In Italian the word for Gypsy is Zingaro which sounds just like the Brazilian word Cigano. Why does he have this name? I ask this in a sensitive manner and wish not to offend, but since I plan to wager a large amount on Junior, I would like to know whether the curses and hexes will be cast for him or against him.
Brazilians or Roma/Romany/Rom people please assist me with this potential wrinkle in the Lupo lock system.
I could make an argument that the curse was on Cain in the first fight and 2 Saints in the second, who will be cursed on saturday?
He had really long hair when he first started training so they called him Cygano because I guess he looked like a gypsy. There's an old picture of him with his long hair on the internet somewhere. 
In an interview with Combate, dos Santos gave the down-low on where the nickname came from:
"When I had long hair, I used to tie it back. So the guys would say I would look like the 'gypsy.' I used to hate that, but the less you like a nickname, the more it sticks. Sure enough, that's what happened."
source:
http://www.mmamania.com/2011/11/12/2554572/ufc-on-fox-junior-dos-santos-talks-about-the-origin-of-his-nickname
TTT 
gitane, in french
up here they just say 'gyppo.' not that there are any real romany around, it might be used like:
"Jim Beam came home drunk again and his wife threw him out, now he's got a gyppo shack off of Marijuana Avenue."
signifying a cheap and impermanent structure.
what's so crazy is that his hair looks so thin/receding that it's hard to imagine him with hair...much less long locks of power!
I don't know if I'm buying his story. Tricky, tricky, they can be
john joe - there was a character on a massive tv soap opera, he was called 'the gypsy' , he was a long-haired guy and JDS' training partners said he looked like him
Ahhhh
john joe - there was a character on a massive tv soap opera, he was called 'the gypsy' , he was a long-haired guy and JDS' training partners said he looked like himGrazie Mille. So no curses, may the best man win.