By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Josh Hedges

With six wins on the six fights he did on the UFC’s octagon, Junior “Cigano” dos Santos will now have the dream chance of every fighter: the UFC belt. Waiting for the winner of the fight between Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez, the coach Luis Carlos Dórea shows confidence on his pupil, believing he will be even better when it comes the time for him to fight for the belt.

“He’s expecting to see who he’ll confront because they’re two great athletes, the fight would be tough against any of them… I always say: he’s constantly evolving, so you’ll see him a lot better than before, with willingness, personality, a real warrior… He knows that it’ll be worth the title and he’ll do everything in his power in order to win this. After this fight, he’ll be the champion”, bets Dórea, on a chat with TATAME, without pointing out a favorite on the duel between Lesnar and Velasquez.

“It’ll be a very tough fight, light all fights are… Cain doesn’t go for it too much, does his game and it’s pretty efficient, and Brock Lesnar is very strong, dangerous… It’ll be a tough fight for both of them. I can’t say much now, it’ll be a tough fight and let’s see who is the best fighter in there”, comments.

Glad with the work of his heavyweight, Dórea compliments the journey he had to roam until the title shot. “He deserves all of this because of everything he’s been doing. There’re six wins in six fights, five of them by knockout, four of them on the first round… He’s an athlete who had evolved a lot, started against a great athlete, (Fabrício) Werdum, winning by KO… Cigano only had tough ones on his way, but there’s no easy one on UFC. He’s been tested several times and now I think the time has come. He showed his abilities while standing up, he proved himself to be very strong. Six fights, six critical wins”, celebrates.