Dos Santos speaks about Carwin “He’s very dangerous, but I’ll bet on my speed”

By Rob Billington. 

Junior Dos Santos is on the brink of getting a title shot, initially he was supposed to fight rival TUF coach, Brock Lesnar, but a recurring bout of Diverticulitis has sidelined his former opponent for the foreseeable future.

It was announced last week that Dos Santos had a new opponent, Shane Carwin. Carwin was pulled from his fight with Elmeno to go to war with JDS and likely become number one contender if he can get through him.

Junior knows the risks of facing Carwin, speaking to Tatame, he discusses the match up..

Via Tatame

“He’s very dangerous, but I’ll bet on my speed. I’m sure I’ll put on a great show up there”, said the friendly fighter, claiming to be ready to go, and wishing for a quick recovery of Lesnar. “Unfortunately he had that disease again, it must be pretty serious, and I wish him all the luck he can have. For what I could know about him, he’s a nice guy”.

I think Carwin vs JDS is probably a better fight than the original match up. We all know that Lesnar has a severe deficiency on the feet, whereas Carwin has lethal hands and solid wrestling (regardless if we've seen it or not). 

This fight should be Dos Santos' if he keeps his distance and utilizes he superior boxing. While Carwin is a devastating KO artist, he isn't what you would call technically proficient. 

The two will face of on June 11th at UFC 131