Junior dos Santos

Junior dos Santos is the kind of heavyweight I will always root for. A boxer-first striker out of small-town Brazil who climbed to the UFC title, he fought with a directness that thrills me, looking for the finish rather than grinding out a decision. Cigano, his nickname, fits the warm grin that hides a brutal right hand. What I respect most is the longevity and the willingness to take damage in pursuit of spectacle. Now coaching the next generation, he stays loyal to the sport that made him. That devotion, win or lose, is what greatness in fighting really looks like.

Name (English)

Junior dos Santos

Name (Japanese)

ジュニオール・ドス・サントス

Reading

じゅにおーる・どす・さんとす

Born

January 30, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rat

Origin

Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Height

190 cm

Occupation

boxer / mixed martial arts fighter / coach

• Official sitehttp://www.juniordossantos.com.br
• Xhttps://x.com/junior_cigano
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior%20dos%20Santos
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437577

Tags

• Santa Catarina
• boxer
• mixed martial arts fighter
• coach

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.