{"id":317498,"date":"2019-06-27T06:02:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T13:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=317498"},"modified":"2019-06-27T06:02:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T13:02:13","slug":"junior-dos-santos-wont-wait-for-title-shot-with-win-over-ngannou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/junior-dos-santos-wont-wait-for-title-shot-with-win-over-ngannou\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior dos Santos won&#8217;t wait for title shot with win over Ngannou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, in the main event of UFC Minneapolis, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos will step into the cage with fearsome puncher Francis Ngannou in a perceived number one contender fight.<\/p>\n<p>While dos Santos is determined to reclaim the heavyweight title, he says he does not intend to wait around if a title shot doesn&#8217;t materialize promptly after if he beats Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActually, there is nowhere go go after this. The winner of this fight will for the title,\u201d Dos Santos told <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/06\/junior-dos-santos-says-he-deserves-title-shot-if-he-beats-francis-ngannou-but-wont-wait-on-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>. \u201cBut sometimes the UFC, they invent some things, you know? But I don\u2019t really care about that. Of course, my main goal is the belt. I want to become champion again, but I\u2019m not in a rush for that, you know? The most important thing is to keep fighting, keep myself active, having like three fights per year, minimum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Junior dos Santos knows full well that title shots can often be a tricky thing to chase down in the UFC. He&#8217;s been through this before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first time I fought for title, I was supposed to fight Cain Velasquez,\u201d Dos Santos recounted. \u201cCain Velasquez got hurt against Brock Lesnar, so I couldn\u2019t fight him, he was out one year. They said, \u2018Oh, you can wait that whole one year to fight him for the belt, or you can have another fight.\u2019 I said, \u2018No, I need another fight.\u2019 Then Dana White brought me the chance to be coach on \u2018TUF,\u2019 then I fight Shane Carwin. So, I\u2019m not going to do waiting for fights, man. I\u2019m 35 years old. The last five years I do fight once per year, now I want to do minimum of three.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The heavyweight title will next be on the line at UFC 241, when Daniel Cormier defends it against the man he won it from, Stipe Miocic. 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