UFC on FOX 17: Dos Anjos vs

“I wonder what we’re going to be like when we’re 50 or 60”. Dos Santos went on to win “Knockout of the Night” honors while Werdum was pushed out of the division. If Ronda Rousey and Cain Velasquez got rematches when they lost their belts, why wouldn’t the most dominant champion in recent UFC history get a second chance? After that I’ve tried to go to every local MMA event around the Gulf Coast and surrounding areas and decided to make it a point to have a career in some aspect in the fighting sport other than fighting in general (didn’t want to ruin my face). There’s real concerns these days about JDS since he’s eaten a hell of a lot of shots in his last few fights with Cain Velasquez and Stipe Miocic, but while that leaves you to wonder what kind of a toll it’s taken, he’s proven to be very durable.

“It would be the same thing, I would knock him out”, dos Santos said of a potential rematch with the submission artist.

“I don’t think people completely forgot about me, but they aren’t as motivated to watch as they used to be when I have a fight coming up”, he said. I like this time out of Brazil trying to learn different ways, to learn techniques, and all these things.

“Before our third fight, a journalist asked me if I thought it would be the last time that I would be facing Velasquez”, he recalls. We don’t have anything else to see after this.’ So yeah, I’m gonna prove him wrong. It doesn’t make much sense to me. I can’t lie, this really isn’t a hard pick for me, and I’m surprised the oddsmakers have this one even relatively close. That’s the fight I would seek one day if I could.

Junior is much more technical and should wear on Overeem’s lack of a gas tank late on. “It’s gonna be a very good fight”. Thus I’m making the prediction with a pinch of salt as I know Overeem is fully capable of putting out the former champion.

Then he landed at Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA, one of the world’s elite gyms, and suddenly Overeem started looking like a contender again.

“I’m ready for him”.

“He don’t give a s- for the belt, but I do”.

Additionally, talk has been going around about the possibility of a matchup between Donald Cerrone and Conor McGregor, but Cerrone says he wants to concentrate on the upcoming Anjos vs. Cerrone fight where he will be pitted against Rafael dos Anjos for the title of lightweight champ.

“It’s all about feeling good where you are”, Dos Santos said.