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Junior dos Santos recently turned some heads by sharing a picture of his slimmed down physique.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking to MMA Fighting<\/a>, dos Santos explained that his primary objective is simply getting his weight back down to a more ideal level\u2014lighter than it was when he knocked out Cain Velasquez to win the heavyweight title in 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal is to stay light so I can get back to training right away, when I have a fight booked,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I can stay around 238 and 242, that\u2019s important for me, because I move a lot. I\u2019ll benefit from my speed, one of my main characteristics. I will be faster.\u201d<\/p>\n

While dos Santos seems to be content at heavyweight for the moment, many fans speculated that he could be plotting a drop down to the 205-pound light heavyweight division.<\/p>\n

Dos Santos admits that dropping to 205 \u201cwould be really, really, really hard to happen,” but that he would be willing to attempt the cut if it opened a door to a title fight with dominant light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy main curiosity of one day making 205 is not about how I would feel at that weight, but to be able to face the man that is the greatest of the moment,\u00a0Jon Jones<\/a>,\u201d he said. \u201cWho wouldn\u2019t like to fight Jon Jones one day? I\u2019m no different. One of the goals before I end my career would be to fight Jon Jones. But that\u2019s part of the plans, our wishes, my dreams, so let\u2019s see how things play out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would sit down with my doctors, make a plan, a strategy,\u201d dos Santos said. \u201cI would obviously need a bit more time to make weight well, but we would make that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Would you be interested in seeing Junior dos Santos at light heavyweight?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 4\/30\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Junior dos Santos recently turned some heads by sharing a picture of his slimmed down physique.\u00a0 Speaking to MMA Fighting, dos Santos explained that his primary objective is simply getting his weight back down to a more ideal level\u2014lighter than it was when he knocked out Cain Velasquez to win the heavyweight title in 2011. 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