Cigano should defend his belt in December and asks for Overeem

Cigano should defend his belt in December and calls for a fight against Overeem

The Brazilian junior gypsy he should defend the UFC heavyweight belt in 2012. According to Dana White, president of the organization, the athlete from Santa Catarina should be on the card at the last event of this year, on December 29th, in Las Vegas. And according to the leader, Cigano asked that the challenger be the Dutchman alistair overeem, and not the North American Cain Velazquez, more likely to compete.

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“I sat with Cigano (Saturday). He's the nicest guy in the world, but he said 'I have a lot of respect for Cain Velazquez, I like him as a person and as a fighter and I think he deserves the title shot (belt fight), but I don't want to fight him. alistair overeem is an idiot. He said bad things about me, so I want to knock him out now,'” Dana White revealed.

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Overeem was scheduled to face Cigano at UFC 146 in May, but the fighter was caught in a drug test before the fight and ended up being replaced by Frank mir. Since then, Alistair, who is suspended until September 27th, has not missed the opportunity to provoke the Brazilian. The Dutchman even said in interviews that Cigano is afraid of facing him.

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In turn, Dana did not confirm that Overeem will indeed be the challenger for the belt, but guaranteed that he will take the Brazilian's opinion into account.

“He’s my heavyweight champion and one of those guys who always did what we asked. He never asked for anything. So when a guy like him asks for something, I have to consider it,” he said. “I have to talk to Cain, but he’s not the champion right now. Junior is. I'm not saying what will happen, I'm just saying what Junior said. He wants this fight”, concluded the director.