Junior Dos Santos: ‘My best defense is my hands’
By defeating Roy Nelson via unanimous decision at UFC 117 in August, Brazilian knockout artist Junior dos Santos earned the…
By defeating Roy Nelson via unanimous decision at UFC 117 in August, Brazilian knockout artist Junior dos Santos earned the right to challenge the winner of the Lesnar-Velasquez showdown.
Yeah, it’s a big challenge for me, but I’m very happy to be fighting for the title now, to be the contender, dos Santos told ESPN’s MMA Live. I’m training wrestling a lot. He’s a very good wrestler, and I’m training wrestling and jiu-jitsu. And my boxing, because I think my best defense is my hands.
I’m training a lot here in San Diego, in the United States, because here, I think, is the best wrestlers in the world. I have Mark Munoz to help me a lot, Phil Davis. I’m training at Nogueira’s [Black House] gym in San Diego, and [the] Alliance [Training Center], too. They bring a lot of wrestlers to help me, big wrestlers.
” hope it’s soon, [as early as] possible. Because I’m very excited to fight for the title. I said before [the Lesnar-Velasquez fight], it doesn’t matter who I’m gonna fight. I just wanna fight for the title, and now it’s gonna be Cain, and I’m happy for this.