JDS: I’ll be ready to do in June
UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos appeared earlier today on MMAjunkie.com Radio and assured fans he will be back in…
UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos appeared earlier today on MMAjunkie.com Radio and assured fans he will be back in action very soon.
JDS suffered a torn meniscus just weeks before knocking out Cain Velasquez at UFC on FOX 1 in November to earn the UFC heavyweight. Last month he underwent surgery to correct the damage.
He is expected to defend his uUF heavyweight title this Summer against #1 contender Alistair Overeem, who himself is also coming off a first round victory by strikes. JDS hopes to fight at a show planned for Brazil in June.
“In another 20 days, I’ll be feeling 100 percent again,” Dos Santos said. “Then I need two-and-a-half (months) to do my camp, and then I’m ready to do.”
“It’s a good chance to fight for Brazilian fans. MMA is very popular here in Brazil now. I would love to fight here. But the important thing is I want to make all my fans around the world watch good fights when I get in that octagon. So I will try to do my best. It doesn’t matter whether it’s [in Brazil] or the United States.”
“I think for sure the fight between me and Alistair is going to be a standup fight. But if I feel I have to take him down and use my jiu-jitsu to beat him, I will do that. I’ve never showed my jiu-jitsu in the UFC, and this one’s a good opportunity.
“But I don’t care if he’s the champ of K-1. I’m the UFC heavyweight champion, and I believe I can beat anyone in the world.”
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