Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos returned at UFC Fight Night 86 tonight. It was a very exciting card with a bunch of huge finishes throughout. The prelims gave us some awesome wars and knockouts, and we have tons of cool stuff to look over in review.
As mentioned, JDS fought in the main event of the evening, facing surging heavyweight contender Ben Rothwell. ‘Big Ben’ got torn a new one, completely dominated from start to finish, and the highlight of the fight was no doubt this ‘Sparta’ kick by ‘Cigano’:
WOW! Big Ben eats a MONSTER overhand and gets push-kicked to the ground! What a chin on Rothwell! #UFCZagreb https://t.co/HSsV0VeJ1c
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) 10 April 2016
We’ve got a battle of the Superman punches in the Octagon! #UFCZagreb https://t.co/4666lbTgrK
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) 10 April 2016
The Brazilian striker was just too much for Rothwell the entire five rounds, but there was way more big finishes elsewhere on the card. Heavyweight KO hunter Derrick Lewis was in action, and he nearly took Gabriel Gonzaga’s head clean off his shoulders…
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