Dos Santos training with Nogueira in the US

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Marcelo Alonso

Scheduled to face Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic at UFC 103, which happens on September 19th, Junior "Cigano" dos Santos is making a pilgrimage for good trainings. After training in Rio de Janeiro for a month and going to Bahia, the fighter travels to Los Angeles next weekend to assist Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira’s trainings to fight Randy Couture, at the previous event.

"On Sunday I’ll go to Los Angeles to train with Rodrigo, who will fight in August 29th, and I’ll stay there until the day of my fight", revealed the Brazilian, which is confident in the victory of his countryman. "Rodrigo is the phenomenon that everyone knows. He’ll turn things around this complication and is very well... He went down in weight, is training a lot! I’ll do some sparring with him, do the fight part. I'm sure he’ll win, and I believe in a submission", bets “Cigano”.