Junior dos Santos and Derrick Lewis close the show with UFC Wichita ‘Fight of the Night’
Junior dos Santos may not have a belt around his waist, but the former UFC heavyweight champion is well on his way to another shot at regaining the title.
He and Derrick Lewis put on a Fight of the Night performance in the UFC on ESPN+ 4 main event in the promotion’s debut in Wichita, Kansas on Saturday night, but it was dos Santos who walked away with the win.
Dos Santos has twice failed to regain the gold he lost to Cain Velasquez in December 2012, but he’s never looked as sharp as his recent three-fight winning streak. Coming off of back-to-back victories over Blagoy Ivanov and Tai Tuivasa, dos Santos notched his biggest win in years by taking out Lewis.
He had to withstand some brutal punches from “The Black Beast” to do it, but dos Santos weathered Lewis’ power shots to eventually break through and finish with a flurry of punches that Lewis couldn’t answer.
Their exciting performance earned each of them an additional $50,000 for the Fight of the Night honors.
This article first appeared at News – MMAWeekly.com
