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Junior dos Santos: Heavyweights are using “made up excuses” to avoid fight
At one point in time, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos was once regarded as the ‘baddest man on the planet‘. Now, following a unanimous decision win over Ben Rothwell back in April, dos Santos will be looking to move one step closer to a heavyweight title fight when he steps into the Octagon […]
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Junior Dos Santos and Stefan Struve to rematch at UFC Fight Night 105 in Halifax
Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos has recently been angling for a fight with reigning champ Stipe Miocic. Apparently, however, the Brazilian striker has settled for a fight with towering Dutchman Stefan Struve. The two heavyweights will meet in the main event of the UFC’s return to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on February 19. […]
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‘JDS’ is not happy that the UFC is allowing “scared” Stipe Miocic to take a break
Today, the UFC heavyweight division is ruled by Croatian-American destroyer Stipe Miocic. Miocic won the title back in May, when he flatlined an overaggressive Fabricio Werdum with a brilliantly placed punch. The heavyweight king then made a successful defense of his title in September, when he delivered his third straight first-round KO against decorated veteran Alistair […]
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Junior Dos Santos’ polite callout of Stipe Miocic gets a savage response from Ben Rothwell
Yesterday afternoon, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos issued one of the most courteous callouts in UFC history. The recipient of this callout was current heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, who he defeated with a narrow decision back in late 2014. If Dos Santos gets his way, this rematch with the reigning champ will occur […]
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UFC stars explain what they’re thankful for on Thanksgiving
Yesterday, as anybody whose stomach is still full of turkey knows, was thanksgiving in the United States of America. Over the course of this November Holiday, many of the UFC’s top fighters – including several current champions – took to Twitter to explain what they’re thankful for. Fighters like UFC strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk, lightweight veteran […]
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Mr. Nice guy Junior dos Santos calls out heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic
Many people across the states are celebrating Thanksgiving today and former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos wishes current UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic happy holidays. However, “Cigano” would love nothing more than to punch Miocic in the face again once he gets his fill of his Thanksgiving feast. Dos Santos took to twitter to […]
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‘JDS’ Calls for Fight With Heavyweight Champ Stipe Miocic: I Was The Last One to Beat Him
In May of this year, Croatian-American super athlete Stipe Miocic knocked out an over-aggressive Fabricio Werdum to win the UFC heavyweight title. Since then, the new champion has defended the title with a first-round knockout of heavyweight legend Alistair Overeem. After this busy stretch of action, Miocic has elected to take some time off to […]
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Junior dos Santos gives his pick for Eddie Alvarez vs. Conor McGregor
A historic UFC fight is set to headline the stacked UFC 205 New York card on November 12 at Madison Square Garden. UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will challenge UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez for his lightweight strap. What sets this title fight apart from the rest is if McGregor is victorious over Alvarez at […]
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Junior Dos Santos Suggests Cain Velasquez was on PEDs When They Fought
In late 2011, Junior Dos Santos planted a bomb behind the ear of then heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez. A few followup ground-strikes later, and the heavyweight title was his. Given that this title-winning knockout occured in just 64 seconds, however, many fight fans felt that they hadn’t actually seen Dos Santos and Velasquez fight. We’d […]
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Junior dos Santos predicts outcome of Stipe Miocic vs. Alistair Overeem fight
Saturday night at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, hometown superstar Stipe Miocic will look to defend his UFC heavyweight title against arguably the most decorated fighter in the UFC, Alistair Overeem. Ahead of the fight, the MMA community is rather torn on who they think will fin the fight. While some believe that […]
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Junior dos Santos praises USADA
Junior dos Santos believes that USADA is the best thing to happen to the heavyweight division. In a weight class where guys are testing for performance enhancing drugs left and right, the former heavyweight champion sounded off on the topic and praised the UFC’s new drug testing policy. “Thank you for USADA! They are doing […]
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JDS on professional boxing: “That would be my paradise!”
Not many fighters have better hands than Junior ‘Cigano’ dos Santos. The Brazilian slugger has 12 knockout victories to his name, and has put down some of the heavyweight division’s best with his hands alone. ‘Cigano’ blasted on to the scene with an uppercut knockout of eventual champion Fabricio Werdum, and showed off his slick […]
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Video | Jovial JDS Announces He’s Ready to Return to Training
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPcR_5BPcDs Things were looking pretty rough for Junior Dos Santos at the end of 2015. On December 19, in his first fight in over a year, the former heavyweight champ looked torpid and gun-shy, and was ultimately knocked out by Alistair Overeem. Luckily, Dos Santos was able to bounce back big-time in his next bout, […]
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Junior Dos Santos calls out Brock Lesnar
Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos took to Twitter to congratulate Brock Lesnar on his UFC 200 victory over Mark Hunt and to ask “The Beast” for a future fight: https://twitter.com/junior_cigano/status/751999920282959872 Brock Lesnar and Junior dos Santos were slated to meet five years ago at UFC 131 after serving as coaches on The Ultimate […]
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Junior dos Santos has a message for Ben Rothwell
Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos picked up an impressive decision victory over Ben Rothwell in the main event of UFC Fight Night 86 this past April. Following his loss to “JDS”, Rothwell stated that taking the fight was “strategically stupid”, as dos Santos was coming off of a loss. “Cigano” responded to Rothwell’s […]
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Junior Dos Santos releases statement on shoulder surgery
Earlier this month, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos returned to the win column as he defeated Ben Rothwell via unanimous decision in Zagreb Croatia. The win for JDS was a much needed one after losing via TKO to Alistair Overeem back in the end of 2015. Unfortunately for the former heavyweight champ, he […]
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MMA community reacts to Junior dos Santos’ dominant performance against Ben Rothwell
Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos put on a dominant performance against the highly talented Ben Rothwell at UFC Fight Night 86 this weekend. Dos Santos put a clinic on Rothwell as the two fought to a five-round decision in the main event of the UFC’s debut in Croatia. See what the MMA community […]
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VIDEO | Junior Dos Santos UFC Fight Night 86 Octagon interview: ‘Forget about jiu-jitsu and wrestling!’
Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos put on a dominant performance against the highly talented Ben Rothwell at UFC Fight Night 86. Dos Santos and Rothwell fought to a five-round decision in the main event of UFC’s first event in Croatia. Hear what the former UFC champ had to say about his performance in […]
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JDS says he looked ‘worse than he was’ in fights with Cain Velasquez
Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos (17-4 MMA) has been in a bit of a slump, going a mere 2-3 during his past five octagon appearances. Although only 32 years of age, “JDS” has been through plenty of wars, most notably his final two bouts with rival Cain Velasquez in which he took a considerable […]
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Video: MMA Updates Junior Dos Santos In Speed Training, Training clips, Bellator 149 and more
https://youtu.be/Oa3Q0VPKDGM Get the scoop on what’s going on in the workd of MMA in this video. Michael “The Count” Bisping, AKA fighter Junior “Cingano” dos Santos, Jackson-Wink MMA’s John “The Magician” Dodson showing you footwork drills and more.
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Video Interview: Junior Dos Santos on Ben Rothwell – ‘It Will Be The Win I Need Right Now’
Junior “Cigano” dos Santos gets together with John Pollock with Fight Network to go over his current training situation at American Top Team, his loss to Alistair Overeem and more. Cigano has been trading wins and losses the last half decade never losing two in a row. Will dos Santos put a win together against […]
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UFC Video: Ben Rothwell vs Junior dos Santos – UFC Minute
Check out this UFC Minute video and get yourself up to speed with what’s going on in the UFC. Will JDS bounce back after a Alistair Overeem TKO loss? Or will Ben Rothwell continue his rise to a title shot?
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Morning Report: Ben Rothwell vs Junior dos Santos in Croatia – Headliner
BREAKING: Heavyweights @RothwellFighter vs. @junior_cigano meet at #UFCZagreb! Tix: https://t.co/rEuxZh1wk2 pic.twitter.com/4jUJCfgAAp — UFC (@ufc) February 8, 2016 The Croatian card in April recently added the main-event slot with heavyweights Ben Rothwell and Junior “Cigano” dos Santos in a pivotal battle of title contenders possibly one fight away from a shot at gold. Who wins? Big […]