It would be a lie to say that was a lot of fun.
UFC 179 hit the airwaves Saturday night to limited excitement, and it lived up to that billing perfectly. A package of uninteresting bouts kicked off the event before a co-main event win by Phil Davis and a title defense by Jose Aldo capped off the night.
Luckily, Aldo and his dance partner Chad Mendes tore the house down in one of the best fights the UFC featherweight division has ever produced, saving what was an otherwise uninspired evening of combat.
It maybe wasn’t the type of event to welcome rabid fans back from a three-week hiatus from UFC action, but regardless, here are the grades for every athlete who competed on the main card.