ROUNDTABLE: Does Junior dos Santos have another heavyweight title run in him?

Does Junior dos Santos have another heavyweight title run in him? What does he need to do to get there?

Frank Hyden, Columnist – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

I think he can get back to a title shot, but I don’t know about winning the title. The guys at the top of the title picture are top-notch and JDS has taken a lot of punishment over the years. It’s heavyweight so never say never, but it doesn’t seem likely. If he wins one more fight, he’s almost guaranteed a title shot. I can’t imagine the UFC not giving him a title shot with another win. As long as he stays healthy JDS has at least one more run in him, I think.

Sean Covington, Columnist – Covington’s Corner

Yes, Junior dos Santos has another strong run as champion left in him. The opponents are there, he has crazy knockout power and if he gets the title I don’t see a ton of guys that could take it from him.

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Michael Hiscoe, MMATorch Managing Editor

I wrote about this earlier this week a little more in depth, but yes, I think Junior dos Santos does have another title run left in him. I don’t think he’s going to get a chance to make it happen though. With Daniel Cormier on top and Jon Jones and Brock Lesnar waiting in the wings, there’s a long lineup of contenders in front of Dos Santos. The best thing he can do to try and secure a title shot is to keep winning and take fights against top-level opponents. Fighting Francis Ngannou next would be a good start and then potentially a rematch with Stipe Miocic. Winning those two fights would make it very difficult for UFC to deny him a title shot.