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 Clearly a good move on UFC’s part. Take a look at last nights fight (Korean Zombie vs. Dustin Poirier). If the UFC hadn’t made all main-events 5 rounds then the fight would have went to a simple, boring decision but because the change, we saw an amazing finish by The Korean Zombie via: D’arce Chok.

 I wish these rules would have gone into affect sooner. So many great fights we could have seen that ended with a finish. At least now the change is made and we have that chance in seeing more fights finished rather then go to the judges.

 What are your thoughts on all main-events being 5 rounds? It can’t be a bad thing, just means we’ll possibly get to see more fights finished.

 Tom Lawlor vs. Jason MacDonald - Very surprising win by Lawlor. Had me in shock for sure! Great display of striking from Lawlor and I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of his “special walkouts” soon. Happy Birthday, Lawlor!

 Igor Pokrajac vs. Fabio Maldonado - Pretty exciting fight. We got to see great boxing skills, combinations and more. Igor looked to be rocked a few times in that fight from the flurries of punches Maldonado was throwing at him but in the end, Igor came out on top.

 Yves Jabouin vs. Jess Hougland - Great display of cardio and striking by Ives Jabouin. It’s my first time seeing him fight and am I ever happy I did! Landing some big shots on Hougland, nothing but coming forward and still looked to have a full tank of gas. Great spinning back kicks to the body by Jabouin and an overall great win. 

 Donald Cerrone vs. Jeremy Stephens - Great combinations by Cerrone, most finished with powerful leg kicks. Cerrone coming off a tough, hard fought loss against Nate Diaz, he was looking amazing tonight against Stephens. After winning via: Decision, he said he would like to fight in his home town and have a rematch against Diaz knowing he already has a title shot. I doubt Diaz will take it and risk him having his title shot but we’ll see what happens.

 Amir Sadollah vs. Jorge Lopez - Not the most exciting fight of the night but we did get to see some great take downs and amazing cardio by Amir Sadollah. Once Lopez was partially gassed, Amir was able to rush forward in attempts to finish the fight but ended up winning via: Decision.

 The Korean Zombie vs. Dustin Poirier - What a great fight! Both fighters came out looking great. Both displayed amazing striking, ground work, transitions and determination. Dustin Poirier caught in some touch submissions at the end of the 3rd round but was able to keep himself together and make it out of that round alive. 4th round, The Korean Zombie landed a solid punch, followed by a flying knee and followed that up with a submission to finish the fight via: D’arce choke. I’m very excited to see where this puts The Korean Zombie in the Featherweight division.

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 Benson Henderson vs. Frankie Edgar II is set for UFC 150.

 After Henderson defeated Edgar at UFC 144 in Japan, many people were back and forth about the final decision and wanted a rematch. Edgar also thought he did enough in that fight to have a draw or a possible win.

 Edgar, widely consider the “king of rematches” will have a lot of weight on his shoulders in this rematch against Henderson. Do you think Edgar will come out on top as he has done in his past rematch fights against Bj Penn and Gray Maynard?