UFC Fight Night 211: Miocic vs. dos Santos 2

Stipe Miocic (16-2-0) vs. Junior dos Santos (18-4-0)

Stipe Miocic looks to defend his Heavyweight Championship against former division champion Junior dos Santos at UFC Fight Night 211.

Stipe Miocic last suffered defeat in 2014, when he lost by unanimous decision against none other than Junior dos Santos. This was Miocic’s second career loss, and he has since won four straight bouts, including winning the UFC Heavyweight Championship over Fabricio Werdum and successfully defending his belt against Alistair Overeem. Dos Santos, a former Heavyweight Champion, has dropped three of his last six outings, but will be confident entering the octagon against Miocic, knowing that he soundly defeated the current champion just over two years ago.

Miocic connects on 5.03 significant strikes per minute and lands 50.42 percent of these attempts. He absorbs 3.26 significant strikes per minute, and has a defense rate of 62.05 percent. The 34-year-old Ohio native averages an impressive 2.14 takedown attempts per 15 minutes with an accuracy of 35.42 percent, and he defends takedowns at a 72.73 percent clip. Miocic has yet to record a submission attempt in his MMA career.

Dos Santos is similarly prolific inside the octagon, landing 4.89 significant strikes per minute with an accuracy of 48.95 percent. He absorbs 3.22 such strikes per minute with a defense rate of 55.10 percent. The 33-year-old Brazilian averages 0.41 takedown attempts per 15 minutes and has a takedown accuracy of 62.50 percent. He successfully defends takedowns 80.49 percent of the time, and averages 0.08 submission attempts per 15 minutes.