Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos remembers well his fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov.
It was April 19, 2014, at Amway Center in Orlando, Fla. At the time, dos Anjos was on a five-fight win streak and his eventual loss to Nurmagomedov would be dos Anjos’s only loss for over three years. Nurmagomedov was 21-0 with five wins to begin his UFC career and already being pegged as a future star at 155 pounds.
The result was a convincing unanimous decision win for Nurmagomedov. He repeatedly took dos Anjos down and controlled the action on the ground to continue his unbeaten run that extends to this day.