Watched Erberth and Honorio sorta fight for takedowns for 15 mins. Saw a quick toehold with an interesting grip, then fell asleep and woke up to see Najmi play a very "tactical" match and lose for it.
Mauro tried to hype up the final as the fight of the night et cetera, but for it being their only match for the night, Ramos and Najmi were not ferociously or even steadily active. Ramos had a solid flying armbar attempt that may have cracked Najmi a bit and influenced the latter half of the match. 
Najmi threatened a flying triangle off a single leg attempt by Ramos to which Ramos walked almost to the boundary but not quite then got out, and Najmi seemed content to let Ramos be the aggressor on takedowns and look to counter but with 5 min rounds it was a flawed gameplan and rightfully, IMHO, Ramos got the nod. 
Events like this are tough for me these days, there are good moments, but efen with more stern penalty usage by refs (Thank God) there is considerable downtime mid match with neither guy really committing to much offense. I dunno, it had plenty of professionals, br the action was lacking quite a bit in the matches I saw. The event and the production and the talent could not honesty be any more well executed yet the athletes themselves are contributing to some egregiously boring matches. It's proof yet again that no matter the format, competitors strategically make choices that are less than aesthetically pleasing to the audience. 
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