UFC 146 results: Junior dos Santos vs Frank Mir Fight (Full Video)

 


Junior dos Santos vs. Frank Mir
Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva
Lavar Johnson vs. Stefan Struve
Roy Nelson vs. Dave Herman
Stipe Miocic vs. Shane Del Rosario
Dan Hardy vs. Duane Ludwig
Edson Barboza vs. Jamie Varner
CB Dollaway vs. Jason Miller
Kyle Kingsbury vs. Glover Teixeira
Jacob Volkmann vs. Paul Sass
Darren Elkins vs. Diego Brandao
Mike Brown vs. Daniel Pineda

Main Card (Pay-Per-View):
- Junior "Cigano" dos Santos (239) vs. Frank Mir (261)
- Cain Velasquez (240) vs. Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva (264)
- Roy Nelson (254) vs. Dave "Pee-Wee" Herman (233)
- Shane Del Rosario (246) vs. Stipe Miocic (245)
- Stefan Struve (255) vs. "Big" Lavar Johnson (248)

Preliminary Bouts (FX):
- Diego Brandao (145) vs. Darren Elkins (145)
- Edson Barboza (155 vs. Jamie Varner (156)
- Jason "Mayhem" Miller (185) vs. C.B. Dollaway (186)
- Dan Hardy (170) vs. Duane “Bang” Ludwig (171)

Preliminary Bouts (Facebook):
- Jacob Volkmann (155) vs. Paul Sass (156)
- Kyle Kingsbury (205) vs. Glover Teixeira (204)
- Mike Brown (145) vs. Daniel Pineda (146)

Junior dos Santos successfully defended his heavyweight belt, using a second-round TKO to defeat Frank Mir in the main event of the UFC 146 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday night.

Dos Santos, who dominated the fight from the outset, turned aside a kick by Mir about two minutes into the second round and followed it up with a right hand. The blow knocked Mir down — and may have knocked him out briefly — although Dos Santos (15-1) landed one more punch before referee Herb Dean stopped the action.

“I’m feeling awesome, man,” Dos Santos said during the televised post-fight interview. “It’s amazing, you know. It’s not bad for a nice guy.”

Mir sought to join Randy Couture as the only three-time heavyweight champ in UFC history.

This was Dos Santos’ first title defense after seizing the crown with a first-round knockout of Cain Velsaquez at UFC on FOX 1 in November. It was the first bout between the two, although Mir is well familiar with Dos Santos’ mentor Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira — who had his arm broken at December’s UFC 140 by Mir.

“Nogueira is a tremendous fighter and Mire is a really good fighter, too,” Dos Santos. “That is between them. I don’t care about it. I respect my mentor so much, (but) I came here to defend my belt and I did."

Dos Santos predicted a the fight would end with a second-round knockout. One of the sport’s top strikers, Dos Santos was seen to have less of an advantage if the match went to the mat where Mir is tied with Nate Diaz and Kenny Florian for the most submission wins (eight) in MMA history.

This event was the first time in UFC history where the main card consisted entirely of heavyweights. The total weight of the 10 fighters involved in the final five bouts of the night weighed in at a total of 2,485 pounds.