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UFC 225 on Saturday was defined more than anything else by generational battles. In fight after fight, accomplished veterans of the sport took on competitors a decade younger. The result, as is usually the case in MMA, was up-and-coming fighters getting the better of their elders. On a night filled with large age discrepancies, younger fighters went 11-2. Only Holly Holm and Chris de la Rocha turned back the clock, with de la Rocha getting the better of spry 36-year-old Rashad Coulter.