Former UFC Champion, Junior dos Santos is expected to make his UFC return sometime in this summer, but there has not been an opponent announced. The UFC offered Alistair Overeem as an opponent for him, but Overeem turned down the fight due to an injury. Junior dos Santos wants to pick up a few more wins so that he can feel that he is truly deserving of a title shot and challenge the current Heavyweight Champion, Cain Velasquez.
The two men have already fought a total of three times. Dos Santos took the title from Velasquez in the very first UFC on Fox event. Dos Santos was able to TKO Velasquez very shortly after the start of the first round. The two men then met for a second time at UFC 155 in which Velasquez punished dos Santos for five rounds with great wrestling and clinch-striking. Velasquez then followed up with another punishing victory that led to a TKO stoppage at UFC 166.
If asked if I would love to see the two men fight again, I would probably say yes. Contrary to some of the fans believing that Cain's victories over JDS were boring, I saw them as complete demonstrations of power and skill on by Velasquez. It would be interesting to see if dos Santos is able to improve to a level that he is able to avoid taking so much punishment and neutralize Cain's wrestling. There are a few matches to make if the Overeem fight doesn't ever materialize. I wouldn't mind seeing the loser of the matchup between Fabricio Werdum and Travis Browne. JDS holds a win over Werdum that single-handedly pulled Werdum out of the title picture when he was making his first run at the title. I would love to see a rematch between the two of them, but I also wouldn't mind seeing a striking match between dos Santos and Browne. I think Browne's speend and footwork could frustrate dos Santos amd pose an interesting challenge. I also wouldn't mind seeing a red-hot and hungry Stipe Miocic trade blows with JDS.
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