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card rating: A. only bad fight was leben/brunson.
Moraga/Cariaso was amazing. Cariaso hunting the head kick, Moraga landing counters. Very close through two rounds, then Moraga finds a 3rd sound sub to leave it out of the judges.
duffee looked good but not great.
holloway is not as good as we thought.
tuf shows it's still relevant, as tuf 15's jury (who lost to iaquinta on the show) dominates the supposed next big prospect (and tuf 12 finalist) michael johnson.
wineland is a tough fight for anybody with his wrestling and boxing. still don't understand how benavidez outstruck him.
leben and brunson are not ufc level.
belcher gave the fight away against okami. okami went for the same takedown 3 times, and all 3 times belcher countered. from there, okami looked to sweep, and instead of trying to return standing, belcher attacked a guillotine, losing position all three times. great fight, but belcher lost on gameplanning.
boetsch looked better than expected. wrestling looked solid and he was landing hsi front kick very well. phillipou showed why he's considered a top middleweight though.
miller/lauzon was good, but not great. miller simply beat him to the punch all night, and without the blood, this fight would have been considered pretty average.
and most improtantly....
FUCK sherdog. JDS looked amazing out there. He shrugged all of cain's takedown attempts with ease in the first round. Cain was just ultra aggressive and hurt him early. It's a miracle how JDS was able to repeatedly return to his feet every time cain took him down. JDS can still beat Overeem, albeit it'll be a good fight.
Regardless, I don't like the word fluke, but after Cain/JDS 2, ask yourself what happens when JDS and Cain fight 20 times. Cain showed he is the better fighter tonight, and that he would likely do the same in a third fight.
Moraga/Cariaso was amazing. Cariaso hunting the head kick, Moraga landing counters. Very close through two rounds, then Moraga finds a 3rd sound sub to leave it out of the judges.
duffee looked good but not great.
holloway is not as good as we thought.
tuf shows it's still relevant, as tuf 15's jury (who lost to iaquinta on the show) dominates the supposed next big prospect (and tuf 12 finalist) michael johnson.
wineland is a tough fight for anybody with his wrestling and boxing. still don't understand how benavidez outstruck him.
leben and brunson are not ufc level.
belcher gave the fight away against okami. okami went for the same takedown 3 times, and all 3 times belcher countered. from there, okami looked to sweep, and instead of trying to return standing, belcher attacked a guillotine, losing position all three times. great fight, but belcher lost on gameplanning.
boetsch looked better than expected. wrestling looked solid and he was landing hsi front kick very well. phillipou showed why he's considered a top middleweight though.
miller/lauzon was good, but not great. miller simply beat him to the punch all night, and without the blood, this fight would have been considered pretty average.
and most improtantly....
FUCK sherdog. JDS looked amazing out there. He shrugged all of cain's takedown attempts with ease in the first round. Cain was just ultra aggressive and hurt him early. It's a miracle how JDS was able to repeatedly return to his feet every time cain took him down. JDS can still beat Overeem, albeit it'll be a good fight.
Regardless, I don't like the word fluke, but after Cain/JDS 2, ask yourself what happens when JDS and Cain fight 20 times. Cain showed he is the better fighter tonight, and that he would likely do the same in a third fight.
