10 big UFC fights that failed to deliver

#9: Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos, UFC on Fox 1

The first meeting between Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos ended anticlimactically

When the UFC signed its television deal with Fox in 2011, it was a huge accomplishment for the promotion and its parent company Zuffa, as it was the first deal with a truly giant network following the explosion in popularity of the sport about six years earlier.

It was no surprise then when they announced a huge main event for the first show on the network – a UFC Heavyweight title fight between champion Cain Velasquez and challenger Junior Dos Santos. Both men were unbeaten in UFC action and had destroyed everyone they’d faced, and so it looked like we would be in for a legitimately titanic battle for the title.

Instead the fight went just over a minute, as Dos Santos landed an overhand right that connected with Velasquez’s temple, putting him down to all fours where he was quickly finished with some follow-up shots.

It was a devastating finish for JDS, but massively disappointing to watch – especially for newer fans watching on Fox, as the UFC had hyped the fight up as a war for the ages, not a potentially quick knockout. Making it worse was the fact that it was actually the lone televised fight of the night. The fight ended up drawing a big rating for the network, but realistically, it was a massive anticlimax.