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Dos Anjos given silent treatment by Terry Etim

ESPN staff
April 7, 2010
Terry Etim plans a long night for Rafael Dos Anjos © UFC
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Terry Etim is planning to kick the head off Rafael Dos Anjos at UFC 112, and he insists he has nothing to say to the Brazilian in the build-up to Saturday's fight.

Etim is England's No. 1 lightweight right now, having won his last four fights against Shannon Gugerty, Justin Buchholz, Brian Cobb and Sam Stout. In Abu Dhabi, the Liverpudlian will be exposed to new audiences as he appears on his first UFC main card.

Standing opposite Etim in the Octagon will be Dos Anjos, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt unbeaten in his last two fights. Etim has to be aware of the kind of sickening leg locks that Dos Anjos put on Tyson Griffin, but the Brit plans to take no prisoners this weekend.

"I bumped into my opponent Rafael for the first time on Tuesday. Very first time I've seen him. I didn't speak to him but I've got my eye on him," Etim wrote in his blog for ESPN.co.uk..

"He got the quick acknowledgement from me and that's the way I prefer it. Saturday night we go to war so I've got nothing to say to him.

"If he takes it to the ground, I'm not fazed. But If I can keep it standing it's going to be a very very long night for him. If I have to go to the ground to win the fight I'm not bothered. Look at my last fight, everybody said Shannon Gugerty has to take it to the mat to win, but it was me who put him in a nice little sub. Don't be surprised to see that happen again.

"In an ideal world I'd kick his head off. That's what I'm doing, I'm trying to knock him out."

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