SAMBA SCHOOL: UFC RIOâ„¢




UFC titleholder Junior Dos Santos on Thursday led a group of UFC personalities to Rio de Janeiro’s Mangueira Samba School, where the champ, along with UFC octagon girls Arianny Celeste and Chandella Powell, took part in the time-honored tradition of Carnival preparation.”The people have shown me so much appreciation, and when they show they want to get to know me, it makes me very happy,” Dos Santos told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “Mangueira is a very humble neighborhood, and it’s a pleasure to be here and spending some time with the people.”Carnival is an annual festival in Brazil held 46 days before Easter. Rio Carnival 2012 begins on Feb. 17.Thursday’s visit, part of the pre-fight activities for this weekend’s UFC 142 event in Brazil, was one of Dos Santos’ first UFC-organized appearances in his native country since defeating Cain Velasquez this past November and capturing the heavyweight title. UFC executives said the visit to Mangueira Samba School, the city’s oldest such organization, was organized to allow Dos Santos to connect with fans in addition to strengthening the bond of the promotion with the Brazilian community.


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