In an interview with Combate , dos Santos gave the down-low on where the nickname came from:. The plot of the show centered around the love triangle formed by the protagonists and addressed the culture of the gypsies in Brazil.
Ironically enough, Macchi actually spent some time studying boxing and is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu BJJ purple belt. He stopped training in when his soap opera career began to take off. It's a silly nickname. Not quite what you'd expect for a man who essentially knocks people out for a living. The fact that dos Santos is still willing to put up with the good-natured ribbing just goes to show how much of a gentle giant he is.
But, is he too nice? Unfortunately, UFC saw what it needed to see from dos Santos over the past two years to cut him alongside fellow heavyweight standout Alistair Overeem. The history we did in there and everything else, the dedication and how everything have always played out, was totally disregarded. Not to ask anything or know anything. He lost via second-round TKO. Dos Santos, 37, is eager to get back into action as soon as possible.
We got good offers already. But Dos Santos was frightening once again, taking less than four minutes to finish his opponent. It was time for a move up, and he was ready for it. After the Nelson bout, Dos Santos was introduced to an entirely new audience as a coach on season 13 of The Ultimate Fighter, and new fans immediately gravitated to him thanks to his affable personality and ever present smile.
The prize at the end of the six weeks of taping was going to be a UFC bout with Brock Lesnar, but another bout with diverticulitis took Lesnar out of the bout. In stepped local hero and two-time heavyweight boss Frank Mir, but despite having a vastly different style than Overeem, Dos Santos adjusted seamlessly, keeping the bout standing until he ended it via knockout in the second round.
After losing his title to the man he took it from, Cain Velasquez, at UFC , Dos Santos got back in line for a shot at the belt with a Fight of the Night win over Mark Hunt that ended with a spinning heel kick knockout in the third and final round.
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