Sep 21, 2013; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Khabib Nurmagomedov celebrates his victory over Pat Healy (not pictured) during their Lightweight bout at UFC 165 at the Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports

When Rafael Dos Anjos signed his contract for his UFC 170 bout, he believed he would be facing off against Russian stalwart, Khabib Nurmagomedov. In reality, Dos Anjos had just signed on to fight yet another Russian prospect, Rustam Khabilov. As irony we have it, however, Khabilov was injured in training and forced to pull out of the UFC 170 bout. The UFC decided to then book Dos Anjos with the opponent he originally wanted, Nurmagomedov, at UFC on FOX 11 in April.

Since the announcement of that bout, both men have been going after one another on Twitter. Dos Anjos started the exchange with this tweet:

Let’s do it @TeamKhabib , you will never wear that Shirt about Jiu Jitsu again. I will make you respect it!! @ufc @danawhite — Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) February 6, 2014

Dos Anjos was referring to this shirt that Nurmagomedov wore at the UFC on FX 7 weigh-ins (Courtesy of MMAjunkie):

Khabib responded to Dos Anjos with this tweet:

@RdosAnjosMMA I will present you this shirt after the fight 😉 — khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) February 6, 2014

Dos Anjos, who was not amused, replied:

“@TeamKhabib: @RdosAnjosMMA I will present you this shirt after the fight ;)” you will throw it on the trash instead — Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) February 6, 2014

Today, Khabib Nurmagomedov reignited the exchange with this post on Instagram:



Along with the picture was this message from Khabib:

My dessert on the way to the title shot

Dos Anjos has yet to reply to the hilarious picture from Khabib, but either way these exchanges are already hyping an exciting fight even more. UFC on FOX 11 goes down on April 19th in Orlando, Florida.