This was a frustrating card to watch and I am just glad that Aldo closed it with a win otherwise it would have been a pretty shit PPV.
Maia gave Fitch a dose of his own medicine by laying on him for three rounds, a nothing fight.
Overeem had me shaking my head. He was toying with him for two rounds rather than finishing Bigfoot. It is great being cocky but when you are dominating a guy like he was for the first two rounds you finish the guy rather than playing with him. Was so pissed off when Bigfoot finished him. Was funny though seeing Herb Dean struggling to keep Bigfoot off Overeem.
Evans is another case of a top fighter taking it easy. He was just cruising throughout that entire fight rather than pushing in for the kill. He must have known that he was losing that fight and needed a big last round yet he didn't up the ante. Massive loss for him. Before the fight I was talking about him going at Jones or Silva, that is on the backburner now.
Aldo was awesome in the first three rounds but just dropped off for the last two. He didn't even look that gassed he just didn't push as much as he did early on. Someone please tell me why he didn't throw any leg kicks in the 4th or 5th round. His leg kicks early were lethal and yet he just stopped using them even though they were effective. Edgar again showed why I don't like the guy by saying after the fight that "he knew he won it but whatever". There is no way at all he won that fight no matter how hard Joe was trying to convince the viewers at home he did.
Two massive contenders get dropped because they took it too easy against their opponents and then the champion takes it easy after winning the first three rounds. Bit disappointed overall with the PPV as it should have been so much better.