There’s always something to be learned from a major MMA card, even if the card may dull or uninspired. When you get the “Event of the Year” (so far) like UFC 228 in Dallas? It’s a full on crash course and makes it hard to pick only five major lessons to take away.
It may have been all for naught if Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight king Tyron Woodley didn’t deliver in the main event against challenger Darren Till. After all, the history of this sport is littered with great cards that aren’t fondly remembered because the main event didn’t deliver; think about how the No Contest in Fedor Emelianenko-Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 2 poisoned the perception of Pride “Shockwave 2004,” or how the disastrous Anderson Silva-Demian Maia bout led to UFC 112 being held in historic contempt.