Damn, so no more Dan Hardy commentating or analyst work. Was wondering why he wasn't doing any of the inside the octagon work for the ppv.
Yans defense is ELITE. He leaves his body open a bit with his high guard but he was checking plenty leg kicks and avoiding takedowns with ease. Those trips were a nice touch too that we haven't seen too much from him in the ufc. Don't really get all the hate Aljo getting when Yan is the reason the fight was stopped. Knee was nasty and Aljo wasn't expecting it at all.
Those 10-8 rounds were wild. Didn't do much damage from the takedown besides the last 7 seconds of the fight, but the right man won regardless. Good for Jan, definitely one of the good guys in the fight game with the weirdest career path to being a champion. Also appreciate his very dry humor and personality
. That magical noose he got tho is undefeated
Islam Makacheav will remain as the most avoided man in MMA. Definitely future champ. That was very impressive with a very highly skilled sub to end it. Man's got the choke while his body was on the opposite side, I was losing my **** (while kinda intoxicated) and my fam just looked at me like I was crazy. Commentary ain't even realize he got the sub til the replay came up
Amanda Lemons is scary for the women of 115. She got legit one punch KO power in a division that has no one else with it, since Andrade moved up. She's tall, has reach and uses her range very well. Crazy she used to fight at 135 and that power carried over well. Sat her down with a snap jab and her opponent is no slouch/can either.
Fun card. Didn't really feel like it dragged much being it was 30 fighters deep. Only disappointment was the Rakic/Santos fight.