- Jan 23, 2010
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Some overall thoughts on the card:
I said it above, but Thompson was really impressive even in a boring fight. Rory was beating Lawler until he got knocked out, and this version of Thompson will beat Lawler too. Thompson will be the next champion.
Donald Cerrone looked awesome at 170. Cote has actually been solid lately and could always take a punch at 185 and 205. Cerrone caught him multiple times and controlled the whole fight. There are so many great matchups for Cerrone at 170, I'm excited to see what's next.
Not much else to add on Bosse v O'Connell. That was a fun one.
Calderwood looked great, but there's a few things in this fight that really jumped out to me. First, people calling for a 125 female division are insane. I saw this all over the weekend, and you already have two other divisions with only a few good fighters. You're going to dilute it even further? Makes no sense. Next, what's wrong with Letourneau? Turning her back multiple times, essentially stopping the fight whenever she felt like it. It was embarrassing in there. People want to blame the ref, but her and her corner need to take some blame too.
Big finishes for Jotko and Cirkunov. Jotko sets the record for "most wins in the UFC for a guy that I barely remember fighting" but that was a nice one.
I said it above, but Thompson was really impressive even in a boring fight. Rory was beating Lawler until he got knocked out, and this version of Thompson will beat Lawler too. Thompson will be the next champion.
Donald Cerrone looked awesome at 170. Cote has actually been solid lately and could always take a punch at 185 and 205. Cerrone caught him multiple times and controlled the whole fight. There are so many great matchups for Cerrone at 170, I'm excited to see what's next.
Not much else to add on Bosse v O'Connell. That was a fun one.
Calderwood looked great, but there's a few things in this fight that really jumped out to me. First, people calling for a 125 female division are insane. I saw this all over the weekend, and you already have two other divisions with only a few good fighters. You're going to dilute it even further? Makes no sense. Next, what's wrong with Letourneau? Turning her back multiple times, essentially stopping the fight whenever she felt like it. It was embarrassing in there. People want to blame the ref, but her and her corner need to take some blame too.
Big finishes for Jotko and Cirkunov. Jotko sets the record for "most wins in the UFC for a guy that I barely remember fighting" but that was a nice one.
