UFC president Dana White has already told mixed martial arts fans that the next heavyweight title shot belongs to highly touted fighter Cain Velasquez, who will face UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar later this year. Now word has come out, via MMAJunkie that the winner of Junior Dos Santos vs. Roy “Big Country” Nelson will get the first shot at whoever wins that bout.
UFC 117 will feature the match up to decide the next number one contender on Aug. 7 from Oakland, California. Looks like the UFC heavyweight picture is slowly getting clearer although there’s no word on where Shane Carwin goes from here.