First, let us be clear about something: The UFC welterweight title fight between Tyron Woodley and Demian Maia at UFC 214 was a bad fight. There’s no other way to spin it.
For fans watching in the arena and at home, it was an utterly boring and perhaps soul-sucking experience, especially considering all that preceded it.
The main card went from Volkan Oezdemir violently dispatching Jimi Manuwa in just 22 seconds to Robbie Lawler and Donald Cerrone delivering a Fight of the Night-type performance to Cris Cyborg at long last claiming UFC gold over the ultra-tough but ultra-overmatched Tonya Evinger.