After winning the UFC heavyweight title in the first ever title fight on FOX, Junior Dos Santos was matched up with former champion Frank Mir in his first title defense.
Dos Santos had shocked fans and media when he knocked out champion Cain Velasquez quickly in the first round to capture the title and Mir was considered to be a serious challenge to his new title.
The fight was back and forth but eventually Dos Santos’ punching power proved to be the difference maker and he TKOd Mir in the second round.
More about Junior Dos Santos
TRAINING: I’m doing two training sessions per day from Monday to Friday, and on Saturday only one workout in the morning. I’m working hard on my grappling skills, but of course without forgetting my main weapon, which is to fight standing and look for the knockout.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started with Jiu-Jitsu in 2005, afterwards I met Dorea, who introduced me to Boxing
What ranks and titles have you held? Bahia State Jiu-Jitsu Champion; Bahia State Submission Champion
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About Frank Mir
TRAINING: Technique in the morning and hard sparring, grappling at night.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I was born into martial arts. My father had his own schools. He was training before I was born. Whenever he went to the studio I was there in a rocker. When I got older, I was the little kid who ran around the school annoying everybody. I didn’t really start training in martial arts until I was about 12 or 13 when I could start to comprehend what was going on. Before that I was just punching in the air. At about 14 we started full contact sparring. As the son of the owner of the school, you feel a responsibility not to get beat up by everyone even though I was fighting adults most of the time. My father combined a lot of boxing principles with the kenpo. It wasn’t like most commercial schools. There was a lot of concentration on full contact sparring and conditioning. If you made it through a year, you were tough. I still have a crooked jaw from training at that school!
source/more: ufc.com
