Junior dos Santos
Junior “Cigano” dos Santos had the best boxing the UFC heavyweight division had seen. The former waiter from Caçador knocked out Fabrício Werdum on his debut, flattened Gabriel Gonzaga, Mirko Cro Cop and Shane Carwin, and took the heavyweight title from Cain Velasquez in 64 seconds on the first UFC on Fox card in 2011.
He defended it against Frank Mir, then lost two brutal decisions to Velasquez and was knocked out by Stipe Miocic in 2016. He later fought in bare-knuckle MMA. CagePotato covered the Velasquez trilogy, coaching The Ultimate Fighter 13 opposite Brock Lesnar and the scrap for the heavyweight crown.
| Full name | Junior dos Santos Almeida |
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| Nickname | Cigano |
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| Place of birth | Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
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