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UFC 235 Talking Points

Another wild night in Vegas is in the record books. A new champion was crowned, while another continued their reign unabated. Heart-stopping moments and jaw-dropping performances were everywhere to found; so much so that president Dana White said he would be sending out a more bonus checks than the standard four that come with any UFC event.

New Sheriff in Town

With an absolute, front-to-back, start-to-finish domination of Tyron Woodley, Kamaru Usman became the tenth undisputed UFC welterweight champion.

Domination is a potentially overused word when it comes to combat sports coverage, but to illustrate why perhaps the only word for this scenario: Usman's 192 body strikes landed were a new single-fight UFC record.