Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior Dos Santos will face Derrick Lewis in the main event of UFC Fight Night Wichita.
Like many in the heavyweight division, Dos Santos aims to become the UFC Heavyweight champion once again, which at the moment, is held by Daniel Cormier.
While Cormier will return to the octagon to defend his belt once he heals from his injuries, his next challenger still remains a mystery at the moment. The current Heavyweight champion still has his eye on the money fight against Brock Lesnar, who's currently scheduled to be with the WWE until WrestleMania 35.
There’s no word on what the future holds for Lesnar once he finishes at WrestleMania, but most likely the Universal champion will get an immediate championship match should he decide to return to the octagon, which has drawn the ire of many in the MMA community, including Dos Santos himself:
“This thing where Daniel Cormier wants to fight Brock Lesnar; I know he wants to make money, but it doesn’t make any sense,” Dos Santos told
MMA Junkie.
“The only one who wants to see that fight or make that fight is him. Nobody else wants to see that. Of course Brock Lesnar he’s a very polemic guy so people like to watch him and they pay to watch him, that’s why he wants to fight him. But man, that would be ridiculous to have him back in the sport and have him fighting for the title already. It would be kind of disrespect to all of us in the sport and even with the organization. I don’t think that’s the thing to make, but whatever. Politics are politics.”
Of course, Dos Santos hopes that a win against Lewis will propel him to #1 contender status for the Heavyweight title:
“I will win here and I would be very glad to face Daniel Cormier,” Dos Santos said. “Daniel Cormier is a different champion. He has achieved some amazing things in his career and for me it would be very nice to be facing him. I hope I could be the next one, but I don’t really care. What I really want is to keep myself active. I want to fight as soon as possible after this victory and whatever happens in this career, I know my title shot is coming very soon.”
UFC Fight Night Wichita takes place on Saturday, March 9 from the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas with Derrick Lewis and Junior Dos Santos headlining.