Say what you will about his style, but UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz is generally a lock for an entertaining fight.
Saturday was no different, as he and top contender Demetrious Johnson went toe-to-toe for 25 minutes, with spirited effort by the challenger that ultimately fell short.
It helped further the 135-pound division’s trial-by-fury scramble to solve the riddle of Cruz, while at the same establishing the champ as the weight class’ gold standard.
In other action, Pat Barry and Stefan Struve left fans irritated, Anthony Johnson put the kibosh on Charlie Brenneman’s underdog story and Matt Wiman and Mac Danzig made us all look less manly by comparison.
So let’s run down one humble B/R writer’s musings from Saturday night’s fight card, and as an added bonus, let’s throw out some good ol’ * ratings in the end to put this sucker into perspective.