A heavyweight title fight will be taking place at UFC 211, and it will be a rematch between current champion Stipe Miocic and former champion Junior dos Santos. Dos Santos was victorious by decision in the first fight.
MMAFighting.com announced the fight.
Miocic (16-2) has only lost twice in his career, and one of them came to dos Santos. That was in a five round war in the main event of UFC on FOX 13. The Cleveland native won his title with a first round knockout over Fabricio Werdum at UFC 198 before defending it against Alistair Overeem in his home town, and picking up another first round stoppage victory.
Dos Santos (18-4) is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and is coming off a five round decision victory over Ben Rothwell, which took place in the main event of UFC Zagreb. The Brazilian won the title at UFC on FOX 1 with a 64-second knockout win over Cain Velasquez, and defended it once before losing it in a rematch with Velasquez.
