Former UFC heayvweight champion Junior dos Santos is going through the worst stretch of his professional MMA career. After his knockout loss to Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 252, ‘Cigano’ finds himself on a three-fight skid for the first time in a 29-fight resume. In fact, before 2020, JDS had never lost back-to-back bouts.
The Rozenstruik loss came right after TKO losses to both Francis Ngannou and Curtis Blaydes, putting Junior in a difficult spot regarding his next move. In an interview with MMA Fighting, Cigano admits to not following the gameplan his team came up with for him, but did not expect things to go awry so quickly.