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#2 Rafael dos Anjos is the second fighter to spend 7 hours in the UFC Octagon
With the fight against Paul Felder, Rafael dos Anjos became only the second fighter in UFC history to spend more than 7 hours inside the Octagon. Ahead of him is another former lightweight champion, Frankie Edgar.
It would be an understatement to say 2020 has not been a year for good things to happen. However, Rafael dos Anjos had more reasons to rejoice. Not only did he make a successful return to lightweight, but this year he also achieved another milestone, quite rare even for the greatest MMA grapplers.
In August, RDA shared a post on his Instagram account, announcing that he had been awarded the 4th degree on his black belt courtesy of his coach, Philipe "Furao" Della Monica.
Furao is the chief instructor at Gracie Barra HQ in Irvine, California, where RDA has been training since he moved to the United States from Brazil. In the post, he included an older photo of him with a purple belt. The photograph is likely to be dated somewhere around 2003, when RDA was yet to receive his brown and subsequent black belt.
