Overall I thought the show was good.
Henderson couldn’t finish Shields when he had the chance, and you could just see the lightbulb pop up above Shields when he figured out that Dan is horrible on his back. Dan didn’t even fight to get guard back.
The differences between when Hendo fought other jiu-jitsu blackbelts and when he fought Shields, was those guys like to standup. Silva and Gracie would rather standup, and that is stepping right into Dan Henderson’s best spot. You can see what happens when guys decide to trade with Henderson. Shields literally is lucky he hit the ground face first when he got stunned, because I think that is what knocked him back to reality. If he had fell back onto the cage it would have been over. All the credit to Shields. He figured out a way to beat Henderson. Would love to see the rematch against Miller, but I think he moves to the UFC.
I knew Melendez would win. Too much of everything and knows how to defend. I can’t believe he is a purple belt in jiu jitsu, that Gracie school must be tough as hell.
Mo Lawal vs Mousasi was a little disappointing. I think Mousasi wanted to take him into deep water, but that strategy overtook his conditioning. I knew Mousasi would be on his back, but overall Mousasi definitely did more damage. Takedowns count for too much. Lawal was controlling the fight, but doing very little damage when he was on top. This is the first time Lawal has gone the distance so it says alot of Mousasi’s defense as well.
As far as the post fight brawl. I don’t really care. Was kinda interesting. I don’t think its bad for the sport, I don’t think it affects anything with CBS, or it shouldn’t I should say. My DVR stopped recording before the brawl happened had to see it on YouTube.