Sunday's battle between top heavyweight contenders Junior Dos Santos and Ben Rothwell at the UFC's debut in Zagreb, Croatia, was the perfect example of overvaluing recent performances to determine a winner.
Dos Santos (18-4), a former heavyweight champion, was coming off his worst career performance, a second-round stoppage loss to Alistair Overeem on Dec. 19 in Orlando, Fla. Rothwell (36-10) was coming off his most impressive career win. One could argue whether Josh Barnett was his biggest name win since he's got a win over Alistair Overeem, but the nature of it was, forcing Barnett to tap out.