UFC 140 Results: Questions Answered and Lessons Learned

UFC 140 is in the history books. UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones outclassed Lyoto Machida and Frank Mir proved to be the better fighter against Rodrigo Nogueira, breaking the Brazilian's arm in the process.

Aside from the main and co-main events, there were other fights throughout UFC 140 that helped answer questions and teach important lessons.

What were these fights and what was their significance? Read and find out!

John Cholish Could Be a Contender One Day

In UFC 140's very first bout, Renzo Gracie prospect John Cholish thoroughly dismantled Canadian Mitch Clarke, earning a second-round TKO victory.

Cholish isn't exactly a spring chicken, but at 27 years of age and with a great fight team behind him, he may well become a top fighter in lightweight if he keeps up his current pace.

MMA Is Always Evolving/Don't Disregard Short Elbows

Little elbows to the side of the head during a takedown haven't been considered a tactic that would actually do a serious amount of damage to someone—until now.

Jake Hecht used these short elbows to set up a shocking TKO victory over Rich Attonito, showing that the sport of MMA is always evolving.

What was once considered just a minor technique meant to annoy, has since been employed to bring about the end to a fight!

John Makdessi Is Too Small for Lightweight, Dennis Hallman Is Too Big

John Makdessi vs. Dennis Hallman looked like a boy against a man.

This wasn't because Makdessi was unskilled, mind you, it was because of the size difference.

Makdessi is small as far as lightweights go and Hallman is huge; he couldn't even make weight (he weighed in at 158.5 when the maximum for lightweight is 156).

Makdessi is a skilled fighter with a very unique arsenal of strikes, but he's clearly in the wrong weight class. He should drop down to featherweight.

Hallman, on the other hand, looked incredibly drained at the weigh-ins and he wasn't even on weight. He should return to welterweight to spare his body the torture.

Constantinos Philippou Is a Tough Fight for Anyone

Constantinos Philippou didn't look spectacular in his last win against Jorge Rivera, but he more than made up for it against Jared Hamman.

The Serra-Longo fighter completely dominated Hamman with powerful, accurate strikes and eventually earned a TKO midway through the first round.

A fighter with Philippou's striking and takedown/submission defense will be tough to beat for anyone at middleweight.

Fools Rush in

Mark Hominick, the man who made Jose Aldo look mortal, got knocked out in only seven seconds against "The Korean Zombie," Chan Sung Jung.

The main reason for this was that Hominick rushed in wildly after the fighters touched gloves and he got caught with a devastating hit that sent him to the canvas (writing out the description of the fight actually takes longer than the fight itself).

Jung followed up with some ground and pound to the face and the fight was subsequently stopped by Herb Dean, proving that fools really do rush in.

Tito Ortiz Isn't What He Used to Be

It was sad to see Tito Ortiz, once thought to be one of the best in the world, beaten up so badly by Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.

Even though Ortiz made it competitive in the beginning, Nogueira soon rocked Ortiz and he simply never recovered.

The Brazilian swarmed Ortiz incessantly and may have even broken his ribs while earning the TKO victory.

Rodrigo Nogueira Was Always Overrated, Frank Mir Was Always Underrated

If there was one way MMA fans thought Frank Mir would NOT win, it was by submission.

By far, MMA fans and pundits alike would've given Rodrigo Nogueira the edge in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

However, it was Mir whose arm was raised at the end and Nogueira's whose arm was broken. If Frank Mir was able to submit Nogueira, was the former Pride heavyweight champion ever really that good? Was Mir ever as bad as people said he was?

Apparently no to both questions.

Jon Jones Has a Chin and No One Can Beat Jon Jones

The biggest question mark around Jon Jones—his chin—is now gone. Jones took several strong punches from Lyoto Machida but was only stumbled once.

After a close first round, Jones turned up the pace and was way too much for Machida.

He took Machida down, bloodied him up, knocked him down, and then pulled off an amazing standing guillotine choke that brought the Karate master to the mat unconscious.

Jones is the real deal and there's not a fighter on earth at light heavyweight who can beat him.

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