MMA Fighting · Jan 31, 2020
Junior dos Santos disagrees with coaches who advise rest, targets May return
Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images Junior dos Santos lost by second-round knockout in the main event of UFC Raleigh.Junior dos Santos successfully stopped every single one of Curtis Blaydes’ takedown attempts in the main event of UFC Raleigh on Saturday, but the wrestler got the best of him on the feet, knocking out the former champion in the second stanza.
Back home after a disappointing defeat that dropped his record to 6-5 since losing the UFC heavyweight championship in 2012, “Cigano” spoke with MMA Fighting about exactly what went wrong in the fight.