC. This kind of excuse is new and totally B. S.

[@thecount1]

keeping crying.. Leaving with Colby's comment after Maia fight" brazil you are a...............,......"

[@kinantantjiptawirawan1326]

you gets older you are getting dumb and sour is that really goes that way, ffs I don't want to be like that lmao

[@gcoffey223]

Oliviera loses. RDA knows first hand how bad it is to fight a Dagestani studdntbof Abdulmanap. Props to him, he took that mauling andvczme back to be a great champ and will fight anyone.

[@真是老二次元了]

As much as I disagree with most of what he said, I do think it’d be more fun to do the fight in Brazil…

[@gcoffey223]

If he was champ... sure

[@sumaid2268]

Let's Be honest guys before signing the contract to fight islam charles oliveira did everything he could to Run away from islam makhachev. Let's be Real Guys charles oliveira before signing the contract to fight makhachev he tried his best to duck islam makhachev. ufc forced charles, ufc put pressure on oliveira to sign the contract to fight islam makhachev or else they would've made Beniel Dariush/michael chandler vs islam makhachev for the vacant lightweight belt in October 22nd Abu Dhabi ufc 280. michael chandler started calling out islam makhachev that he will fight islam for the vacant lightweight belt. chandler said to oliveira "Man up Charles" and fight islam in October Abu Dhabi. Michael said to charles oliveira step aside if you want to fight with conor mcgregor and not interested in fighting islam then i will fight makhachev for the vacant lightweight belt. chandler also started saying if charles Refuses to fight with islam makhachev then i michael will fight islam makhachev for the vacant lightweight belt then oliveira got scared bcuz he will loose his championship fight and loose his world title therefore he agreed to fight with islam makhachev. ufc literally forced charles oliveira to take this fight with islam. Charles Oliveira is Afraid & Scared to fight high level grapplers & wrestlers like Beniel Dariush and islam makhachev,.

[@sumaid2268]

charles oliveira and his coach deigo lima is Repeatedly keep saying that islam makhachev does not deserve title shot bcuz he did not beat anyone in Top 5. Charles Oliveira and his coach deigo lima are claiming that islam makhachev is getting title fight bcuz khabib and Ali Abdelaziz putting pressure on ufc to give championship fight to islam and Rich Arabs bussinessmen from Abu Dhabi are paying lot of money to Dana White and Sean Shelby to make islam makhachev vs charlie Aloevera fight in Abu Dhabi.

[@akonemanaba4183]

That’s why Charles is going to Abu Dhabi earlier to prepare

[@brazilianmmafighters]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYOQc3eKideSfKM

[@elconconcreting]

An octagon is an octagon even if it’s on mars . No excuses !

[@josegarza7719]

I like Charles but he didn’t take the weigh in seriously. He got stripped and there’s no champ. The fight would have been in Brazil if he was champ. Possibly not even fight Islam too. That’s a big what if tho

[@joealkanovski513]

I think RDA favors islam and he put abudhabi just as an excuse for why he didn't pick his homeboy Oliveira. but to be fair people say islam is from russia and it's far from abudhabi so there is no effect, no you are wrong, i'm Muslim and we have one thing in our blood that when a muslim athelete soccer player or any other Muslim in the world is in compétition, we have a huge huge support for him from the start untill he finishes. A muslim gonna support another Muslim more than anything so yeah it does affect but not that much I Hope Oliveira get the job done btw

[@Youssef-hd5bl]

@@sheikhanas1748 why did you call him not a muslim?

[@gcoffey223]

You betting on Charles? Not me

[@Youssef-hd5bl]

@@sheikhanas1748 there's nothing in his comment that deserves to call him a not Muslim, so you have no right to call him that. be careful next time cuz it just turns on you.

[@midlymdad1293]

@@Youssef-hd5bl how about you just stfu clearly OG poster is trolls some

[@zemjo8807]

Just look at Manchester United, they still losing even playing home. So what are you trying to say. lol i even hurt my pride as MU fans by saying this statement.

[@farikoliquidz4606]

All the cavemen in these comments is disturbing. Charlie boy via whatever way he wants.

[@zmoneytmnt]

Charles wins in the 3rd round

[@612ent7]

Bring your early excuses man

[@sumaid2268]

Mateusz gamrot, Arman Tsarukyan, Damir ismagulov, Beniel Dariush, Guram Kutateladze, Rafael Fiziev, Rafael Dos Anjos, jalin turner & islam makhachev all this guys will defeat charles oliveira bcuz all this guys have high-level wrestling, Grappling, jiu-jitsu & judo skills,.

[@FuShengAlex]

Yeah cool story in a related newsflash Ngannou would beat Islam from pillar to post Anyone else you gonna randomly pull up?

[@Black-Cat9]

Groot!!! GggrRRooooooTT..."I am Gggrroottt."🤨🤨🤨🤨😕😕

[@ja82]

Khabib soon

[@nadianurun6259]

Lol already looking for excuses

[@matheusangelo7001]

man I don't know why the fuck so many people think that charles gonna lose, he beat the bests strikers striking, he have the UFC submition record. Khabib beated really good guys, but he beated good guys on wrestling, charles beated strikers striking and finished in the ground, many people say that khabib never lose a round ( yes he lose ) but he never tried to beat guys like poirier and gaethje striking because he knows that is he's strong point, charles fougth they in his strong point. Lets see what the old man gonna say after Islam lose.

[@truthseeker96]

Charles was losing the striking battle to Poirier hence the reason he got dominated the first round. The fight only started to go in his favor once he took Poirier down and applied ground and pound

[@saifaldin_]

You don’t know why a lot of people think Charles is going to loose? Because he’s fighting Makhachev… A lot of people thinks Charles is going to win too, btw..

[@FuShengAlex]

@@truthseeker96 Phony Avoider Poirer did not dominate oliveira in round 1. Take your blinders off

[@MDP673NJ1]

I have to keep on copying and pasting this, cause some people are delusional. The truth is... That Islams 10 fight streak against no top opponent! khabib and islams records are padded they cherry pick their fights..just look at their first 15 fights...Win or lose charles fought against legends and champs miller, cerrone, Edgar, Pettis, Holloway ect...khabib later in his career had better opponents...till this day islam hasn't fought anybody in the top last 2 fight his opponents were short notice...then he has the opportunity to fight Rda and he backs out...So he beats on short notice unranked booby green and he's gifted a title shot! Usually you beat top ranked opponent above you and take thier ranking...look at Khamzat he beat Burns and took his spot. Beating unranked opponents and getting a title shot...that's Khabib and DC privilege. These are facts! Just go look up their records Oliveira win or lose has faced better opponents more than khabib and islam put together. Winning streaks don't mean anything if they're padded! For the blind and delusional fanboys: Khabibs first 15 fights were scheduled 2 rounders they should not even be considered pro and his opponents with crap records. Go on tapology and look it up.

[@gcoffey223]

Sounds pointless. So an unworthy, hyped up padded record fighter who doesn't deserve to fight the ex champ is going to ride Olives likeva horse tap him and take the strap home? Well, I like Olives but that means he was just a paper champ if someone so unworthy (odds favorite) manhandles Olives, the former champ.

[@midlymdad1293]

If so the solution is easy just stop them from winning 😏

[@meazmie3108]

EL TAPO

[@adlad3199]

Makhachev ducked RDA.

[@nia9045]

The only thing he ducked was his stinky mouthbreath

[@saifaldin_]

Not really.. UFC ducked Makhachev

[@sumaid2268]

The True Reason why charles oliveira signed the contract to fight islam makhachev it's bcuz ufc would've made Beniel Dariush/ michael chandler vs islam makhachev for the vacant lightweight belt in October Abu Dhabi ufc 280. oliveira could've lost his championship fight. ufc put pressure on oliveira to sign this fight. oliveira was afraid that he will loose his championship fight and champion status therefore he agreed to fight islam. oliveira can make maximum amount of money in a championship fight he can get paid 750k salary & separate money from paper per view points charlie got scared that he will loose his biggest pay day of his life therefore he took fight with islam. if charlie Aloevera Refused to fight makhachev then ufc will make islam vs beneil/chandler. ufc forced him to take this fight. charles oliveira was signed and scheduled to fight Beniel Dariush but he pulled out of the fight with Beniel Dariush in October 3rd 2020 in fight island bcuz Dariush is a boring jiu-jitsu grappler. the Real Reason why charlie Aloevera did not wanted to fight with islam makhachev bcuz makhachev is a boring judo sambo style wrestler. grapplers and wrestlers are boring fighters to watch but strikers are very exciting to watch therefore charles oliveira only wants to fight with strikers bcuz it will be good entertainment for fans,!.

[@getaforeheadreduction6017]

Islam's skill set is a house of cards once charles neutralizes the wrestling the whole thing is gonna come collapsing down

[@bol8lod]

How do you neutralize wrestling? By takedown defense. Charles is the worst to defend takedowns.

[@truthseeker96]

Charles isn't a wrestler to neutralize wrestling

[@saifaldin_]

Who knows, maybe Oliveira will shoot for a takedown first.. 🫢

[@markshaw1540]

"I will take him down, very quickly" - Islam Makhachev

[@saifaldin_]

@@markshaw1540 😂 after he said that, he’s like “now, back to my original point..”