In probably the worst year for the UFC I can remember, another card had almost fallen through. UFC 153 lost both the Main event and Co-Main Event when Jose Aldo and Quinton Jackson dropped off the card due to injuries. Anderson Silva and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Big Nog) have stepped up to take some rather meaningless fights. Silva is fighting Stephan Bonnar (who isn’t even in the top 25 at LHW) and Big Nog is fighting Dave Herman.
I am actually not against fights like this. Back in Pride, in order to keep fighters active, the best guys would sometimes face off against average opponents. They would still fight a couple of top contenders every year but these other fights just allowed you to see your favorites more often, and that is a good thing. I would like to see Anderson Silva either retire or move to 205lbs permanently since there is nothing left for him at 185lbs. Seeing him fight the same guys over and over got old a long time ago. Moving to 205lbs will open up all kinds of exciting fights everyone wants to see.
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