{"id":317880,"date":"2019-07-01T06:15:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T13:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=317880"},"modified":"2019-07-01T06:15:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T13:15:43","slug":"junior-dos-santos-discusses-next-move-after-ngannou-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/junior-dos-santos-discusses-next-move-after-ngannou-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior dos Santos discusses next move after Ngannou loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend, former UFC heavyweight champ Junior dos Santos stepped into the cage with Francis Ngannou in a perceived number-one contender fight. Unfortunately for the Brazilian and his fans, this fight did not go as he planned. Instead, he was knocked out in just 71 seconds, and will now have to return to the drawing board to formulate his next move.<\/p>\n

Dos Santos, of course, didn’t plan on losing, which means he didn’t give a ton of thought to what might be next if he came up short in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t in my plans (to lose), so I don\u2019t really know,\u201d Junior dos Santos said at the post-fight press conference (via MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cI had a lot of plans in a different situation and a different result. It\u2019s so hard to build your way up in this sport. Sometimes all of a sudden (everything) disappears from in front of you. I\u2019m a positive guy and I\u2019m ready to rebuild. I know how to do it. I\u2019m made of truth and I\u2019m truth. I know how to do it again and I will do it again. Congratulations to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

This setback clearly stings for Junior dos Santos, but he is determined to push it from his mind in the best way he knows how: by fighting again, and soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving another fight, it\u2019s kind of a medicine for me to heal this injury defeat causes on you,\u201d Dos Santos said. \u201cI want to fight as soon as I\u2019m able to fight again. Let\u2019s go back home, think about everything that happened (and) get back to work. I believe I belong to this world of fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who do you think Junior dos Santos should fight when he returns to the cage<\/a>?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a> on 7\/1\/2019.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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