It's been a little while since my last blog post but I've been manic with work so it's nice to finally sit down and pen some thoughts.

Last nights fight was dramatic and in my mind predictably short. It was wonderful to see the UFC live on network television surely a huge stride in our fantastic sport becoming truly mainstream. This feeling was dampened slightly by reports that the viewing figures only reached 4.6 million for the hour broadcast. When all the numbers are fully crunched and they release the data for the number of people who actually watched the fight itself I think (hope) the figures will be a lot higher. After all you can't expect the casual/new fan to watch a 60 second fight and then sit through 55 mins of extended punditry. Nearly everyone who I've heard discuss the topic felt that they should've showed the Guida v Henderson fight as part of the hour (including UFC employees like Joe Rogan). This seems blindingly obvious and seems to be a decision taken by Fox rather than the UFC. I'm sure some television executive has a good reason for this that no one else has thought of yet.

The fight itself was short, brutal and dramatic. There were question marks over Velasquez coming into the fight regarding ring rust and injuries picked up in training but I think he just tried to swim in the deep waters of Dos Santos' striking and drowned. He is still the number 2 heavyweight in the world for me, but knockout victories over Zombie Nog and Brock "not the face" Lesnar have perhaps mislead us all as to his ability on the feet. Dos Santos is one of the nicest guys in the game and a real killer to boot. There is still a slight question mark about his ability to stuff the take down of an elite heavyweight wrestler but there aren't many fighters that fall into that bracket anyway. Lesnar might test this theory if he can get past Overeem and both Barnett and Cormier have the credentials to take him down. I actually think his biggest test will be the eventual and inevitable rematch with a super motivated Cain Velasquez who will come back with a tighter game plan next time.