Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI was feeling pressured. The way that things happened, we\u2019re under pressure all the time. I feel like they were trying to drain everything I could provide for them to build other names and things like that they could maybe do work [with]… That\u2019s what my feeling is. It doesn\u2019t mean anything. They\u2019re a huge company. It\u2019s kind of stupid of me thinking that they would put that much focus and attention on top of me.”<\/p>\n
Junior dos Santos continued, “But that\u2019s how I felt, and if I feel that way, things don\u2019t go very right inside of me, so that\u2019s why… That\u2019s the reality. I know it\u2019s a business and they\u2019re there to make money and they\u2019re doing great actually doing that. Man, there\u2019s nothing really covering or helping the fighters, you know? ”<\/p>\n
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