Ultimate Fight Night 15 Review: Who Impressed and Who Needs to Impress?

Ultimate Fight Night has come and gone, so let's take a look back at the fights and what they mean for the fighters.

I went 2-for-4 in my predictions. Not too shabby in my first prediction column. I feel there was one upset on the card; other than that, all the televised fights were pretty close.

Houston Alexander has to learn some ground defense. It cost him in his fight against Thiago Silva and it did him in again last night. He started off strong, like he normally does in his fights, but Eric Schafer was able to weather the early storm and get a takedown in the middle of Round One.

After that, Schafer was in total control, with Alexander not doing much at all to control "Ravishing Red." Schafer kept looking for a kimura, but he wound of using Alexander's own arm to help choke him out in the final seconds of Round One.

Good win for Schafer and a disappointing loss for Alexander in his home city. It is unclear where that leaves him in the UFC, and it may be time for the single father to work his way back.

Ed Herman vs. Alan Belcher was a good fight with back-and-forth action throughout the fight. One thing that did catch my eye was Belcher's arrogance in the ring, numerous times dropping his hands and looking to play to the crowd. Also, he wasn't really listening to his corner man, Rich Clementi, as he was telling Belcher to stop throwing the leg kicks as this was leading to Herman being able to grab the leg and get a takedown a few times.

I feel that the fight could of went either way; while Belcher may have the "talent," for him to go to the next level he needs to fight to the finish as his lack of killer instinct almost cost him the fight.

What can I say about Clay Guida? I pretty much foretold how Guida was going to win this fight in my prediction column and he didn't disappoint, setting a frenetic pace that Mac Danzig couldn't keep up with.

Danzig looked good in the first round with his crisp strikes, but Guida did what he does best and never gave Danzig any room to breathe while always pressuring him throughout the fight. I always fought that great cardio wins so many fights for fighters, and this was a prime example of this.

Nate Diaz continues to look impressive in his fights, and this was no different in a hard-fought decision win over Josh Neer. Diaz showed some good judo throws in this fight and had some interesting guard passes that resulted in Neer never having a dominant position for too long of a time

Neer showed me a lot in this fight, too, as he held his own on the ground against a very good jiu-jitsu fighter in Diaz. Neer was a step up in competition for Diaz, but I'd like to see Diaz get a shot at a even bigger name. Diaz vs. Guida, anyone?

Overall, it was a good night of fights for UFC. It will be interesting to see where the wins of Diaz and Guida take these two for there next fights and, like always, I'm looking forward to Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben in a few weeks.