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On paper FKL had a 3" reach advantage, yet if you actually watched the fight he appeared to actually have a reach disadvantage.

FKL clearly has longer arms but has to look up to meet DRod's gaze.
Two thoughts:
1) nobody fights with their arms outstretched like a starfish so cut any reach advantage in half. 3" is more like 1.5" in reality
2) Even though Kevin has longer arms if he's throwing a head strike he has to reach up while DRod can reach straight across

Just a shame the UFC could never figure out where Kevin Lee fit into all of this. Misses weight twice at lightweight, then goes up and is clearly undersized at welterweight. Has there even been a better posterboy for a 162.5 division? (Or create 165 and move 170 to 175.)