The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 2 welterweight champion Leonardo Santos is finally back after almost three years away from the Octagon.
Paired up against Stevie Ray at UFC Stockholm, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu blackbelt is still undefeated in his UFC career, where he has five wins and one draw, but hasn’t stepped into the Octagon since October 2016. In an interview with Combate, Santos explained how it felt to finally be able to come back after all this time and the challenges of a long layoff.
“I think my biggest challenge is against myself. It’s the returning.