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UFC QUOTABLES: Junior Dos Santos "outraged" by Cain Velasquez's injury and delay, wants Interim Title shot
Dec 31, 2010 - 11:35:22 AM UFC QUOTABLES: Junior Dos Santos "outraged" by Cain Velasquez's injury and delay, wants Interim Title shot

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"I'm really outraged. How does a person leaves a fight versus Brock Lesnar in perfect physical condition and then get hurt without being in training? The last news I heard about Velasquez, he was riding in Mexico. How did he get injured?

I'm in the best moment of my career, training heavily and working hard to put on the fight of my life, and all of a sudden, this is postponed for eight months. That's unfair.

I'm five months without fighting, fighting is my life, not just because I love doing it, but also because I need to fight for a living. I don't make as much money as the top fighters, so I really need to work.

"Of course it would be fantastic to face Velasquez at 'UFC Rio', in August, but I can't keep myself one year away from the Octagon only waiting for his recovering… so I do think what would be most fair, would be Dana gives me the opportunity to fight for an interim belt."

-Junior Dos Santos talks to Portal Vale Tudo (translated by Fighter's Only) about Cain Velasquez's injury and wanting a shot at an interim title.

Penick's Analysis: Dos Santos won't be given an interim title shot, not with Velasquez just winning the title in October. If Velasquez is out of action longer than this summer, Dos Santos may be in the mix, but he'll probably take a fight this spring in the hopes that Velasquez can return by August for UFC Rio. Also, initial reports are that Velasquez did injure himself in the Lesnar fight, and that it took an MRI just recently performed to reveal the extent of the injury. I doubt there's anything more insidious going on than that, but injuries outside of the training room have happened to fighters in the past. But, I understand Dos Santos' frustration with this delay, though I still think he'll get a big fight in the spring.