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UFC 216 played out just right, but weight-cutting issues can no longer be ignored

Overall, UFC 216 turned out to be a pretty good fight card, in that Bobby Green and Lando Vannata did a bit of synchronized swimming in the “deep water” and Demetrious Johnson broke the all-time consecutive title defenses record with a casually executed suplex-to-armbar finish of Ray Borg. These things played out extraordinarily on a night that truly needed something extraordinary, as the UFC paid tribute to Las Vegas just six days after the city’s greatest tragedy.

It really was a nice touch for the UFC to show that kind of love and empathy with its hub city.