Those who believed Junior dos Santos’ days as an elite Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight were over appear to have been mistaken.
The resurgent dos Santos walked the tightrope and put away Derrick Lewis with punches in the second round of their UFC Fight Night 146 main event on Saturday at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. Lewis bit the dust 1:58 into Round 2, as the former Legacy Fighting Championship titleholder suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time in his 28-fight career.
Dos Santos did not escape the cage unscathed but managed to live to tell the tale despite experiencing his counterpart’s nuclear punching power on more than one occasion.