After recovering from five knee surgeries, Antonio Carlos Jr. achieved the seemingly impossible, winning three consecutive fights in a span of just over three months to capture his second Professional Fighters League belt.
He capped off his run in the light heavyweight tournament with a second-round submission of Sullivan Cauley in a wildly entertaining fight on Aug. 21.
"Sullivan had beaten [Alex] Polizzi and [Phil] Davis. I knew it would be a great fight, but I was well trained, and after everything I'd been through, the victory had to come in a battle with a lot of emotion," the Brazilian told Sherdog.