The highs were high and the lows were low at UFC Fight Night 70. There were brutal knockouts and there were dreadful bores scattered throughout the night, but the card delivered on the whole.
The biggest winner of the night was, clearly, main eventer Yoel Romero, who defeated Lyoto Machida via third-round knockout. The Olympic silver medalist is one of the most terrifying fighters in MMA today and, in spite of being 38 years old, seems to be a physical threat on par with anyone else in the sport. Romero’s win vaults him into title contention and possibly sets him up to step over fellow contender Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza as the next in line for the winner of Chris Weidman vs. Luke Rockhold.
The biggest loser is tougher to call in theory, but pretty easy to pick in practice.
Steve Bosse came out of retirement to face fringe top-10 light heavyweight Fabio Maldonado on the main card of UFC 186. Unfortunately, he would wind up being moved off pay-per-view and onto free television to face the relatively unknown Thiago Santos.
That’s a major downgrade no matter how one slices it. And how did that go for him? His head got kicked into the fifth row!
Who else came out a winner at Fight Night 70? Who else came out worse for wear? Read on and find out.