shoulder injury<\/a> in that bout, which relegated him to the sidelines while the heavyweight division surged on in his stead.<\/p>\nAs the video above shows, however, Dos Santos has been cleared to return to training. This, of course, means he’ll probably be able to fight in the not too distant future.<\/p>\n
“I’m back, back to action,” Dos Santos says in the video. “Wait for me, cause I’m coming!”<\/p>\n
Do yourself a favor and watch a jovial JDS announce his return to training, and then sing and dance in celebration. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that this guy is one of the hardest punchers in the history of fighting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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