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       Josh Barnett wants Junior dos Santos
   DIR By: Noctrnl
       Date: June 19, 2014, 9:53 pm
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  HTML http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/6/18/5822556/josh-barnett-calls-for-a-fight-against-junior-dos-santos
       Josh Barnett has yet to make his presence felt within the UFC
       heavyweight division in 2014, but if he gets his wish, that
       issue will soon be rectified.
       According to a report from MMAFighting.com's Ariel Helwani on
       UFC Tonight, "The Warmaster" is eyeing a potential contenders
       fight against former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos
       as his first challenge of the new year.
       "To get a shot at title, you would have to go through Junior
       sooner or later," Barnett's manager, Leland Lebarre, told
       Helwani. "So let's get it done now. This is the path back to the
       title."
       Though he may be one of the few remaining active members of the
       old guard, Barnett (33-7) remains a viable and entertaining
       contender in a relatively shallow heavyweight division. He is
       currently listed at No. 5 on the UFC's official rankings.
       After 11 years spent competing virtually everywhere but inside
       the Octagon, Barnett returned to his original stomping grounds
       in late-August, dropping Frank Mir with a hard knee to the head
       to add another first-round stoppage to his lengthy résumé more
       than a decade after he stopped Randy Couture to claim the UFC
       heavyweight championship.
       Barnett most recently fought six months ago at UFC 168, where he
       suffered a brutal 60-second TKO loss under a hailstorm of elbows
       from Travis Browne. He has been conspicuously absent since,
       though his career ledger -- which includes largely successful
       stops in Pride FC, Affliction and Strikeforce, drug testing
       failures aside -- still stands as an impressive timeline through
       the sport's history.
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