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Thiago Santos: Key to beat Jon Jones is to be ‘unpredictable’

Thiago Santos has looked incredible at light heavyweight after finishing Eryk Anders, Jimi Manuwa and most recently Jan Blachowicz, and aspires to be the next in line for the UFC championship.

Days after his third-round TKO win over Blachowicz in the main event of UFC Prague, “Marreta” landed in Las Vegas to watch his TFT teammate Polyana Viana compete at UFC 235, but also to be in attendance when Jon Jones puts his title on the line against Anthony Smith.

The last man to beat Smith inside the Octagon, finishing him by TKO in a middleweight clash a year ago, Santos celebrates living “a unique moment in my career” and the possibility of challenging the winner of Jones vs.