That was a huge night for underdogs. Almost every one of them won his fight. This shows that anything can happen in the octagon. Even if someone is -1200 favorite he can loose the fight (Alcantara vs Saenz)
Frank Mir wasn't a big underdog. It seems like also Bigfoot has passed his prime. Good things ended for him after highlight reel knockout of Overeem. Then he lost for the second time to Cain Velasquez. Draw with Hunt and then loss to Arlovski. Fight with Frank was calm at first minute but Mir was moving forward and he landed couple of shots to the head of Antonio. In the second minute Frank tried to land a left jab. He didn't but he followed it by the left hook. This left hook dropped Silva. He ate some punches and elbows later on and after that Mario stopped the fight. I wanted Frank to win because he is nice and intelligent guy but I thought that he is not able to make it. Happily i was wrong.
Fight between Johnson vs Barboza started with Johnson pressing forward and landing majority of strikes in the opening round. Barboza wasn't able to fight his best going backwards. Altough he landed some good shots, especially kicks to the body. In the second round Barboza was doing better but still Johnson was the agressor. Edson tried to get a takedown but Michael defend it and did his own. We saw the first signs of fatigue, and there was no suprise because they was keeping the pace high. Third round was clearly won by Johnson. He was still pressing forward, he landed another takedown and Barboza didn't have an answer for it. After the final bell there was no doubt who won this fight. Johnson by unanimous deciosion. Now Michael wants to fight Benson Henderson. I hope it will happen. :)
Next event in Brazil is Maia vs Laflare. I'm sure that Brazil fans will enjoy as much as this one. :) Thanks for reading. See you soon.
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