It was a serious moment for DC. He balanced the ledger of not beating Jon Jones by doing what Jones never did....move up to HW...and DC beat the most dominant HW champ in UFC history. Period. And did it inside of 1 round....as decisively as could have been done.
All that then tumbled down the hill into the pathetic WWE promo standoff with Brock Lesnar. Proven cheater who circumvented the testing pool to beat Hunt then disappear again.....and now he's back. I'm all for folks making money. Who the *&^% am I to fault the planning of a mega showdown? That being said, DC had just done something that no LHW has done, he did it by beating not just any HW champ....but like I said, the most dominant champ in UFC history. It was blah to see that turn so quickly into a staged promo/showdown. It's prizefighting, I'm all for guys risking health and life and brain damage to make paydays...but the real drama of what DC had just done was more than enough for me. "I've come in second many times." Man. Real talk.
Ngannou vs Lewis: let's just leave that as what it was. 2 guys barely willing to engage, and stealing the title of Woodley vs Maia for worst fight in the last several years......because this was on both guys. Neither guy wanted to punch, Ngannou literally didn't want to do anything. Lewis' corner said it best after the first round, to the effect: "you did a little bit more." Yeah. Well, co-main event status, and that performance was.......basically a no contest.
Perry showed real development and tools in his toolbox against Felder. He simply overwhelmed Felder at parts, tied him up against the cage when necessary, and beat Felder where he wanted to be. A real improvement for "Platinum".
For all the *&^% Chiesa talked about not making weight, and being cost a title shot, he really dropped the ball coming in heavy with his bout with Pettis. To top it off, he got tapped, dropped, and all around out fought for the majority of the duration the fight lasted. Glad to see Pettis get a solid win in his cap, and Chiese paid the piper for all the strong talk he's been lobbying as of late.
Saki paid the price for all the stance switching as he ate a straight right hand that crumpled him. Them little gloves though.....not the same as the gloves in kickboxing as Alistair and others have found out when making the switch. Saki will be beat, live by the sword die by the sword.
Costa made a big ole statement at the expense of Urijah Hall. Let's hope Costa doesn't get popped for roids again.
Klose vs Vannata put on a solid showing both, with each having their moments in an entertaining scrap.
Gilbert Burns got dropped and finished derailing his hype train and momentum in his evolution as a dangerous striker. Bummer.
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