» Fighter: Junior dos Santos

After UFC 110 in Sydney Saturday night, UFC President Dana White told the post-event press conference, “In my opinion, [Fighters.com's fourth-ranked heavyweight “Minotauro” Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-6-1)] is probably the best heavyweight of all time, and [Cain Velasquez (9-0)] absolutely demolished him tonight. He’s for real and he’s in the line right now.”

Read More About Cain Velasquez’s KO of Minotauro Vaults Him Into UFC Title Contention, Removes Impediment to Junior dos Santos’s Rise…

Brazilian heavyweight “Cigano” Junior dos Santos (10-1) climbed to the fifth spot in Fighters.com’s December Heavyweight Rankings after knocking out “Hurricane” Gilbert Yvel (33-14-1) at UFC 108 in Las Vegas January second.  He’s now just beneath his sensei, fourth-ranked “Minotauro” Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-5-1), and just out of the UFC’s big three champions, one of whom has held a portion of the UFC title for the last two years.

Read More About UFC’s Junior dos Santos is the Future of Heavyweight – Fighters.com’s January Heavyweight Rankings…

With UFC 107 just days away, MMA Gospel welcomes 6’11”, 21 year old “Skyscraper” Stefan Struve (22-3) to the show to talk about his upcoming battle with UFC veteran “The Head Hunter” Paul Buentello (25-10). Struve, on a two fight winning streak, welcomes Buentello back to the Octagon after an almost three-year hiatus.

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Following the withdrawal from UFC 108 of “Napão” Gabriel Gonzaga (11-4), Fighters.com’s seventh-ranked heavyweight “Cigano” Junior dos Santos (9-1) has now been matched versus Dutch kickboxer “Hurricane” Gilbert Yvel (33-13-1) in Las Vegas January 2, according to Tatame.

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Both Fighters.com Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (31-1) and ninth-ranked “Vai Cavalo” Fabricio Werdum (12-4-1) won at M-1 Global/Strikeforce in Chicago November 7 and now the top ten heavyweights seem on a collision course for a matchup versus each other.  But will it be for the Strikeforce title or not?

Read More About Fighters.com November Heavyweight Rankings – M-1 Global/Strikeforce Surge Ahead as UFC Heavyweights Wither…

A matchup between Fighters.com’s seventh-ranked heavyweight “Cigano” Junior dos Santos (9-1) and former UFC title challenger “Napão” Gabriel Gonzaga (11-4) is in the works, Fighters.com has confirmed with a source close to one of the fighters.

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“Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (30-1) entered his 15th month as Fighters.com Heavyweight Champion in October.  Emelianenko will defend his title versus fifth-ranked “Grim” Brett Rogers (10-0) at Strikeforce west of Chicago and broadcast in the U.S. on CBS November 7.

Read More About Fighters.com October Heavyweight Rankings…

Xtreme Couture’s “Phenom” Vitor Belfort (18-8) scored his bulliest victory in four-plus years TKOing Fighters.com’s ninth-ranked middleweight “Ace” Rich Franklin (26-5) at 3:02 of round one in a 195-pound catch weight main event at UFC 103 in Dallas Saturday night.

“Jesus, I love you,” shouted Belfort in the Octagon after the fight, and in his dressing room he added,  “God gave me a gift and I’m using it.  And, I’m ready.  A lot of people thought I was done, you know, and that’s what I’m bringing to this game – hope, faith, and hard work.

Read More About Vitor Belfort Phenomenal Over Rich Franklin, dos Santos Convinces Cro Cop to Quit at UFC 103…

UFC heavyweight “Cro Cop” Mirko Filipovic (25-7-2) fielded questions from the media Tuesday afternoon. “Cro Cop” will fight “Cigano” Junior Dos Santos at UFC 103 is Dallas 19 September.

Other publications have reported “Cro Cop” is scratching his head over why Fighters.com Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (30-1) hasn’t signed a fight contract with the UFC, but it seems to Fighters.com that “Cro Cop” in fact has several opinions on the subject and was playing coy with his answer. You decide if you agree. His response to questions about Emelianenko’s decision not to sign with the UFC begin around 4:16.

Read More About UFC’s Mirko Cro Cop: Maybe Fedor Emelianenko Has To Do What What Some Other People Tell Him To Do…

On the walls of MMA fandom there are two contrasting posters of Fighters.com Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (30-1).

If you’re not North American or you’re one of the 50,000 or so North Americans who plunked down $34.95 for PRIDE 32, your poster depicts Emelianenko within a golden aureole striding a mound of pummeled flesh bags that includes fourth-ranked “Minotauro” Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-5-1), tenth-ranked “Pitbull” Andrei Arlovski (14-7), and former UFC heavyweight champion “Maine-iac” Tim Sylvia (24-6).

If you’re North American and cut your MMA teeth on The Ultimate Fighter circa 2007 or anxiously anticipating the first F5 stoppage in MMA history, your poster depicts Emelianenko cowering within the block-headed shadow of the man-mountain that is second-ranked UFC champ Brock Lesnar (4-1).

Read More About MMA Is Strictly Business for Fedor Emelianenko – Fighters.com’s September Heavyweight Rankings…