COCONUT CREEK, Fla. – Thiago Santos isn’t getting down on himself despite a string of results not going his way. Santos (21-9 MMA, 13-8 UFC), a former UFC light heavyweight title challenger, has gone from taking Jon Jones to the first split decision of his career in July 2019 to sitting on a three-fight losing skid as the middle of 2021 approaches. Those losses came to Jones, Glover Teixeira and Aleksandar Rakic, though, so it’s hard for “Marreta” to feel like he’s on a downward trajectory. “I feel I’m going up and not down,” Santos recently told MMA Junkie
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UFC’s Thiago Santos defiant about three-fight skid: ‘I’m going up and not down’ – MMA Junkie