If the bombinating bantamweight Tom Duquesnoy had kicked off the UFC on FOX 24 main card on Saturday night, it would have been the tidiest, most-perfect four-fight package to ever descend into the collective living room. As it stood, the UFC’s first visit to Kansas City was a golden one anyway, even if Renato Moicano wanted no part of Jeremy Stephens’ power to kick things off. He just dined-and-dashed on Stephens’ face for three rounds, leaving Stephens little room to dish out reprimands. (Can’t fault him for being smart).
Even if the television numbers came back low, the FOX show was one hell of an event, a night of mini-celebrations from the beginning leading up to the big shindig.