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Matthew Wells

Junior Dos Santos explains importance of ending rivalry, becoming friends with Fabricio Werdum

Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos is glad to be able to move past differences with a fellow former Brazilian champ.

In 2008, Dos Santos made his UFC debut against Fabricio Werdum. Dos Santos finished Werdum in just 81 seconds, marking an exit from the promotion, and thus sparking a bitter rivalry. Werdum would return to the UFC four years later, but didn’t cross paths with Dos Santos.

Their second meeting would come 15 years after the first at Gamebred Bareknuckle 5. Dos Santos once again claimed victory, but the fight went o the scorecards as they were both trying to figure out how to best operate without gloves. More importantly for Dos Santos, that allowed him to clear some things up during the fight.

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