As it turned out, Saturday’s UFC 327 in Miami had a little something for everyone.
A brilliant submission by Vicente Luque over Ultimate Fighter winner Kelvin Gastelum, with both now fighting at middleweight.
The first ever stoppage of Loopy Godinez, by recent strawweight title challenger Tatiana Suarez, working her way back to a shot at gold.
One of the most anticipated Bellator fights of all time, coming inside the UFC octagon, and seeing Aaron Pico earn his first win in the company over ex-double champ Patricio Pitbull
The retirement of Cub Swanson, going out on a high with a picture-perfect, patient, and punishing performance against Nate Landwehr who didn’t make it out of the first round.
Fair enough, we won’t talk about Dominick Reyes vs. Johnny Walker, with the paired booed out of the building. We will talk about Josh Hokit vs. Curtis Blaydes, which turned out to be one of the best heavyweight fights of all time. Up there with Bigfoot Silva vs. Mark Hunt, Hokit vs. Blaydes started at a breakneck pace and while the big men slowed as the fight went on, they never stopped swining.
Hokit had gone the pro wrestling route with some rather cringe personas throughout the week, but he came away with a win over a legitimate contender, in a Fight of the Night (and even Fight of the Year) contender that no one saw coming.
Following all that and Jiri Prochazka vs. Carlos Ulberg in the main event, tune in for the UFC 327 post-fight press conference above.
