UFC 174 took place in Vancouver, Canada last night and I know the so called hardcore Mixed Martial Arts “fan” was disappointed by the lack of brutality on the main card. Not only was last night probably the most technically sound and mentally satisfying Pay-Per-View I have seen since I began really following the sport big time.
There were a few surprises on the Pay-Per-Views main card which were either complete surprises or just straight up oh my god did that just happened. The biggest surprise happened early on in the event during the Ovince St. Preux v.s. Ryan Jimmo where Ryan Jimmo apparently broke his arm at some point in the match and had to verbally submit to St. Preux after being put into a kimura arm bar.
The second surprise albeit looking back on the fight itself was not so shocking looking at who had the least amount of damage was Andrei Arlovski who had not been in the UFC since 2008 came back in full force against Brendan Schaub where he ended up what looked like breaking Schaubs’ jaw which helped Arlovski to win the match by split decision.
Ryan Bader won his bout against Rafael Cavalcante by unanimous decision.
Ryan Bader conquered his opponent for 3 rounds just without a doubt dominated every aspect which as you will see has been a large theme in this show that was put on by the UFC. Ryan Bader was given the decision unanimously by the judges after the final horn had sounded and rightly so.
Lets now focus on the co-main event of the evening where Rory MacDonald put on what can only be described as a complete and utter clinic in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts taking on a glorified sparing partner in Tyron Woodley. Woodley never stood a chance MacDonald dominated the entire fight showing great aptitude in both striking ground game and the ability to control the pace of a fight, though Woodley had a great effort he just could not stop the 170 pound juggernaut known as Rory MacDonald.
The main event of the evening was the same as the co-main event with the World Flyweight Championship was on the line and again another clinic that was put on by incumbent Demetrius “Mighty Mouse” Johnson took on the Russian Ali Bagautinov this match was so one sided that it ended with a unanimous decision. Johnson had just sound fundamentals that for a flyweight is truly unheard of because when you look at the other form of combat that implements a flyweight system in boxing only has what looks like two skinny people fighting over a steak, these gentlemen showed that they can hold their own and be technically proficient in every aspect of Mixed Martial Arts.
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