Assuming Alistair Overeem doesn’t get his license to fight at UFC 146, what’s next for champ Junior dos Santos? HeavyMMA’s Duane Finley looks at the candidates.
HeavyMMA’s mixed martial arts rankings are back this week with a look at the heavyweight division, which is ruled over by UFC champion Junior dos Santos, who defends his belt next month against No. 2-ranked Alistair Overeem.
UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos was a massive underdog in his UFC debut against Fabricio Werdum. But his life changed with one giant right uppercut. Check out the video of Cigano’s breakthrough moment ahead of the full episode at UFC.com in May.
UFC 143, which featured a welterweight interim title bout between Carlos Condit and Nick Diaz, drew 9,005 fans for a live gate of just under $2.4 million.
Nick Diaz took home a paycheck for $200,000 for his five-round loss to Carlos Condit in the main event of UFC 143 on Saturday. Condit made $110,000 for the win.
Dana White, new interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit, Josh Koscheck and other stars of UFC 143 talk Saturday’s card at the post-fight news conference.