UFC Fight Night 61 could be recapped with one word: upsets.
According to the final odds posted by Odds Shark, nine straight winners were considered underdogs when the final odds posted. Of course that meant Frank Mir had his hand raised in the final match of the evening.
Despite four straight losses, a layoff that lasted more than a year and the disadvantage of fighting a Brazilian in Brazil, the 35-year-old came through with a big knockout victory.
Considering his current place in the heavyweight pecking order, he wasn’t the night’s biggest winner, though. That would be Michael Johnson. The No. 12 lightweight according to UFC’s rankings upended the No. 6 man in the division, Edson Barboza.
There were plenty of other exciting results to be witnessed in Porto Alegre. Continue reading to catch up on all the action that went down and what it means going forward.