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.