Lesnar's BJJ coach talks Velasquez, Dos Santos

Rodrigo Comprido, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt and BJJ coach to Brock Lesnar among others, has given his thoughts on Lesnar’s next fights. Lesnar faces Cain Velasquez at UFC 121 and if he retains the UFC heavyweight title, will face Junior Dos Santos after that.

Speaking to Tatame, he first gave his thoughts on the fight with Velasquez. The Mexican-American is undefeated at 8-0 and has a wrestling background.

“Of course I will not be able to anticipate what the strategy used by Velasquez will be, but I see Cain trying to use his physical attributes, because he has a very good gas and I believe will be fighting the whole time, will punch, will move, kick, doing it all ... Maybe he will try a single leg on the outside, I suppose that is the strategy of Velasquez,” Comprido said. “It is obvious that he can come with a surprise and so can we. He's a more complete fighter than Carwin.”

As for a possible fight with Dos Santos, who is undefeated in the UFC and has a 12-1 record, Comprido said that the man known as ’Cigano’ (The Gypsy) is not to be underestimated.
 
“I think we have to take one step at a time. I saw the fights of the Gypsy and I think he is a good athlete, he will no way be bad on the floor because he does jiu-jitsu for some time and trains with the Nogueira brothers and Demian [Maia], he is certainly not a fool on the floor,” was his assessment.

“Gypsy has heavy hands, is very strong, and in time we will review it thoroughly. The UFC has the best heavyweights in the world and Brock knows that… The level is very high and whoever is coming in brings pressure. Everybody wants to beat Brock, who is the champion.”

UFC 121 takes place on October 23rd, 2010 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, United States.

UFC 121 MAIN CARD

• Champ Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez (for heavyweight title)
• Martin Kampmann vs. Jake Shields
• Diego Sanchez vs. Paulo Thiago
• Matt Hamill vs. Tito Ortiz
• Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Brendan Schaub