Show all 6 episodes. Dos Santos Cerrone 2 Miocic Self as Junior Cigano. Dos Santos III Silva TV Special Self. Velasquez 2 TV Special Self. Mir TV Special Self. Self - Judge as Junior Cigano. Carwin TV Special Self. Sonnen TV Special Self. Jones TV Special Self. Belfort TV Special Self. Stevenson TV Special Self. Cote TV Special Self. Hide Show Archive footage 1 credit. Related Videos. Edit Did You Know? They were scheduled to face each other on 11 June , at UFC , but Lesnar pulled out of the bout due to a recurrence of diverticulitis and was replaced by Shane Carwin.
Dos Santos dominated Carwin and defeated him via unanimous decision 30—27, 30—27, and 30—26 , relying predominantly on his boxing skills, but showed more variety in his game by landing a couple of kicks and completing two takedowns in the third round. He defeated Velasquez in 64 seconds of the first round via KO to win the UFC Heavyweight Championship He dropped Velasquez with an overhand right and finished him off with a series of punches.
The performance also earned him his third "Knockout of the Night" award. After the fight, it was revealed that he had a torn meniscus in his knee; he subsequently underwent a successful knee surgery.
Jones by knockout in the first round. The fight saw dos Santos use a variety of strikes and, for the first time, a successful takedown. Despite dos Santos' striking ability, Nelson was able to stay in the fight, resulting in the fight going to decision.
Dos Santos won via unanimous decision 30—26, 30—27, and 30— Following the win, dos Santos was expected to challenge Cain Velasquez for the heavyweight title. However, a torn rotator cuff suffered by Velasquez sidelined the champion for nearly a year.
Returning on 21 February at UFC 95 he fought promotional newcomer Stefan Struve , defeating him at fifty-four seconds of the first round by knockout. During the third round Dos Santos dominated Cro Cop in the clinch with knee strikes and punches. A knee from the clinch and a right uppercut apparently caused damage to Mirko's left eye, causing him to verbally submit. However, Gonzaga pulled out of the bout on 25 November due to a staph infection. Instead, on 2 January , dos Santos fought Gilbert Yvel , winning the fight via TKO at two minutes and seven seconds of the first round.
Dos Santos turned professional in at the age of He won six of his first seven bouts, suffering his only loss to Joaquim Ferreira , a fighter he had previously beaten. Dos Santos and his two siblings were raised by a single mother, Maria, after his alcoholic father Sebastian left the family in mids.
He started to work at the age of ten in order to help his family. He trained Capoeira throughout his teenage years before his first serious contact with martial arts happened at the age of 21, when he began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Yuri Carlton.
After only six months of training, dos Santos won a few jiu-jitsu tournaments in Salvador. As of 9 September , he is 4 in the UFC heavyweight rankings. Junior dos Santos Fighter. His wife is Isadora Santos m. Junior dos Santos fans also viewed:. In the second UFC fight for Junior dos Santos, he picked up right where he left off in his first fight. He faced Stefan Struve, and in less than a minute, dos Santos had finished off Struve after dropping him—more than once. Dos Santos would get a serious step up in competition as he faced Cro Cop in his next fight.
Yvel was making his debut, but it was not meant to be any walk in the park, as had a record of [1 NC], and had just knocked out former UFC heavyweight title challenger, Pedro Rizzo. Yvel landed a head kick that JDS was able to brush off, and a short time after, both fighters threw vicious left hooks. In the debut of dos Santos, he faced off against Fabricio Werdum, who was likely one or two wins away from a title shot at the time.
In just 81 seconds, JDS would shock the MMA world, as he knocked out Werdum with a vicious uppercut, and sent him face-first into the mat.
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