Usman-Masvidal : Expected. Boring. Unsatisfying. A lot of the blame goes to Usman. This is just how he fights. It's dominant, but it's boring. Combined with his phony 2-faced approach with the media and outside the cage, he's probably the most unlikeable champ in the UFC. Between him and this risk adversed version of Jon Jones, if you ask me. BUT I will defend him slightly. Of course finishing Masvidal would have been great for him. If the PPV did as well as Dana was saying it was trending, he had a chance to become a star himself. But Masvidal is really good. Usman tried getting him to the ground, but more often than not, Masvidal stuffed it. When he did get it to the ground, Masvidal is really good there, too. It would tough to land on him. And he wasn't going to stand and trade with Masvidal, so it was just kind of this stalemate in the clinch. I think Usman-Burns will be more exciting. There will probably be more stand up and if it goes to the ground, there will be more scrambles with Burns attempting submissions. Burns might even pull guard if he's pinned against the cage. Masvidal, I think it is Nate. It will do big numbers again regardless of how one sided the first one was and it will most likely get Masvidal back into the win column. If not, Colby makes the most sense to me.
Volkanovski-Max : This is why the 10 point must system sucks. I thought Max won anyway, but clearly he won if you judge it as a whole. Props to both guys though. Max must have made some adjustments and came out more aggressive as I expected him to. I think he threw more kicks this time. And props to Volkanovski for the in fight adjustments. He was getting tuned up a little bit there and turned things around. I don't think he turned them around as much as 2 of the judges, but he definitely made it closer. Volkanovski I think/hope gets Zombie/Ortega winner. Max? I don't know. He's in a tough spot. Max-Zombie would be f***ing awesome, but any of Zombie, Yair, Zabit, or maybe Kattar is he beats Ige. And hope and pray someone beats Volkanovski. A lot of people think Max won, so I think a win or 2 and you could maybe do the trilogy with Volkanovski. I don't think it works right away, though.
Yan-Aldo : Like Volkanovski, Yan deserves credit for changing the momentum. Aldo was starting to get the better of him, but Yan turned it up a notch or 2 in the third and eventually got the finish. Yan-Sterling is clearly the fight to make and it should be a good one. Really no idea how that one plays out. Aldo, I don't know. He's still only 33, but becoming a champ again is probably not going to happen. I'd like to see Aldo-Cruz next.
Rose-Andrade : As someone said, that's a win that doesn't feel like a win for Rose. If she got pieced up at the beginning, maybe you could say it was ring rust, but she looked sharp early. Andrade just started bullying her and almost got the finish again. If that was a 5 rounder, Rose was in trouble. Zhang isn't as powerful as Andrade, but she's strong and way more technical of a striker. I wonder if Rose would look to take that fight to the ground? Not sure what could be next for Andrade. I'd like to see Suarez-JJ, but if that doesn't happen, maybe one of them?
Ribas-PZV : As I said last night, people will say PVZ sucks, but Ribas is good, man. I'd like to see someone in the top 10 of SW next for her. Maybe Waterson? Esparza? Something like that. A decent name, someone she probably 'should' beat, but that is good and experienced enough to give her a test. PZV, good luck in Bellator. We'll always remember that switch kick KO of Rawlings.
