UFC 167 Results: 3 Stars Who Emerged from St-Pierre vs. Hendricks

UFC 167 featured the biggest star in the business headlining the card as Georges St-Pierre defended his welterweight title against Johny Hendricks.

Following the win, St-Pierre expressed desire to step away from the sport, which leaves the UFC without it's biggest money maker. Luckily for the UFC, a number of fighters separated themselves from the rest of the pack at UFC 167.

If the UFC hopes to replace some of the revenue lost by GSP taking time off, they would be wise to feature these three fighters on upcoming cards.

Erik Perez

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Erik Perez had already become one of the more recognizable faces on UFC prelim cards. An exciting style combined with the lucha libre masks during interviews have helped Perez stand apart from his contemporaries.

Now Perez has perhaps his best victory inside the Octagon. Facing a competent striker in Edwin Figueroa, predictions for this fight centered on Perez's wrestling being the difference. Not only did Perez win the grappling battle but he outclassed Figueroa on the feet as well.

Perez scored a number of thunderous strikes, hurting Figueroa multiple times and outside of a split-decision loss to Takeya Mizugaki, hasn't lost in the UFC.

Following the fight, "Goyito" tried his best to get the UFC to put him on a potential card in Mexico. The promotion would be wise to feature Perez on future televised prelims as he is quickly becoming one of the most exciting fighters in the bantamweight division.

Sergio Pettis

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Sergio Pettis had quite a bit of hype surrounding him prior to UFC 167. Running a 9-0 record outside the Octagon, Pettis quickly became one of the top prospects on the UFC radar.

With his older brother winning the lightweight title in August, Pettis had even more hype surrounding him. Pettis finally made his debut at UFC 167 and did so against Will Campuzano, a WEC veteran who had found nice success outside the Zuffa banner.

Stepping in on late notice, Campuzano did his best, but in the end Pettis showcased why he had quickly become one of the top prospects at 135 pounds.

Pettis should be heavily hyped and featured in upcoming cards based on his last name alone and the win at UFC 167 makes that job easier for the UFC hype machine. Look for the younger Pettis to be on the televised prelims next time around.

Tyron Woodley

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Tyron Woodley has always been tabbed as a "can't miss" type of prospect. He had the amateur wrestling credentials combined with an imposing physique. All those attributes were combined with the world renowned Ricardo Liborio and American Top Team and now Woodley seems primed to move past the level of prospect.

UFC fans were introduced to Woodley in a fast way as he dropped Jay Hieron in just 36 seconds for his UFC debut. The win was a nice bounce-back effort from his KO loss to Nate Marquardt in Strikeforce.

Yet all that momentum went out the window with his snoozefest against Jake Shields. The fight seemed to completely take the wind out of the sails for Woodley. But he faced a great chance to get back in the fans' good graces at UFC 167.

For some reason Woodley was granted a place on the main card of one of the UFC's biggest cards this year and was facing the much vilified Josh Koscheck. Given Koscheck is so widely disliked by MMA fans, anyone who picks up a win against him gets bonus points.

Woodley showed at UFC 167 why he's such a dangerous fighter as long as his cardio is on par. He's one of the best wrestlers in the division and has scary knockout power to boot. If that sounds like a familiar skill set it's because that's the one possessed by the man who (in many MMA fans'/analysts' minds) beat Georges St-Pierre in the UFC 167 main event, Johny Hendricks.