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Thiago Santos: Elias Theodorou won’t 'handle the pain'

Coming off a stunning 29-second knockout over middleweight prospect Steve Bosse at UFC Fight Night 70 in June, "Marreta" faces another rising Canadian on Thursday night in Las Vegas, and sees him as just another opponent on his way en route to the top.

"You get more motivated when you’re coming off wins, but I have a goal," Santos told MMAFighting.com. "I didn’t enter the UFC to be just another one. I have a goal in my life. I’m motivated to get past every obstacle they put in front of me, and Elias Theodorou is another obstacle I have to walk over.