Could be short as due to family comments, I only got to see Stevenson/Diaz happen live and then I watched Sanchez/Guida this morning on the internet.....I mean, on a legal television channel.
Sanchez/Guida was a really good fight. I was a little surprised as it was a split decision as I thought it was pretty obvious Sanchez won the first two rounds (I had it 10-9 Sanchez, 10-9 Sanchez, and 10-9 Guida). The first 45 seconds of the fight was outstanding. You always know you are going to get excitement when Clay Guida is in the cage. Sanchez is logically the next contender for the winner of Penn/Florian I think. Nobody else jumps out in my mind as being ahead of him for a shot. They should keep Tyson Griffin on a similar track so that Griffin can get the next shot after Sanchez. It would really be hard to screw up the matchmaking in the UFC Lightweight division right now.
Last night we saw the best Joe Stevenson that we have seen in quite a while. Props to Diaz for getting out of that guillotine as Stevenson's is money. 3 of Stevenson's last 5 victories have been by the guillotine choke. Moving to Greg Jackson's camp for this fight certainly appears to be a great move for Stevenson. As I said before the fight, I don't think Stevenson can improve too much more from what he is. He has been fighting mma professionally for over 10 years now. But he looked really solid tonight against Diaz in a fight he needed to win. He might have been cut had he lost. Next for Stevenson maybe a fight against Guida.
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