{"id":122771,"date":"2014-12-15T05:02:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T13:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=122771"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:04:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:04:31","slug":"junior-dos-santos-expects-long-career-despite-taking-massive-damage-recent-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/junior-dos-santos-expects-long-career-despite-taking-massive-damage-recent-fights\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Dos Santos expects long career despite taking massive damage in recent fights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/junior-dos-santos-expects-long-career-despite-taking-massive-damage-recent-fights\/jds-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-122772\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/JDS.jpg\" alt=\"JDS\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-122772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/JDS.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/JDS-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/JDS-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is nearly impossible to ignore the recent damage taken to former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos in his last two fights.<\/p>\n<p>In his rubber match against Cain Velasquez, Dos Santos received one of the worst &#8216;crimson masks&#8217; in the history of the sport (See that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-ufc-166-cain-velasquez-vs-junior-dos-santos-fight-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>), and this past weekend, Dos Santos defeated Stipe Miocic, but took major damage throughout the 5-round war (See that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/replay-dos-santos-miocic-go-distance-fight-night-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The former champ spoke at the post-fight press conference to discuss his longevity in the sport despite the recent damage he&#8217;s taken.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I can go a very long [time], man. I really believe I\u2019m gonna have a long career.  It doesn\u2019t matter too much. It\u2019s part of the [game]. I get swollen very easy. It happens. I\u2019m feeling OK, just swollen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is nearly impossible to ignore the recent damage taken to former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos in his last two fights. In his rubber match against Cain Velasquez, Dos Santos received one of the worst &#8216;crimson masks&#8217; in the history of the sport (See that HERE), and this past weekend, Dos Santos defeated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":122772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Junior Dos Santos expects long career despite taking massive damage in recent fights | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/junior-dos-santos-expects-long-career-despite-taking-massive-damage-recent-fights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Junior Dos Santos expects long career despite taking massive damage in recent fights | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is nearly impossible to ignore the recent damage taken to former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos in his last two fights. 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