Junior Dos Santos: It's my turn to be the UFC Heavyweight Champion
Posted on July 20, 2011, 06:44 AM by Anton Gurevich"He’s [Velasquez] so far undefeated, he’s the UFC champion, and that’s what I’m worried about. I don’t mind if he’s undefeated to far or if he’s a tough guy or if it’s Velasquez. To me it only matters that he’s the UFC champion and I want to become a UFC champion. I’ll be 100% for this bout, I’m feeling great. I guess it’s my time. It’s my turn. I’m improving everything in my life and, on the day of the fight, I’m sure I’ll bring this belt to Brazil.
I’ll win (laughs), and I’ll dedicate it (the belt) to the Brazilian people, mainly the people of the city where I came from, which is Cacador, in Santa Catarina, and the people of the city where I currently lives in, which is Salvador, in Bahia. I’ll dedicate it to the Brazilian, but mainly to my coach (Luis Carlos) Dorea, the Nogueira brothers, the coach Iuri Carlton, to my wife Vilsana, because none of this would be happening if it wasn’t for them." - TATAME.com
Junior Dos Santos went through fire and water to earn a title shot against Cain Velasquez, going 7-0 inside the Octagon against some of the toughest competition the UFC Heavyweight division has to offer. Dos Santos recently left his manager Ed Soares, but still trains at the famous Black House, alongside the likes of Minotauro Nogueira, Pedro Rizzo, Feijao Cavalcante and Anderson Silva. And according to this picture from Portal do Vale Tudo, Strikeforce Heavyweight GP semi-finalist Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva joined the camp in his preparations for September 10th bout with Daniel Cormier:
The fight against Cain Velasquez is currently rumored for UFC's debut at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California on November 19th.
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this fight has the potential to be fight of the year. cain is the well rounded with great cardio, great wrestling and good stand up. but i think the long lay off and jds take down defense and boxing skills are very dangrous for cain. dont know who is my favorite in this match up. both are great fighters
Can't wait for this fight...really hope JDS can pull it off
hope so to man, but i think cains superior wrestling skills will be the deciding factor in this fight
il be happy for whoever wins. both men are great ambassadors for the sport. no trash talk and always fight for a finish. model fighters. cant wait.
Junior Dos Santos looks in shape man !
I think Cain wil take it with his wrestling and his cardio !
Rocked is vastly different from being KO'd. Kongo is built like an Abrams tank and for Cain to get rocked like that and still move forward and score the take down says A LOT about his chin and conditioning. I bet Junior, in the same situation, would of been KO'd or TKO'd.
i like both these guys equally and really i wouldn't like to see either lose, but hell, one of them has to now, one of them is going to lose their undefeated streak. On the feet i think Junior will have the advantage, purely due to his speed and accuracy, not to mention his KO power. That said, Cain is no slouch though and without a doubt he also has heavy hands and imo a much better wrestling game as well as his stellar takedowns.....Damn!......this is a hard one to call but i'll take a risk and say that JDS will be able to stay on his feet and win due to his speed advantage, by......er........TKO. This one is gonna be awesome!!!....
Juniors awesome, hes such a busy fighter and I think hes had tougher opponents than Cain, Junior ftw
Cant wait for this fight. I like both of them a lot. All I can hope for is a epic fight and the best man wins.
JDS is getting ahead of himself with this kind of talk.
is Lil Nogs knee skin falling off... dang the Nogs are really falling apart. Literally
lol nah, looks like he had it taped.
Bigfoots head is freaking huge!
one of the closest match ups ive ever seen. theres no way im picking a winner for this fight.
If Cain plays Vicente's music again, there's no way he can lose!
Those are some badass brazilians in that picture!.........please dont count your chickens before they hatch JDS
Why can't November come soon enough?