Rafael dos Anjos might not be in the UFC limelight right now, but the 36-year-old sure knows how to keep himself trending. The Brazilian grappler recently shared a funny instance of himself with Nate Diaz at Whole Foods.

He told Ariel Helwani at the MMA Hour of his meeting with the younger Diaz, just after his fight with Conor McGregor, at a Whole Foods outlet in Santa Monica, California.

He said, “Funny thing, I was coming out of the doctor, right after the fight. I went to the doctor to do something, some like checkups. Then I was hungry, I was in L.A., I have never told this story to nobody, just to close friends… Then I found some whole foods around me, then I went there to grab a bite, was me and my wife and guess who was on the Hot Bar getting food- Nate Diaz.”

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He then tells Helwani that Diaz glared at him and that he was also ready to fight him regardless of his leg injury. Eventually, nothing happened and both of them just wished each other well and went their way.

“I look at him, he starts sizing me up… I was really ready to fight… If Nate’s gonna jump on me I am ready to fight here.” but dos Anjos didn’t react. “I say congrats to your fight. Then he walked away.”

Nate Diaz (21-13) and Rafael dos Anjos (30-13) fought each other in 2014, where dos Anjos won comfortably. After this fight, dos Anjos went on to win the Lightweight gold against Anthony Pettis.

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The 36-year-old has been in and out of UFC schedules in the past couple of years. He was to fight Islam Makhachev in 2020 but pulled out due to medical issues. The fight got postponed for UFC 267, but he couldn’t compete yet again.

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The Brazilian has since then called out “The Notorious” Conor McGregor for a fight in 2022, which has not received any replies from the Irishman yet.

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