UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos has been signed by Nike according to the fighter’s official Facebook page:
Junior Champion Gypsy is the new Nike hired. The UFC heavyweight champion will rise to the Octagon to defend his title in December 29 in Las Vegas, wearing Nike, his new sponsor. The company confirmed on Monday that the Brazilian is your newest hired. The agreement between Gypsy and the enterprise sports began when he signed a contract with Corinthians, which is also sponsored by Nike, to make the Club paulista part of his preparation for the fight against Cain Velasquez.”The Gypsy is a Junior high level athlete and rely on it in the Nike Team is an honor. A tip is never satisfied. He always wants more: more WINS, more titles, better products. This is the energy that moves the brand, ” said Louis Alexander, Director of sports marketing for Nike in Brazil, in a statement to the press. With the new contract, junior Cigano is equal to two other champions: Anderson Silva, MMA fighter, and Jon Jones, the sport’s biggest name in the u.s., also have agreements with the largest sporting goods company in the world. Nike did not disclose whether the contract with the Brazilian will be restricted to the national market or if it also involves promotional activities outside of Brazil.
