Nog says Dos Santos is the next Champion

[tn94z]

Former Pride and UFC heavyweight champion, Rodrigo Minotauro Nogueira is a little bit further from the top of the division after his loss to Cain Velasquez, but the athlete believes that the belt of the heavyweight division has a great potential of coming to Brazil in the waste of other tough contender: Junior “Cigano” dos Santos.



“He’s going through a very good time on his career, a very good phase, just I had those moments to become a Champion and other I didn’t. I’m happy for his good moment… He smells the belt, so we’re training him to get there”, analyzes Minotauro, in an interview to May’s edition of TATAME Magazine, betting on his training partner. “His moment is now, it’s everything going just fine so he can dispute the belt… He was trained to become the champion of the world and his time will come. If it’s now, we’ll be glad to be a part of it”.

I agree with this. I have been saying for a while that Dos Santos has been under the radar and wasn't just thrown into the limelight too quickly. He has been building some really good momentum and I can see him getting the belt.

[Schiznick]

Re: Nog says Dos Santos is the next Champion

He is really good.. and has the tools to get there, but he's not there yet.. there's some bad ass dudes in HW now.. we'll see

[tn94z]

Re: Nog says Dos Santos is the next Champion

Yeah, that's why I like how he has come up. I mean, he has ran through everyone so far. Cro Cop is the only person that has taken him out of the first round. Everyone else he has beat within 3 or 4 minutes. His standup is really good and his ground game is really good.