Stipe Miocic flattens Junior dos Santos with vicious first round TKO
Another European Champion
DALLAS — Stipe Miocic is still the baddest man on the planet after his fifth straight knockout as he avenged his last loss with a vicious first round finish over former champion Junior dos Santos on Saturday night.
It’s been more than two years since Miocic tasted defeat but on that night in December 2014 he fell in a unanimous decision to dos Santos after a grueling five round war.
Since then, Miocic not only redefined himself as the best heavyweight in the world but he hasn’t allowed the judges to even render a decision while tearing through the top fighters in the world in his division.
As confident as Miocic was about his rematch with dos Santos, he still knew the Brazilian was very heavy-handed with some of the best boxing the UFC has ever seen.
Still, Miocic immediately established himself as the aggressor by stalking dos Santos across the cage while looking to land his sledgehammer-like punches.
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