Junior dos Santos called his own shot. After predicting a second-round TKO victory over Frank Mir in the lead-up to UFC 146, dos Santos delivered just that, ending his first title defense with a vicious salvo of punches midway through the second frame.

It was a fitting cap to the UFC's all-heavyweight main card. With five finishes clocking in under a 22-minute total runtime, the night was as explosive as many predicted. But ultimately dos Santos stood above the rest, defending his throne, leaving a battered and bruised Mir with no out but defeat.

"Not bad for a nice guy, huh?" the elated champ quipped afterward. Not bad at all, and while "Cigano" celebrated his victory inside the cage, his fellow fighters flooded to Twitter to rave about the violence they had just witnessed.

Dos Santos was impressive as always but Mir looked tough & well trained. JDS is a damn monster!!! #UFC146 delivered!!!

— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) May 27, 2012

@thefrankmir You showed a lot of heart tonight you are a true champ

— Chuck Liddell (@ChuckLiddell) May 27, 2012

@junior_cigano vc é um orgulho se mantenha humilde vc é um verdadeiro campeão parabens

— Vitor Belfort (@vitorbelfort) May 27, 2012

So after watching this #ufc...if your top 4 isn't JDS, Overeem, @dc_mma, and myself in some order then you're clueless.

— Josh Barnett (@JoshLBarnett) May 27, 2012

And either Cormier and I would be #ufc heavyweight champs. #ufc #ufc146 #stirringthrpot

— Josh Barnett (@JoshLBarnett) May 27, 2012

Fair play to Mir, took it like a man.

— michael (@bisping) May 27, 2012

JDS called that himself, looked great! Great guy, happy for him...

— Jorge Rivera (@Jorge_Conquista) May 27, 2012

Frank Mir was so drunk at the end of the 1st round . He could've been the first guy to every get a DUI the cage #UFC146

— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunsonMMA) May 27, 2012

Need to see Mark Hunt vs JDS next, great fight card tonight

— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) May 27, 2012

Props to @thefrankmir for giving it his all... Rocked a couple times and kept fighting back. #UFC146

— Joe Lauzon (@JoeLauzon) May 27, 2012

Wow

— Manny Gamburyan (@MannyGamburyan) May 27, 2012

Congrads to @junior_cigano still heavy weight champion of the @ufc great fights tons of finishes

— Ramsey Nijem (@RamseyNijem) May 27, 2012

Damn... Cigano wants to torture Mir!!!!!!!!!!! No merci!!!!!!!!

— Siyar Bahadurzada (@SiyarTheGreat) May 27, 2012

Cigano doesn't only hit hard... He lands THE cleanest strikes in all of MMA!!!!!!

— Siyar Bahadurzada (@SiyarTheGreat) May 27, 2012

Junior is awesome, would love to see him against @dc_mma #mma #UFC146

— Mark Bocek (@MarkBocek) May 27, 2012

Just cause you got feelings doesn't mean they are correct.But why wouldn't frank try harder to get it to the ground

— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) May 27, 2012

Proud of ya @thefrankmir head ....high buddy

— Seth Petruzelli (@silverbackseth) May 27, 2012

Damn, some good fights! Dos Santos a beast. Still wanna see Hunt vs Dos Santos. What do ya reckon?

— Jamie Te Huna (@JamesTeHuna) May 27, 2012

Consolation prize:) thank you for all the support , I will be back twitter.com/thefrankmir/st…

— Frank Mir UFC (@thefrankmir) May 27, 2012