UFC 155 ‘personal issues’: Junior dos Santos ended 10 year marriage just prior to fight per reporter

We posted a few days back that former UFC Heavyweight champ Junior dos Santos was struggling with both kidney troubles and "personal issues" heading…

By: Nate Wilcox | 10 years ago
UFC 155 ‘personal issues’: Junior dos Santos ended 10 year marriage just prior to fight per reporter
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We posted a few days back that former UFC Heavyweight champ Junior dos Santos was struggling with both kidney troubles and “personal issues” heading into his UFC 155 bout with Cain Velasquez. Now we’ve got more at Tatame’s Guilherme Cruz has tweeted that dos Santos’ 10-year marriage is collapsing:

Dos Santos was beaten badly by Velasquez over the course of five brutal rounds at UFC 155, suffering his first UFC loss and losing his championship belt.

Anyone who has ever endured divorce knows that it is among the most disruptive things a person can endure. Randy Couture attributed his poor showing in his second and third bouts with Chuck Liddell to the divorce he was going through at the time.

Best wishes to Junior and Vilsana as they go through this difficult passage in their lives.

SBN coverage of UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II


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Nate Wilcox
Nate Wilcox

Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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