Junior Dos Santos vs Cain Velasquez 2 UFC results

Junior Dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez Heavyweight 2 CHAMPIONSHIP Fight UFC

Junior Dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez UFC Championship Fight. Highlights. Results

UFC Heavyweight Champion Jr. Dos Santos

UFC Heavyweight Champion

 Very ‘Chuck Liddell Like’

When looking at UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos‘ record inside the Octagon, it’s a pretty impressive list of victories.

The Brazilian started out on day one facing countryman Fabricio Werdum, who was at the time a top ten heavyweight and considered an extremely tough test for any fighter, much less someone making his UFC debut.

Dos Santos knocked him out in the first round.

From there Dos Santos went on to wreak havoc in the UFC’s biggest division picking up wins over Stefan Struve, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Gilbert Yvel, Gabriel Gonzaga, Roy Nelson, Shane Carwin, and then his title fight win over Cain Velasquez.

He now faces former K-1 Grand Prix champion Alistair Overeem for his first title defense, but despite his impressive accolades, UFC president Dana White is still very interested to see how he fares with such a difficult stylistic match-up.

“For me, the  question is how is Dos Santos going to deal with the kicks and the knees and the elbows? Since he’s been in the UFC, I’ve never seen him have to deal with that. It’s stuff that he’s going to have to deal with from Alistair Overeem,” White said recently.

White believes that Dos Santos has emulated another of his favorite fighters in Chuck Liddell thus far in his UFC career. Now that is of course a compliment, but it also raises some questions about Dos Santos’ readiness to face a striker as dangerous as Overeem.

“He’s fought a pretty one-dimensional fight, he’s fought very Chuck Liddell like in that he’s great at defending the takedown, he drops bombs, he throws heavy punches, but he’s never dealt with anybody who’s going to throw kicks and knees and work in the clinch the way that Alistair Overeem does,” White stated.

“I’m real curious to see how Junior Dos Santos is planning on dealing with that.”

There’s no question that Overeem’s striking credentials are almost unmatched when it comes to heavyweights competing in MMA.

A devastating power puncher with nasty knees and serious knockout power, Overeem won the 2010 K-1 Grand Prix in kickboxing, and in his UFC debut he punished former champion Brock Lesnar with a body kick before finishing him on the ground with strikes.

Overeem presents a set of skills that Dos Santos might not have seen before in the Octagon, but will it matter?

Tune in to UFC 146 in May to find out.

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14-1-0( W-L-D )

 

Skill Breakdown

Charts are compiled based on results from all fights.

Total Fights:	9
Record:	14-1-0
Summary:	Boxing, strength

Fighter Info

Nickname:	Cigano
From:	Santa Catarina Brazil
Fights Out Of:	Salvador, Bahia Brazil
Age:	28
Height:	6' 4" ( 193 cm )
Weight:	238 lb ( 108 kg )

Media

1. 
   Highlights from the UFC 146 event announcement with Dana White plus heavyweights Junior dos Santos, Alistair Overeem, Cain Velasquez, Frank Mir, Roy Nelson and Antonio Silva.
   Mar 27, 2012
2. 
   RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JANUARY 13: UFC 142 Weigh In at HSBC Arena on January 13, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
   Jan 13, 2012
3. 
   UFC 142 Open Workouts at Barra de Tijuca Beach on January 11, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
   Jan 11, 2012
4. 
   Heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos takes on fellow striker Pat Barry in an intense game of UFC Undisputed 3.
   Dec 29, 2011

All Junior Dos Santos Media

TOTAL ATTEMPTED STRIKES

0

737

47% SUCCESSFUL

349

TYPES OF SUCCESSFUL STRIKES

0

349

75% STANDING

12%

13%

263

42

44

STRIKING DEFENSE

The percentage of total strikes avoided

TOTAL TAKEDOWNS

0

4

75% SUCCESSFUL

3

GRAPPLING TOTALS BY TYPE

SUBM.

PASSES

SWEEPS

0

1

0

TAKEDOWN DEFENSE

The percentage of total takedowns avoided

Result	Fighters	Event	Str	TD	Sub	Pass	Method	Replay
	Cain Velasquez	UFC® on Fox: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos Nov 12, 2011	7	0	0	0	R1 KO/TKO
	Junior Dos Santos		8	0	0	0
WIN	Shane Carwin	UFC® 131: DOS SANTOS vs. CARWIN Jun 11, 2011	20	1	0	0	R3 Decision - Unanimous
	Junior Dos Santos		88	2	0	1
WIN	Roy Nelson	UFC® 117: SILVA vs SONNEN Aug 7, 2010	40	0	0	0	R3 Decision - Unanimous	Watch
	Junior Dos Santos		130	1	0	0
WIN	Junior Dos Santos	UFC® on Versus: VERA vs JONES Mar 21, 2010	20	0	0	0	R1 KO/TKO	Watch
	Gabriel Gonzaga		9	1	0	0
WIN	Junior Dos Santos	UFC® 108: EVANS vs SILVA Jan 2, 2010	14	0	0	0	R1 KO/TKO	Watch
	Gilbert Yvel		3	0	0	0
WIN	Junior Dos Santos	UFC® 103: FRANKLIN vs BELFORT Sep 19, 2009	70	0	0	0	R3 Submission	Watch
	Mirko Cro Cop		22	0	0	0
WIN	Junior Dos Santos	UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson Feb 21, 2009	12	0	0	0	R1 KO/TKO
	Stefan Struve		0	0	0	0

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