The best and worst from UFC Fight Night 126

#3 Best: So much violence!

Newcomer Curtis Millender unleashed some awesome violence onto Thiago Alves

Recent UFC cards have seen the fans treated to a lot of decisions – perhaps due to the tight matchmaking of Sean Shelby and Mick Maynard – but last night was very different. Of the 12 fights on the show, just four went the distance, and even they were mainly exciting – James Vick vs. Francisco Trinaldo was excellent and even Brandon Davis vs. Steve Peterson had a bunch of fun moments.

But otherwise? This was a violence lover’s perfect card, with submissions for Alex Morono, Geoff Neal and Roberto Sanchez sandwiched within knockouts from Oskar Piechota, Diego Ferreira, Curtis Millender, Derrick Lewis and Donald Cerrone.

Best of the bunch was probably Millender’s knee knockout of Thiago Alves – this was as impressive a UFC debut as we’ve seen in a long time, as Millender had the veteran on the ropes from the first round, dropping him twice, and then turned his lights out in style in the second. It was Millender’s third knockout in a row, too, after beating his previous two opponents with head kicks.

He’s definitely a man to watch, but then none of the fighters on the show last night are worth ignoring. Hopefully, the show did a good rating on Fox Sports 1 so that some of the more lapsed fans might get back into the UFC.