Junior Dos Santos is Here to Stay
We all knew that JDS had a real shot at knocking out Velasquez and that the fight would probably be over with quickly, but for JDS to come away without hardly a scratch and to totally dominate Velasquez was definitely not expected. The fight was over with in 1:04 and Dos Santos made Cain look slow and awkward. Junior is so dangerous standing and on the floor that I don’t see Brock Lesnar nor Alistair Overeem being a real threat to him right now. But let’s wait until Lesnar and Overeem to faceoff before totally writing them off. Who knows, maybe they will show something to change my mind into thinking that one of them can go toe to toe with Dos Santos.
Wacky Alex “Bruce Leeroy” Caceres Brings Some Serious Stuff to the Table
Alex’s style of fighting is a mix between Anderson Silva and Jon Jones, and his fights are just as dynamic and exciting. In his fight against Cole Escovedo he pulled off a Tae Kwon Do style aerial switch kick (pictured above), two spinning back hands and a jumping side kick. Other moves he used effectively in the fight were side kicks, front kicks, inside leg kicks and super man punches.
Not only did “Bruce Leeroy” impress standing up, he expertly defended against Cole Escovedo’s BJJ. As if that wasn’t enough, Alex went for his own submissions and at one point attempted a triangle, arm bar then an omoplata all in succession from the bottom. Although he needs to work a lot more on his boxing, combinations, stamina and finishing abilities, I can see this 23 year old kid progressing to being featured in a main card one day.
We Can Expect Some Slick Kicks and Quick Submissions from Ricardo Lamas
Did you see that capoeira kick Ricardo attempted against Cub Swanson? It looked like he was just fooling around a bit when he did it but you can expect that he’ll do it again in the future as he likes to have fun inside the cage. Although it doesn’t look like that kick has KO power, its downward force can knock down an opponent to create ground and pound opportunities.
Ricardo had to defend against some serious submissions by Swanson. At one point a choke was fully locked in but he stood up and toughed it out and his opponent let go. Ricardo came back with his own submission that came quick and almost out of nowhere and won by arm-triangle choke 2:26 into the 2nd round.
