{"id":317630,"date":"2019-06-28T06:47:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=317630"},"modified":"2019-06-28T06:47:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:47:56","slug":"junior-dos-santos-explains-how-hell-beat-the-most-dangerous-man-in-mma-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/junior-dos-santos-explains-how-hell-beat-the-most-dangerous-man-in-mma-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior dos Santos explains how he&#8217;ll beat &#8216;the most dangerous man in MMA today&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Junior dos Santos is going to have his hands full in the UFC Minneapolis main event, where he will take on arguably the hardest puncher in MMA history in Francis Ngannou. He knows full well how dangerous the task at hand is.<\/p>\n<p id=\"VJAIeE\">\u201cNgannou is a really strong guy, has heavy hands,\u201d dos Santos told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/6\/28\/18635525\/junior-dos-santos-francis-ngannou-most-dangerous-man-mma-today-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a> recently. \u201cI think it\u2019s no exaggeration to say he\u2019s the most dangerous man in MMA today. A punch that connects, even if it only grazes, will knock you out. He\u2019s a dangerous guy and I\u2019m getting ready for that. I know his potential, the danger he offers in the fight, but that\u2019s the type of challenge that excites me.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tZx0sO\">\u201cI want to fight the best, always. I\u2019ve fought three tough opponents in my last fights, guys who were coming off wins, and I went there and stopped them. That\u2019s what I\u2019m going for in this fight as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a former UFC heavyweight champion and long-time heavyweight contender, of course, Junior dos Santos is will accustomed to fighting dangerous foes. He believes that even against a destroyer like Francis Ngannou, his guile and ring craft will carry him to a victory \u2014 very possibly in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be my 12th main event in the UFC, so I\u2019m used to fighting five rounds,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve been training for five rounds for a while. Honestly, it doesn\u2019t make much different adding more rounds, especially because I expect this to be a really quick fight. Ngannou moves forward a lot, goes full speed in the first round. My goal is to make him pay in his first mistake, so I don\u2019t think this fight will go much longer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"A4h9nT\">\u201cI think this fight has everything to end in the first round,\u201d dos Santos added, explaining how movement will play a role in his planned triumph. \u201cI move really well, so he can expect that from me. Moving a lot, but always attacking, being aggressive. He must be ready to dance. Muhammad Ali-style. Fly like a butterfly, sting like Cigano \u2014 not like a bee [laughs].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Junior dos Santos can defeat Francis Ngannou on Saturday night?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i> on 6\/28\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Junior dos Santos is going to have his hands full in the UFC Minneapolis main event, where he will take on arguably the hardest puncher in MMA history in Francis Ngannou. 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