Stipe Miocic’s lesson from first fight with Junior dos Santos: ‘I belong’

The first battle between Stipe Miocic and Junior dos Santos was one of the most grueling affairs you’ll ever see. The heavyweight went toe-to-toe for 25 minutes at UFC on FOX 13 in Phoenix, with dos Santos, the former champion, using every bit of his veteran guile to gut out a unanimous decision.
Miocic came out of the bout a winner in his own way, though. While Dos Santos had long been accustomed to the biggest fights, this was Miocic’s first major test on network television.
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