Junior Cigano and his team at Salvador, Brazil airport (Photo posted on his Twitter account)

After toiling away to make it to his showdown with former heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez in 100 percent shape, Junior dos Santos never imagined he’d still have some more suffering to do before arriving at his Las Vegas destination.

The Brazilian missed his flight to the United States on Christmas Eve. “Because of the whim of the airline the week has started out awfully for me. It would be easy to shrug it off if I didn’t have an important fight coming up on Saturday. TAM lied and told its customers that the airport was closed, and for reasons unknown to me, they made life rough on me,” Cigano posted on Twitter.

“TAM ruined my trip. It took me six hours of flying to get from Salvador to São Paulo, and then I missed my flight to Vegas. Major lack of respect. This is an outrage,” added the fighter, who finally arrived in the United States today.

Check out the following video of Cigano going through his preparations for his December 29 showdown with Cain Velasquez:

UFC 155
MGM Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
December 29, 2012

Junior Cigano vs. Cain Velasquez
Jim Miller vs. Joe Lauzon
Tim Boetsch vs. Costa Philippou
Yushin Okami vs. Alan Belcher
Chris Leben vs. Karlos Vemola
Brad Pickett vs. Eddie Wineland
Erik Perez vs. Byron Bloodworth
Michael Johnson vs. Myles Jury
Leonard Garcia vs. Cody Mckenzie
Phil de Fries vs. Todd Duffee

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Junior Cigano e sua equipe no aeroporto de Salvador. Foto: Reprodução Twitter

Após ralar muito para chegar 100% para a luta contra o ex-campeão Cain Velasquez, Junior Cigano não sabia que teria de sofrer mais um pouco antes de chegar a Las Vegas.

O catarinense radicado na Bahia perdeu o voo para os Estados Unidos na noite de Natal. “Por um capricho da companhia aérea a semana começa pessimamente para mim. Seria simples deixar-pra-lá, se eu não tivesse uma luta tão importe sábado. A TAM mentiu que o aeroporto estava fechado para os clientes e, por uma razão que ainda desconheço, complicou a minha vida”, escreveu Cigano no Twitter.

“A TAM arruinou minha viagem. Levei seis horas de voo de Salvador para São Paulo e perdi meu voo para Vegas. Falta de respeito total. Estou revoltado, é um absurdo”, completou o lutador, que chega hoje aos Estados Unidos.

Relembre como foi a preparação de Cigano, no vídeo do UFC abaixo. O UFC 155 será transmitido ao vivo pelo canal Combate.

UFC 155
MGM Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
29 de dezembro de 2012

Junior Cigano vs Cain Velasquez
Jim Miller vs Joe Lauzon
Tim Boetsch vs Costa Philippou
Yushin Okami vs Alan Belcher
Chris Leben vs Karlos Vemola
Brad Pickett vs Eddie Wineland
Erik Perez vs Byron Bloodworth
Michael Johnson vs Myles Jury
Leonard Garcia vs Cody Mckenzie
Phil de Fries vs Todd Duffee