Top UFC heavyweight contender Junior dos Santos (12-1) will get his shot at the title as well as the new champion, Cain Velasquez, in the near future. No date has been hinted at yet, but if Velasquez comes out of UFC 121 with a short medical suspension, it wouldn’t surprise us at The MMA News to see both men headlining the Super Bowl weekend event.
When the announcement does come, “Cigano” says he’ll head to America for his training camp. Speaking to Tatame.com, this is what he had to say.
He deserves, but you want to take his place, right? (laughs)
(JDS): Yes, he deserves, but I’ll give my best, even a little more than that, to take his belt away and bring it to Brazil on my waist. I’m coming back to Bahia, I’ll keep my trainings and soon, when I know about the fight’s date, I’ll go to the United States to do my camp. I have the Wrestling guys there to help me, so I have to train hard to get this belt.
How is your Wrestling evolution going?
(JDS): I’ve spend a little more than a month on the United Stated training on Alliance and on Minotauro’s new gym, in San Diego… I’ve trained a lot with Phil Davis, who fights on UFC and is a great wrestler, four-time All-American… High level. I’ve trained with Brandon Vera, who’s great, really tough, used to fight heavyweights. The trainings were great back there, I was very happy, but I have to go home, charge my batteries, clean things up here (laughs)… When I know the date for sure, I’ll go there to keep the trainings.