Dos Santos: “Minotauro will submit Couture”

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Marcelo Alonso

After two stunning knockouts in the UFC, Junior dos Santos will face a knockout artist in the UFC 103, but before fighting Mirko Cro Cop, the Brazilian trains hard with Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira for his next fight in the octagon, against Randy Couture. At Black House HQ, in California, “Cigano” spoke with TATAME.com about the preparation for Nogueira’s fight.

“We’re doing the stand up training and boxing to work well on top, besides the ground game… We’ll go after the submission all the time, keep the fight dominated”, commented Junior, making his best for the UFC 102 main event.

"I believe in a submission. He’ll submit in the second or third round. But, I’ll tell you that we’re ready and focused. In fact, Rodrigo can also knock him out, but one thing is sure: we’ll leave with a victory”, guarantees the fighters. “The training are great, we’re training hard everyday, doing jiu-jitsu, muay thai, boxing, physical preparation... The training is 100%, everybody is in excellent shape here”, finished Dos Santos.