Most of the focus for UFC 140 has been put on Lyoto Machida and Jon Jones. The rest of the card is decent, but the fights lack the certain panache that the main event seems to have.
In fact, many casual fans might even know that a co-main event is taking place on the card. Part of this might have to do with the fact that it is a rematch between Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, who Mir beat by knockout in the second round when they first fought at UFC 92.
It was later proven that Nogueira had just gotten over a staph infection right before the fight.
Most fans probably haven’t paid attention to that, though. Instead, they focused on the knockout loss and nothing else. This might be why the fight is getting so little attention.
But considering that both men might actually get a serious heavyweight fight if they win, it deserves some love.
Here are five points fans should look at when assessing this fight.