I was surprised with how easy GSP took Alves down as he'd shown great takedown defense against Josh Kosheck and Matt Hughes. We also didn't see his trademark leg kicks to any great effect. I really though he might cause a shock upset.

That said he stuck in there for the full five rounds and proved that he was a worthy challenger, with so little real competition for GSP in the welter-weight division I don't think it will be took before he earns a rematch.

I had a feeling Bisping would struggle with Henderson and felt Franklin would've been the better match up for him. Despite the instructions from his corner Bisping continued to give Henderson the opportunity to catch him with the big right and unfortunately got no less than he deserved.

I could see him countering Marquardt to a decision and provided he keeps the fight standing (like Anderson Silva did against Thales Leites) he would have the best of it against Maia. Either fight would see him return to the top of the rankings but after such a devastating KO, I'd like to see him build his confidence against weaker opposition first. Wanderlei wouldn't necessarily fall into that category but I'd see that fight being similar to the Chris Leben one, with cut in weight having an additional negative effect on Silva if Bisping could finish him it would be a huge boost.

I actually didn't mind Lesnar's actions to much. Mir had been so arrogant and talked so much trash in the build up that he deserved to have it thrown back in his face after. Found his comments about the sponsors funny, guess he was just telling it like it is and I don't think Bud Light would mind too much as the got more exposure as a result. Giving the middle fingers to the crowd might have been a little out of order but it's not something I would take too seriously, if he'd assualted someone that would've been a different matter.

The fight itself I enjoyed, went exactly how I expected.

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