I don't know, but it wouldn't surprise me if this was just another waste of money for the fledgling company. Secondly, although Andrei won his fight with a huge KO, it seemed to me almost as if the fight was fixed, which brings me to...
4. Roy Nelson
So his striking ability has proven to be suspect. Unfortunately, that wasn't the story of the fight for me. Roy Nelson had been dominating Arlovski on the ground and was in side control with plenty of time left in the round. All of a sudden, the fight is stood up, with Nelson visibly frustrated.
On the feet, Nelson's inability to defend leg kicks was exposed, and Nelson was eventually put down. Was the call to stand the fight back up simply to make the fight more watchable to casual viewers? Or something worse? You be the judge.
Either way, I don't think this would have happened in the UFC, and I can understand why Roy Nelson was so upset with the loss.
5. Jake Shields
Yeah, he won his fight, but his jiu-jitsu takedowns didn't impress me, and his striking skills impressed me even less. Jake Shields is ranked within the top-five welterweights in the world on many MMA sites.
After watching this fight, I am convinced that Jake Shields doesn't deserve to be put in the same sentence as Georges St. Pierre. While GSP has shown striking, wrestling, and BJJ skills, Jake Shields shows only BJJ skills.
In my opinion, GSP wins this imaginary fight most of the time. After this fight, a demand for this fight also decreases. After this poor showing, Jake Shields drops down the rankings, in my opinion.
Grapplers with better striking, like GSP, Koscheck, Sanchez, Fitch, Serra, and strikers with enough grappling not to get submitted, like Alves, and even outsider Judo fighters like Yoshiyuki Yoshida and Karo Parisyan rise above Shields, in my book.
6. UFC
Just kidding. Jake Shields looks bad AND Kimbo gets KO'd by a guy who couldn't make it in the UFC? The UFC is the clearest winner of this event.
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