Firstly in the co-main event interim UFC Bantamweight champion Renan Barao fought Eddie Wineland. After a close first round that could of went either way Barao lands an impressive spinning back kick to the face of Wineland in round two. Although Wineland managed to block it slightly with his hand it was powerful enough to knock Wineland down and daze him enough for Barao to achieve a stoppage with follow up punches on the ground, earning him the knockout of the night bonus.
The question is now, when will Dominick Cruz be recovered so that he can unify the Bantamweight title and whether Cruz should be stripped of the title since he hasn't fought in over two years now due to the injury.
In the main event the Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones had the toughest fight of his career against the heavy underdog Alexander Gustafsson. Jones has been so dominant against every one of his opponents in the past that on one thought Gustafsson had much of a chance. However this was the first time that Jones fought someone taller than him with a comparable reach. This was evident in the first round where Gustafsson was able to catch Jones off balance and take him down which no one has ever done before.
Gustafsson had the slicker boxing in this fight which Jones seemed to have trouble with since Jones had always been able to use his mutant like 84 inch reach to keep the smaller guys off him.
It was in the third round onward that Jones started coming back with more desperation perhaps knowing that he may have been losing in the eyes of the judges. He was able to land some of his signiture elbows and kicks from the 3rd round onward. Also worth noting is that this was Gustafsson's first five round fight, it was evident that by the fifth round Gustafsson was exhausted.
Jones ended up winning the decision however it was a very controversial one in the eyes of the fans, many of which saw Gustafsson winning the fight. Both fighters earned fight of the night bonus.
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