UFC 211 results: Stipe Miocic tears through Junior Dos Santos for first-round TKO

DALLAS – Stipe Miocic avenged a decision loss to Junior Dos Santos, stopping the former champ in the first round to notch his second title defense.

After a grueling five-round slog with Dos Santos (18-5 MMA, 12-4 UFC) in 2014, Miocic (17-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC) cornered Dos Santos and caught him with a right hand that set up a TKO at the 2:22 mark of the first round.

The heavyweight title fight headlined today’s UFC 211 event at American Airlines Center in Dallas. It aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and UFC Fight Pass.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 211 results include:

• Stipe Miocic def. Junior Dos Santos via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:22
• Joanna Jedrzejczyk def. Jessica Andrade via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-44, 50-45)
• Demian Maia def. Jorge Masvidal via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Frankie Edgar def. Yair Rodriguez via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 2, 5:00
• David Branch def. Krzysztof Jotko via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Eddie Alvarez vs. Dustin Poirier declared no-contest (accidental knee) – Round 2, 4:12
• Jason Knight def. Chas Skelly via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 0:39
• Chase Sherman def. Rashad Coulter via TKO (elbow) – Round 2, 3:36
• James Vick def. Marco Polo Reyes via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:39
• Cortney Casey def. Jessica Aguilar via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Enrique Barzola def. Gabriel Benitez via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Gadzhimurad Antigulov def. Joachim Christensen via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:21

For more on UFC 211, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

(MMAjunkie’s John Morgan contributed to this report on site in Dallas.)