UFC heavyweight Junior dos Santos has spent seven months training at Florida’s American Top Team. Now, the Brazilian big man has called for some assistance from back home.
Luiz Dorea, dos Santos’ mentor and first trainer, will this week travel to Coconut Creek, Fla., to assist the former champion in final preparations for his April 10 bout against Ben Rothwell. Dorea recently spoke with Sherdog.com about returning to help his pupil.
“I’ll [fly] to Florida on March 10 to help ‘Cigano’ keep his hands sharp, something I’m really excited about and happy to do,” said Dorea, who has not worked with dos Santos since his second loss to Cain Velasquez in October 2013.