Good morning, fight fans! Your usual keeper of the MMA Gradebook, Kevin Wilson, has the week off, but with International Fight Week capped off by a typically loaded Ultimate Fighting Championship offering from Las Vegas, your humble guest columnist steps in to pinch-hit.
This is another card that desperately needs the Gradebook, as Saturday’s card offered a stark mix of thrilling finishes and frankly dull one-sided beatdowns. Here are all 12 fights from UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos, rated for, as Mr. Wilson says, “competitiveness, showcase of skill and technique, finishes, and the story and heightened drama of the contest.