Velasquez vs. Dos Santos Video: Deciding Punch Reminder of Dos Santos' Power

Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos was one of the most anticipated fights in MMA history.

UFC president Dana White called it UFC’s biggest fight ever.

But it only took just over a minute for the heavyweight title fight to be decided.

What Junior dos Santos did against defending champ Cain Velasquez on Saturday, scoring a TKO in 1:04, was a shocker. Despite being widely regarded as the No. 2 heavyweight in the world, dos Santos wasn’t supposed to do that. This was Cain Velasquez, after all, a man who seemed to have no weaknesses and was considered virtually unbeatable.

But there was one thing that wasn’t a surprise when the dust settled: that dos Santos won because of his thunderous right hand.

Dos Santos didn’t just have a spectacular record headed into the fight (13-1)—a lot of those victories had come via TKO or KO. And then he knocked out who was widely considered to be the best heavyweight in the world.

You look at the deciding right hand that sparked dos Santos to victory, and it’s hard to watch. Dos Santos hit Velasquez right on the left temple after Velasquez had exposed himself after a swing and miss.

Velasquez crumpled to the ground, stunned, and never was able to recover before it was too late.
Velasquez was a 2-to-1 favorite on Saturday, but dos Santos changed those odds with one punch.

That’s the advantage of having devastating striking ability; you are always a punch away from shocking the world.