Josh Barnett returned to the UFC after being away from the company since 2002. He scored a 1st round TKO victory over former Heavyweight champ Frank Mir. This is huge for the division. Throw Barnett's name in the top mix with Velasquez and Dos Santos. Hell even Travis Browne who crushed Alistair Overeem allows for some great potential match ups with the big boys.
The main event saw the rematch between Lightweight champ Benson Henderson and Anthony Pettis, where it was the champ looking to overcome a loss in the WEC, a notable loss for how it happened. (Pettis' crazy run up the cage kick to the face.)
Henderson started out all well and good but ultimately on the ground Pettis grabbed an arm and would have snapped in half. Worst of all for Benson, he verbal tapped. Is there anything worse? Don't get me wrong Henderson is one of the best in the world and would kick my ass blah blah but verbal tap? Yikes. Wonder if he just said "uncle."
Great night of fights and don't blink but there are more coming this Wednesday on Fox Sports 1, headlined by Ryan Bader vs. Glover Teixeira.
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