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As Junior dos Santos and Derrick Lewis faced off in the Octagon before their fight at UFC Fight Night 146 on Saturday in Wichita, Kansas, a thought occurred to me. Had this fight been booked 10 years ago, it would have been an absolute squash match. I don’t mean that simply because at this time in 2009 dos Santos was 2-0 in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and 8-1 overall, while Lewis had yet to make his professional debut.