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Rafael dos Anjos rips ‘fake’ Colby Covington: ‘He’s just a worse version of Conor McGregor’

Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos is no stranger being on the receiving end of trash talk. He was bombarded by a lot of it during his scheduled (then cancelled) title fight against Conor McGregor at UFC 196 in 2016.

The Brazilian is once again faced with a talker of an opponent in Colby Covington, whom he faces next for the UFC interim 170-pound title. And having experienced insults from “The Notorious”, dos Anjos is not at all fazed by any of Covington’s remarks.

“I grew up in Brazil in the favelas, man.