The last time Junior dos Santos won three fights in a row he was The Man in the UFC, fighting in Vegas on pay-per-views, usually with a title in play. This time through? He’s fighting off-Broadway for UFC Fight Night shows, winning heavyweight clobberfests in towns like Boise, Idaho and far-off Adelaide. On Saturday night, dos Santos — a Brazilian by passport — headlined the UFC’s first ever card in Wichita, Kansas, and ended up singing happy birthday to his two-year-old son with a room full of strangers.
It’s the kind of thing that should confound posterity.