UFC 139: Rafael dos Anjos vs Gleison Tibau booked for Nov. 19 in San Jose

by Geno Mrosko on Aug 16, 2011 5:15 PM EDT in UFC News

Brazil in da howse!

Veteran lightweights Rafael dos Anjos and Gleison Tibau have been green-lit to square off at the upcoming UFC 139 event going down on Nov. 19 in San Jose, California.

UFC.com has the report:

"Two of the best Brazilian lightweights in the UFC have verbally agreed to fight as Rafael Dos Anjos takes on Gleison Tibau at UFC 139," confirmed UFC president Dana White. The two black belts will war in San Jose this November.

The last time dos Anjos "warred" was at the UFC 132 event on July 2. The submission specialist recorded the very first knockout win of his career, pasting George Sotiropolous inside the first round, giving him four wins in his past five fights.

Tibau has also won four of his last five contests and is coming off an impressive "Submission of the Night" showing at UFC 130 this past Memorial Day weekend.

The mammoth mauler tapped out Rafaello Oliveira just two fights removed from outworking Kurt Pellegrino, which sent "Batman" into a temporary retirement.

And while a win for either man isn't going to put them at the top of the ladder in the loaded lightweight division, every victory counts towards the eventual goal of contesting for the coveted division title.

UFC 139 is expected to e headlined by a titanic heavyweight title with Cain Velasquez making the first defense of his title against division number one contender Junior dos Santos.

Also set for the card is a bantamweight number one contender bout with former champion Brian Bowles taking on recent title challenger and former featherweight kingpin Urijah Faber.

Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more on this still-developing fight card.

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if tibau can keep it up

the fight is his to lose, otherwise i see a very game dos anjos snapping something from tibau. Not neglecting tibau’s bjj black belt but he does seem to use his jitz for positioning and defense, rather than attacking with it

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by vhw_ on Aug 16, 2011 5:46 PM EDT reply actions

Really dont know how Tibau will make up for the size difference.

I’ll still take him by TKO but he needs to be at FW.

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by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Aug 16, 2011 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions

How old is Tibau? he seems older to me...

I dont think the size will be an issue with dos anjos though…

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by scarnon on Aug 16, 2011 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions

he's kinda young only 28

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by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Aug 16, 2011 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Tough fight to pick

Probably Tibau by decision

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by COOLKALE91 on Aug 16, 2011 6:04 PM EDT reply actions

agreed its a really close fight

I think Tibau will maintain top position for the majority of the fight

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by The Pride on Aug 16, 2011 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions

so far nice card

I’ll definitely go see this since it’s in my backyard the whole arena will probably be cheering for Cain including me but Dos Santos is a hard guy to root against

by 49erEmpire on Aug 16, 2011 8:14 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

This is gonna be an awesome fight.

Either a nice stand up battle or Tibau on top while Dos Anjos works from his back aggressively. Has Tibau ever been KO’ed. I know he fought Guillard but I dont remember that one to much.

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by PrivateBox on Aug 16, 2011 9:13 PM EDT reply actions