Cariaso vs Cejudo: Cejudo has been in control right from the beginning of the match on both striking (where on the paper Cariaso had a good advantage) and grappling using his great wrestling skills, in the 2nd and 3rd round the match moved on the ground due to the weak takedown defense by Cariaso but once on the ground he shown a pretty good defense that didn't allow his opponent to close the match before the times expired. Winner: Cejudo by ananimous decision. Rating: E
Nelson vs Overeem: Overeem strategy has been based on avoid the Nelson's counterattacks especially the lethal right hand punches, the 1st round has been characterized by studying the opponent and the one few notable things happened have been some Overeem flying knee that came from his thai boxe repertory, the English fighter continued to be so cautious being knowledge of his fragile jaw and with a predictable Nelson the fight has been a lil bit to boring but Big country had the chance with 1 minute left in the 3rd round to end it with a left overhand that threw Overeem on the ground but he has been able to complete the KO. Winner: Overeem by unanimous decision. Rating D-
Hendricks vs Brown: the former champion controlled the match right from the beginning moving the fight on the ground where he tried to finish it with ground and pound action and even when the match continued standing up Hendricks shown a better striking technique than the his opponent and this didn't let Brown to get into the match. In the 3rd round with an advantage on the scorecard the former champion moved again the fight on the ground where he didn't risk anything. Winner: Hendricks by unanimous decision. Rating: D.
Pettis vs Dos Anjos: the brazilian fighter used the same strategy of Melendez to don't give enough space to Pettis to explode his spectacular kicks and this put the champion in such big difficulties, on the 2nd round the fight moved on the ground with a solid control of the contender, in the 3rd the striking took over and both fighters exchanged good hits, in the 4th the defending champion has not been able to keep the fight standing up and Dos Anjos controlled him for the most part of the time with his bazilian jujitsu in the 5th Pettis tried to win it by KO but he never come close to do it and this opened up the door for his opponent to take him on the ground where he came close to win the match by a mataleao. Winner: Dos Anjos (new champion). Rating: C.
Nelson vs Overeem: Overeem strategy has been based on avoid the Nelson's counterattacks especially the lethal right hand punches, the 1st round has been characterized by studying the opponent and the one few notable things happened have been some Overeem flying knee that came from his thai boxe repertory, the English fighter continued to be so cautious being knowledge of his fragile jaw and with a predictable Nelson the fight has been a lil bit to boring but Big country had the chance with 1 minute left in the 3rd round to end it with a left overhand that threw Overeem on the ground but he has been able to complete the KO. Winner: Overeem by unanimous decision. Rating D-
Hendricks vs Brown: the former champion controlled the match right from the beginning moving the fight on the ground where he tried to finish it with ground and pound action and even when the match continued standing up Hendricks shown a better striking technique than the his opponent and this didn't let Brown to get into the match. In the 3rd round with an advantage on the scorecard the former champion moved again the fight on the ground where he didn't risk anything. Winner: Hendricks by unanimous decision. Rating: D.
Pettis vs Dos Anjos: the brazilian fighter used the same strategy of Melendez to don't give enough space to Pettis to explode his spectacular kicks and this put the champion in such big difficulties, on the 2nd round the fight moved on the ground with a solid control of the contender, in the 3rd the striking took over and both fighters exchanged good hits, in the 4th the defending champion has not been able to keep the fight standing up and Dos Anjos controlled him for the most part of the time with his bazilian jujitsu in the 5th Pettis tried to win it by KO but he never come close to do it and this opened up the door for his opponent to take him on the ground where he came close to win the match by a mataleao. Winner: Dos Anjos (new champion). Rating: C.
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