Junior “Cigano” Dos Santos stopped Derrick Lewis in second round. Dos Santos was more aggressive fighter, and Lewis was waiting to counter. By doing so, Lewis was open for body shots and Junior landed strong body spinning back kick and Lewis looked really hurt.He was holding his stomach with painful expression on his face. Junior tried to jump on him but Lewis connected strong right which left Junior confused, he was not sure was he fainting or not. The round was over and it was clear that Lewis was hurt, his corner told him that he needs to finish the fight.
Second round started and Junior looked very loose, while Lewis was looking much slower after that body kick. Junior did not went for body shot again, but instead he connected strong right hook and dropped Lewis. Junior jumped on him and referee stopped the fight.
Junior dos Santos leaves no doubt #UFCWichita pic.twitter.com/BHn2aZE86M
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) March 10, 2019
Results:
Junior dos Santos def. Derrick Lewis via TKO at 1:58 of R2
Elizeu Zaleski def. Curtis Millender via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:35 of R1
Niko Price def. Tim Means via TKO (strikes) at 4:50 of R1
Blagoy Ivanov def. Ben Rothwell via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Beneil Dariush def. Drew Dober via submission (armbar) at 4:41 of R2
Omari Akhmedov def. Tim Boetsch via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Anthony Rocco Martin def. Sergio Moraes via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Yana Kunitskaya def. Marion Reneau via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Grant Dawson def. Julian Erosa via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 29-27)
Maurice Greene def. Jeff Hughes via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Matt Schnell def. Louis Smolka via submission (triangle choke) at 3:18 of R1
Alex Morono def. Zak Ottow via TKO (strikes, verbal submission) at 3:34 of R1
Alex White def. Dan Moret via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)