SAO PAULO – UFC middleweight Thiago Santos signed on to fight Jimi Manuwa to see if he could withstand a light heavyweight slugger’s punch. Santos (19-6 MMA, 11-5 UFC) didn’t sign up to face a wrestler. So when Manuwa (17-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) tore his hamstring and was replaced by Eryk Anders (11-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) on just six days’ notice, Santos’ preparation was thrown out the window. Anders’ status as a career middleweight made it easier to take the fight, but Santos still hasn’t forgotten about Manuwa after his third-round TKO in the headliner of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 137. “I’m going to send him a message right now,” Santos said after stopping Anders in the FS1-televised headliner at Ibirapuera Gymnasium. “I hope he recovers really well, and as soon as possible.
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Thiago ‘Marreta’ Santos shifts focus back to Jimi Manuwa after UFC Fight Night 137 win – MMA Junkie