Happenings coming from UFC 192

Daniel Cormier has established himself as one of MMA's main stars Saturday night at UFC 192. DC bested Alexander Gustafsson in and entertaining 5 round struggle which left both fighters battered and exhausted. Cormier utilized an excellent clinch on the back of Gustafsson's head to nail repeated uppercuts. Early in the first rd DC landed a fantastic slam from a high crotch that will be on the highlights for years to come nevertheless Gustafsson came back strong in the second rd with a set of takedowns. The Third round stuff got fairly wild as Cormier was on his way to securing the round however Gustafsson landed a helliacious knee which sent DC stumbling to the canvas. The 5th rd seemed like it could have been the deciding rd at the time and the DC came out just a bit stronger in getting his win.

The Co-Main event was at first meant to be a rather highly anticipated contest between Johny Hendricks and Tyrone Woodly that was scrapped because of Hendricks being brought to the ER amid a failed weight cut. In the new Co-Main Bader could have put himself right into title contention with an extremely impressive victory over prior UFC Champion Rashad Evans. Bader made use of a profoundly sharpened striking to an easy decision. Cormier might have found himself his next challenger on this card.

The rest of the card had some Knock Out finishes, rising stars and some real snoozers. The match between Juliana Pena and Jessica Eye showed that women's MMA is still way behind the men. Despite the wonderful heart demonstrated by both girls there Jiu-Jitsu was exceptionally sloppy and Pena actually called out Ronda Rousey after her victory. Pena would get caught extremely fast against Rousey if she doesn't develop her ground game. The flyweight fight between Joseph Benavidez and Ali Bagutinov nearly put me to sleep and was booed at the end by the fans at the Toyota Center. This match did not help the notion of the flyweight division being a truly unexciting division. In the match between Ruslan Magomedov and Shawn Jordan, Ruslan may likely have put himself in the top TEN of the weight class with an outstanding victory. Ruslan picked Jordan apart for all 3 rds in way to a unanimous decision victory. The most significant contest of the Prelims was most likely the coming out of Sage Northcutt who destroyed Francisco Trevino in just 57 seconds.