Yesterday, in Las Vegas the UFC held a special breakfast with Heavyweight Champion, Cain Velasquez and number-one-contender, Junior dos Santos to discuss their highly anticipated title fight for UFC on Fox 1. It was a relaxed atmosphere with the two fighters who share mutual respect and apparently get along very well as we were told they even recently shared a stretch limo and watched a hockey game together in Canada. It’s nice to see not all major fights are preceded by trash talk or created disdain for one another. It’s also nice to see how well Junior’s English speaking skills have developed.
The two fighters are in the middle of a press tour whirlwind as they prep for the November 12th bout. Junior has been making the media rounds in Brazil as Cain did the same in Mexico. The two flew in and out of Vegas yesterday and plan to meet up again this Tuesday in Los Angeles, for an open to the public press conference at the W Hotel. Yes, Nick Diaz, this is how it’s done. dos Santos will fly back to Brazil to finish up his training camp on Wednesday while Velasquez remains in San Jose.
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