Being away for a couple of weeks, just getting around to watching some of these fights.
Volk-Ortega was a good fight. A little disappointing that the head butt was the first real significant shot. That seemed to kind of put Ortega in defense mode, but R3 was one of the best title fight rounds we've seen in a while. I don't think Ortega is as good as some people make him seem, but he is dangerous. How quickly he jumped on that guillotine was crazy. Volk getting out of it and the triangle might be ever crazier. The rest of the fight was alright. Maybe it's because I knew the outcome going in and saw some "fight of the year contender" headlines, but it was just OK. Just hoping Max holds serve against Yair so we can get to Volk-Max 3.
The only other fight I watched was Nick-Robbie. That was even more old man slopfest than I was anticipating. It looked like a money grab for Nick even before the finish and after the finish there was no doubt. I mean, a Diaz bother quitting? He was clearly there to cash a check. I've heard since maybe Nick-Cowboy? I mean, I guess it's at least a fair-ish fight, but it's kind of just sad at this point. Hopefully everything is alright with Nick at home. I'm happy for him if he gets paid, but don't really want to see any more.