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#4 UFC on Fox 13: Dos Santos vs. Miocic – 12/13/2014
The number 13 is supposed to be unlucky, but it certainly wasn’t for the UFC’s series of shows on Fox, as this effort – the first UFC show to take place in the state of Arizona – turned out to be a phenomenal one. The show centred around the Heavyweight division, with 3 of the 4 main card fights taking place there, and naturally, a lot of entertaining violence ensued.
We began with Matt Mitrione violently knocking out former title challenger Gabriel Gonzaga – picking up arguably his most impressive UFC win in the process – in a fight that went just under two minutes. Alistair Overeem then made almost as quick work of his countryman Stefan Struve, surprising everyone by utilising his ground game to knock ‘Skyscraper’ out from the guard.
The top two fights were where the best bits of the card took place, though; firstly Nate Diaz made his long-awaited return to action, but it didn’t go too well for him – he was beaten by the leg kicks and wrestling of Rafael Dos Anjos in a one-sided fight that earned ‘RDA’ a Lightweight title shot in early 2015.
And finally, we got a stone-cold classic Heavyweight fight between Stipe Miocic and Junior Dos Santos; one of the best Heavyweight fights in company history, both men took some insane amounts of punishment before ‘Cigano’ saw his hand raised in controversial fashion, given the majority of fans saw the fight for Miocic.
For giving us perhaps the best main event in the history of the UFC’s shows on Fox – as well as an entertaining undercard – this definitely belongs in the top 5.
