The oil can was in full effect for Carlos Condit Saturday night. A knee injury kept him out for more than a year, but rust was not a major factor in the main event of UFC Fight Night 67, where Condit scored a TKO of a tough Thiago Alves.
Though Condit was tentative at the opening and didn’t move with exceptional fluidity, the Natural Born Killer still bloodied, shattered and battered Alves in a violent second round, breaking Alves‘ nose and spurring a cageside doctor to stop the fight.
“After the feeling-out process, I just started thinking about the different things we had worked on…. And the first thing I threw really, really worked,” Condit told broadcaster Jon Anik in the cage after the fight, in apparent reference to a left elbow that first damaged Alves‘ nose. “I want a good fight [next]. I want somebody exciting. I want somebody the fans are excited to watch me fight.”
We can help, Carlos. Here are four opponents Condit could face who would make sense in the rankings and provide an exciting matchup.