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Five Best Fights To Make Following UFC 221

While not the strongest card on paper, UFC 221 actually ended up delivering a night of entertaining fights from Down Under. Yoel Romero scored one of his patented third-round knockouts over former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, Mark Hunt lost to ever-intriguing heavyweight prospect Curtis Blaydes, and Tai Tuivasa lit up the hometown crowd with a […]

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While not the strongest card on paper, UFC 221 actually ended up delivering a night of entertaining fights from Down Under.

Yoel Romero scored one of his patented third-round knockouts over former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, Mark Hunt lost to ever-intriguing heavyweight prospect Curtis Blaydes, and Tai Tuivasa lit up the hometown crowd with a quick TKO win before chugging a beer from an audience member’s shoe.

UFC 221 wasn’t as bad as everyone was predicting, and could actually be a launching spot for several rising stars and possibly a new champion who is over 40.

Taking that in context, here are the five best fights for the UFC to make following UFC 221.

Tyson Pedro
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5. Tyson Pedro vs. Misha Cirkunov

Tuivasa’s brother-in-law Tyson Pedro scored a first-round slick submission that will move him ever closer to a top 10 fight.

To properly build this potential Australian light heavyweight star, the UFC is going to have to bring him along slowly, which they’ve done well thus far.

Cirkunov would be the perfect match up to see exactly where Pedro is at. Although he’s stumbled a bit in recent outings, those losses have occurred to Volkan Oezdemir and Glover Teixeira.

If Pedro can put on a similar performance against Circunov, he would be right where he wants to be within the light heavyweight division.

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Curtis Blaydes: I Want Anyone in The Top Five UFC Rankings

Curtis Blaydes is ready to step up after defeating Mark Hunt at UFC 221. Last night (Feb. 10), Blaydes took on Hunt inside Perth Arena in Perth, Australia. Early on, Blaydes was rocked and dropped. He weathered the storm and put on a wrestling clinic. …

Curtis Blaydes is ready to step up after defeating Mark Hunt at UFC 221. Last night (Feb. 10), Blaydes took on Hunt inside Perth Arena in Perth, Australia. Early on, Blaydes was rocked and dropped. He weathered the storm and put on a wrestling clinic. Blaydes earned the unanimous decision win. Speaking to the media […]

Curtis Blaydes: I Want Anyone in The Top Five UFC Rankings

Curtis Blaydes is ready to step up after defeating Mark Hunt at UFC 221. Last night (Feb. 10), Blaydes took on Hunt inside Perth Arena in Perth, Australia. Early on, Blaydes was rocked and dropped. He weathered the storm and put on a wrestling clinic. …

Curtis Blaydes is ready to step up after defeating Mark Hunt at UFC 221. Last night (Feb. 10), Blaydes took on Hunt inside Perth Arena in Perth, Australia. Early on, Blaydes was rocked and dropped. He weathered the storm and put on a wrestling clinic. Blaydes earned the unanimous decision win. Speaking to the media […]

Curtis Blaydes vs. Mark Hunt Full Fight Video Highlights

In the co-main event of last night’s (Sat. February 10, 2018) UFC 221 pay-per-view (PPV) card heavyweights Curtis Blaydes and Mark Hunt went to war inside of the Octagon. Hunt came into the fight off a big win over Derrick Lewis who he finished in the fourth round of their June meeting last year. He […]

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In the co-main event of last night’s (Sat. February 10, 2018) UFC 221 pay-per-view (PPV) card heavyweights Curtis Blaydes and Mark Hunt went to war inside of the Octagon.

Hunt came into the fight off a big win over Derrick Lewis who he finished in the fourth round of their June meeting last year. He previously suffered a vicious knockout loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 209 in March of last year in the third round.

Blaydes had been on a three-fight winning streak since suffering the first and only loss of his mixed martial arts (MMA) career to Francis Ngannou in April of 2016. A win over Hunt would be a massive win for the young American’s career.

“Razor” really utilized his reach right out the gate but got caught ate in the first round by Hunt who nearly had the fight finished. Blaydes was able to rally and take Hunt down until the end of the round. From then on out in the rest of the fight Blaydes continuously took Hunt down and was able to grind out a unanimous decision win over “The Super Samoan.”

You can check out the fight video highlights below:

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Twitter Reacts To Yoel Romero’s Crushing KO Of Luke Rockhold

UFC 221 emanated tonight (Saturday, February 10, 2018) from the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia. The main event saw Luke Rockhold vie for the interim middleweight title against Yoel Romero. Romero came in overweight and was thus ineligible to win the title. The two middleweight titans engaged in a tense, back-and-forth battle. Rockhold took the […]

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UFC 221 emanated tonight (Saturday, February 10, 2018) from the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia. The main event saw Luke Rockhold vie for the interim middleweight title against Yoel Romero. Romero came in overweight and was thus ineligible to win the title.

The two middleweight titans engaged in a tense, back-and-forth battle. Rockhold took the first with his volume of kicks while Romero took the second with a flurry of power punches that had Rockhold on the ropes. The former champ survived the second frame, but Romero would net himself yet another unlikely third-round stoppage. He floored Rockhold with a massive overhand left and one follow-up shot left Rockhold completely unable to defend himself. Romero would be the interim middleweight champion had he made weight yesterday.

The co-main event saw local hero Mark Hunt look to turn back heavyweight prospect Curtis Blaydes. He had his moments, particularly in the first round, but Blaydes’ wrestling proved too much for the New Zealander. “Razor” Blaydes took a clear-cut unanimous decision in the co-headliner.

See how Twitter reacted to these explosive bouts below:

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UFC 221 Post-Fight Press Conference

Although it faced the difficult problems of hometown champion Robert Whittaker withdrawing from the event and his replacement Yoel Romero missing weight before the main event, last night’s (Sat., February 10, 2018) UFC 221 still took place from the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia. In the headliner, Yoel Romero knocked out former champion Luke Rockhold cold […]

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Although it faced the difficult problems of hometown champion Robert Whittaker withdrawing from the event and his replacement Yoel Romero missing weight before the main event, last night’s (Sat., February 10, 2018) UFC 221 still took place from the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia.

In the headliner, Yoel Romero knocked out former champion Luke Rockhold cold in the third round of their interim title bout where Romero could not win the belt because he missed weight by almost three pounds.

The co-main event featured rising heavyweight Curtis Blaydes securing his biggest-ever win over local fan favorite Mark Hunt after some early trouble.

Watch the UFC 221 post-fight presser streaming live right after the main card here:

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