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Rafael dos Anjos: Super fight with Conor McGregor ‘would be worth the drop in weight’

Rafael dos Anjos’ weight cut struggles at 155 pounds have been well-documented. The former lightweight champion had also been candid in the past about how making the weight limit was once a near-death experience for him.

“RDA” has since moved up to 170-pounds but says he is also willing to move back down and go through the same weight cuts if he were given his “red panty night.”

“I’m at that stage of my career where I need fights that excite me. I have 39 fights and [I’m] 34 years old,” dos Anjos told Helen Yee (transcript by BJPenn.