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Junior dos Santos Expects to Be Fully Cleared to Train in July Following Knee Surgery

After Fabricio Werdum’s impressive win over Cain Velasquez at UFC 188, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos began to dream of a title shot again.

"That fight between Werdum and Velasquez brought a new life to the division. It was particularly good to me because every time I talked about a fourth fight against Velasquez, people start to question that I didn’t deserve to face him again,” dos Santos told Sherdog.com following the UFC 188 headliner. “Once I was the No. 1 in the rankings, I felt I was fighting more against politics and that was pretty demoralizing.