October 12, 2009, at 10:22 pm
It looks like this fight could be a number one contender match to see who is going to face the winner of the Shane Carwin/Brock Lesnar. Here’s the news, as always, courtesy of MMA Weekly:
Heavyweights Junior Dos Santos and Gabriel Gonzaga are expected to meet at UFC 108 on Jan. 2 in Las Vegas.
Multiple sources on Monday told MMAWeekly.com that the fight has been agreed to and contracts are expected to be signed shortly. Fiveknuckles.com was first to report the pairing on Sunday. The bout has yet to be officially announced by the UFC.
Sources tell MMAWeekly.com that the match-up is expected to groom the next contender for the heavyweight title.
Dos Santos (10-1) last month emerged from a starmaking turn against Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic at UFC 103 in Dallas. The 25-year-old Brazilian battered Filipovic with a crisp striking attack that caused the former Pride champion to quit with three minutes left in the 15-minute bout. It was his second upset victory since taking to the Octagon at UFC 90, where he knocked out the highly touted Fabricio Werdum in the first round.
The two Brazilians both would provide interesting matchups for the potential heavyweight champs. Gonzaga is big enough to hang in with either Carwin or Lesnar. His jiu-jitsu is among the top of the heavyweights, and his striking is sharp enough to give either wrestler problems. Dos Santos is more of a striker, but is coming off a destruction of MMA Legend Mirko Cro Cop. His other two UFC fights both ended in the first two minutes.
This fight should be very interesting. While Dos Santos is a striker by trade, he also is a black belt in BJJ under the Nogueira brothers. If it goes to the ground, I’d give to advantage to Gonzaga. If it stands. then I’ll take Dos Santos via stoppage.
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