Mma Profile: Junior Dos Santos

By Author: Orlando Bray
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Junior Dos Santos is a professional mixed martial arts fighter. He is from Santa Catarina, Brazil. Mixed martial arts have become especially popular in Brazil. With the popularity of the sport in Brazil there are many people that have taken up the sport. This increasing number of participants has fostered a lot of talent that comes out of Brazil to challenge the other best fighters in the world. Without doubt, Junior Dos Santos fits into that group of the best fighters in the world.

Dos Santos is known for his tremendous kick boxing skills. Kick boxing is of course a highly competitive sport. It is tough to be the best at that sport because a simple kick landed in the right spot can put an opponent out. Dos Santos has shown just how skilled he is at the sport. In his kickboxing career he has never lost a single fight. He has won 18 fights without ever meeting a challenger that could show him something that he could not handle.

He has taken onto Ultimate Fighting. Ultimate Fighting is growing in popularity around the world. Dos Santos currently takes part in the highest level of Ultimate Fighting in the world. This ...
... league of fighting is called the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is commonly known as the UFC.

In his career in the UFC he has seen a tremendous amount of success. He has fought 13 fights in the league to this point. In his 13 fights he has managed to win 12 so far. 11 of those wins have come in impressive fashion.

Of his 12 wins he has knocked out his opponent 8 times. These 8 knockouts are coupled with the 3 submission victories that he has taken home along the way. Only once in his career has he won a fight by decision.

His only loss came early in his career. He was fighting in a lesser league and dropped a fight in a rematch against a fighter that he had already beaten.

To start out his UFC career he showed everyone what he was made of. He was scheduled to take on a much more highly rated fighter in Fabricio Werdum. Werdum was one of the top contenders. Dos Santos showed what he was all about and knocked out Werdum in the first round.

Through the first 5 fights of his UFC career he looked incredible. He showed striking ability that rivals any fighter in the world. His powerful hands and heavy blows make him a threat to any fighter that enters the ring to fight against him. He won each of his first 5 fights by way of stoppage. Stoppage is when you win the fight by submission or knockout before the rounds of the match have been exhausted.

His most recent match was the first time that any fighter in the UFC was able to go the distance against him. He was taking on Roy Nelson. Although Nelson stayed in the Match, Dos Santos managed to take home a unanimous victory. Dos Santos showed some skills that people didn't know that he had. He showed a takedown for the first time in his UFC career.

Dos Santos will soon have a shot at the heavyweight title. He is waiting for his turn, but it is likely that he will take on the next champion of the division. Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez will square off first to decide who the champion is.

AUTHOR:-
Orlando Bray writes reviews on various sporting events including the MMA betting odds. In this piece of write up, the author highlights one of the most popular sports MMA and MMA betting tips. The author also takes the readers opinion on how Mixed martial arts betting online occurs.