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Man what a card!  
 
Cerrone vs Story went pretty close to how I figured it would. Though I expected that Cerrone would finish by submission rather than strikes. But what a fight.  
 
Johnson vs Teixera - Holy crap? who would have picked Johnson by 13 second KO? A what an uppercut man! That thing came from 100 miles away. Wow!  
 
Diaz vs McGregor - Holy cripes! Amazing fight. Connor surprised me in that he could hang for the full 5 rounds. Wow, fight of the year candidate.  
 
I thought Diaz won the fight but I expected it to be a draw. I thought Connor won the 1st 10 - 8 and the second 10 - 9. I thought Diaz won the next 3 rounds 10 - 9.  
 
I thought Diaz won but expected the judges to score it even. I'm not choked that Connor won, it was certainly not a robbery, I just thought that as viewer Diaz won and guessing how the judges would go I expected a draw.  
 
But jumping Jebus what an amazing card and the main event actually lived up to the hype for a change. Wow.  
 
One strange thing that I've noticed is that there was no real post-event press conference.  
 
Typically they have all (okay, most) of the fighters sitting as a panel and taking questions all together. This time they seemed to have them all do their own individual press conference. I'm not sure what the thinking is.  
 
Cerrone's conference is more than worth watching. Damn is he cool, and funny. I'm straight but if he winked at me I'd have to consider making an exception.  
 
McGreggor's press conference was telling in that it is the one and only time I've seen him be humble(ish.) There was no trash talking and he gave credit to Diaz for his tenacity. Is Connor starting to realize that no fighter is invincible?  
 
Diaz' conference was exactly what I expected. Funny but hard to understand (Nick and Nate are likely the only ones that can fully understand each other.  
 
Diaz said nothing that I can disagree with and he took it to the UFC. He didn't duck or go politician - I'm not sure he could - he spoke straight and true. I love the Diaz boys.  
 
Man, who could ask for more from a fight card! Huge names, important fights, good-to-great fights.  
 
Damn!

Couldn't have said it better on all counts! We definitly got our money's worth last night! That uppercut will make history! Fight of the year contender for sure with Diaz and McGregor! It was a real nail biter, thought during the third it was gonna be a repeat of last fight where Diaz just rallied and went to town but "saved by the bell" got Connor to the forth and if Nate "the bleeder" Diaz wasn't blinded by blood in the forth, it might not have gone all five. Hard call for the judges, coulda gone either way and no one would cry foul. Incredible fight!  
LOL @Nick and Nate are the only ones to understand each other! Funny and so true!!!

NEVER count out Rumble Johnson. He's got that one punch KO power that happens fast. Saw him up close live once, and he's dangerous when he's in shape in the early rounds. If his camp/weight cut (he doesn't cut as much as before) goes right, he's got that one punch KO power.  
 
Cerrone - Again, doesn't surprise me that he got the KO - very nice combination with the body shot and ensuing headkick  
 
As for Diaz vs McGregor - I thought Diaz took 3/5 rounds. UFC will set up for a third match for big PPV sales.

you combined McGregors power with the tenacity and heart of Diaz, that would be one bad dude. I thought McGregor won the fight but the dude tires easily. Round 2 and he was already gased while Diaz just keeps coming forward. If Diaz would have gotten him to the ground more the fight would have ended up differently.

$entropy$ said "NEVER count out Rumble Johnson. He's got that one punch KO power that happens fast. Saw him up close live once, and he's dangerous when he's in shape in the early rounds. If his camp/weight cut (he doesn't cut as much as before) goes right, he's got that one punch KO power.     Cerrone - Again, doesn't surprise me that he got the KO - very nice combination with the body shot and ensuing headkick     As for Diaz vs McGregor - I thought Diaz took 3/5 rounds. UFC will set up for a third match for big PPV sales. "

Heck, we barely had time to count him in lol  
Johnson Cormier II is gonna be interesting. Cormier is about the person I can think of that can take a clean shot from Johnson and walk through it.  
 
And yeah, that head/body/head kick combination that Cerrone laid on Story was one of the most beautiful series of shots I've ever seen.  
 
Is it any wonder that Cowboy pretty much always gets at least one performance bonus? Frankly I'm in awe of the man. He's fought 11 times in two and a half years. Most fighters don't fight 11 times in 5 years.  
 
And his comments about McGregor at the post-fight press were priceless, "Now I gotta listen to this f****** dude talk again, forever. So I'm not looking forward to that."  
 
I don't know what it is with the UFC. The cards they put together that sound incredible often underwhelm and the ones that sort of fly-under-the-radar are often amazing!  
 
UFC 202 reminded me why I'm a fight fan.