Junior dos Santos eyes Frank Mir at UFC 146 – Photo by Donald Miralle via UFC.com
UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos (15-1) is still hot under the collar when it comes to former Strikeforce title holder Alistair Overeem.
Despite having a December meeting with former champ Cain Velasquez at UFC 155, Dos Santos still wants to be the guy to “arrange” a beating for the Dutch striker.
Overeem is currently under suspension for a positive steroid test and has been talking trash in the hopes of securing a title shot versus the Brazilian once his sentence is completed. Which coincidentally is also in December.
Speaking to Tatame.com, Dos Santos explained his thoughts on Overeem.
“I knew Velasquez was the contender, but if UFC wanted me to fight Overeem I’d gladly shut him up because he’s been saying a lot of crap, he’s been learning from Chael Sonnen”, the champion said on an exclusive interview with TATAME.
“I’m tired of these guys who think they’re so big, so strong, so bad and that people will get frightened by them because they look bad. There’s no such thing anymore. We’re athletes and the winner will be the one who trains the most. That’s what I have to say about it”.
“I really told Dana White I’d love to fight Overeem. Beating Overeem, actually. That’s what’s going to happen when this bout actually happens. It would be a pleasure. From the way I see it, he didn’t deserve a title shot. Cain deserves it and that’s why we’re fighting. Overeem deserves to a beating and I’m going to arrange that”