Jorge Santiago: The Road From Rio to Tokyo

Filed under: FanHouse Exclusive, Sengoku, interview, JapanDefending Sengoku middleweight champion Jorge Santiago will be making his second title defense against Kazuo Misaki at SRC 14 on Sunday but he doesn’t like to think about that.

He wants to thi…

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Defending Sengoku middleweight champion Jorge Santiago will be making his second title defense against Kazuo Misaki at SRC 14 on Sunday but he doesn’t like to think about that.

He wants to think about the beach back home in Rio de Janeiro and he wants to reminisce.

In an exclusive interview with MMAFighting.com, we talked about the beach, training in secret, losing his father and how he came to join American Top Team and become a champion in Japan.