Rafael dos Anjos knows well enough what it means to fight a trash talker.
Though dos Anjos and Conor McGregor never actually fought at UFC 196, the twosome still did plenty of media together before “RDA” was forced out of the scheduled 2016 matchup with a broken foot, and he endured his fair share of verbal barbs from the loquacious Irishman.
So it’s safe to say that dos Anjos knew exactly what he was signing up for when he agreed to fight Colby Covington on June 9 at UFC 225 for the UFC interim welterweight title.