“I’ve been training with the Nogueiras here in Bahia. Rogerio (Lil’ Nog) was here a little longer than Rodrigo. Demian Maia has also been strong for me and a few more people who came to assist me and my team out here including the Northeast Champion of Jiu-Jitsu who has helped me from the beginning.”
“This week I am doing the final preparation, its time to start winding down and on Saturday I do my last sparring and I’ll have to be 100% to do this sparring. Then next week is the maintenance phase of the training,” Dos Santos said.
“My intention is to keep the fight standing up, because I like the striking and want to use my boxing, which is where I consider myself better and it’s where I want to try to surprise my opponent. But if the fight goes to the floor, I’m ready too, because I’m training a lot of Jiu-Jitsu and I’m sure I can still surprise him on the floor as well.”
— Junior Dos Santos talks to tatame.com.br, translated by fightersonlymagazine.co.uk.
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