ISLAM MAKHACHEV denied Dana White's claim that he had refused to fight Rafael dos Anjos.
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Islam Makhachev refuted Dana White's claim that he had refused to fight Rafael dos Anjos
White said later that he thought it was over when he went to bed the next night. The next morning, I woke up to find out that they had turned it down.
"Islam [turned the idea down]. "Islam [turned it down]."
Dos Anjos (37), later defeated Renato Moicano (32). Makhachev claimed that he "asked for a million dollar, or some other, to take the fight."
30-year-old lightweight competitor has reacted and denied asking for $1m to fight in the quick-notice bout.
Makhachev stated: "I don’t want to speak about this, it’s very small." There is nothing big.
"Not $1,000,000 dollars, 100 percent not $1,000,000."
Free Bets: Get more than PS2,000 in NEW CUSTOMER DEALSHe said: Dana told me I declined this fight, but Monday morning I woke up to find out that Fiziev had Covid. The fight has been cancelled. I was in California for vacation, so I wake up and call my boss.
"'Hey, Ali [Abdelaziz]. I have some good news. Please contact UFC to tell them that you are available for this fight.
"I inquired about some conditions, but very minor conditions, nothing that was impossible to do.
"UFC [didn’t] call me Ali didn’t call me, so I woke up and called Ali. I told Ali to talk with UFC please. I want this fight, but the UFC did not do it. This is why the fight did not take place and that's all.
Makhachev had only fought Bobby Green, 35, one week before. He has previously seen Dos Anjos fights cancelled.
