Let’s Go!!! Makhachev Wants RDA Fight At UFC 272

The shake-ups to the early 2022 calendar of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) just keep on coming.

It was revealed Monday that rising Lightweight star Rafael Fiziev has tested positive for COVID-19 thus forcing him out of his UFC 272 co-main event with Rafael Dos Anjos this Saturday night (Mar. 5, 2022). With the event days away, it has left the promotion scrambling and many a fighter throwing their names in the hat to fill in. The most intriguing of the bunch to speak up is this past Saturday’s main event winner from UFC Vegas 49, Islam Makhachev.

Dos Anjos responded accordingly and now the ball is seemingly just in the UFC’s court.

“170??? Let’s do it. We have unfinished business, ‘RDA,’” Makhachev tweeted in response to the news.

“165lbs!! Division you guy created. I’m game,” Dos Anjos replied before Makhachev asked; “You looking for the way out again?”

If the UFC ends up going through with Makhachev vs. Dos Anjos, it won’t be the first time they’ve matched them together.

At UFC 267 in Oct. 2021, Makhachev and Dos Anjos were set to collide until the 37-year-old Brazilian suffered an injury. Dan Hooker would step in to save the day but ultimately fall short when finished by Makhachev via first-round kimura submission (watch highlights).

A year prior, the two were booked twice with Dos Anjos contracting COVID-19 on the first occasion before a month later Makhachev was the one injured as Paul Felder entered in and dropped a unanimous decision to the former champion (watch highlights).

Makhachev just extended his current winning streak to 10 in a row when defeating Bobby Green via first-round TKO (watch highlights). Green filled in on a week’s notice for Beneil Dariush after winning the week before.