10 Heaviest Hitters In The UFC Heavyweight Division Today
5. Junior Dos Santos
Like a number of other names on this list, Junior dos Santos is a former UFC heavyweight champion. A fearsome and ferocious one. He's also an excellent boxer, whose punishing uppercut could very well disconnect you from reality. Just ask Fabricio Werdum, who had the unfortunate experience of being on the receiving end of JDS' power years back.
That crushing right uppercut sent Werdum crashing to the canvas, landing on all fours, head down, like he was looking for loose change. It also sent him packing from UFC for several years. Werdum would pick up the pieces in Strikeforce, then return to the UFC later.
Junior dos Santos, meanwhile, built on that 2008 win, which came in his debut for the promotion. He would finish Stefan Struve, Gabriel Gonzaga, and pick up a few decisions as well before meeting Cain Velasquez at the very first UFC on FOX show in 2011. There, in just over a minute (64 seconds, to be exact), dos Santos knocked out Cain Velasquez.
"Cigano" would knock out Frank Mir in his lone title defense before losing the title back to Velasquez. But with knockouts over Mark Hunt, Velasquez, and Werdum, the Brazilian boxer has proven to be very, very adept at putting opponents to sleep.