Corey Anderson didn’t play to his strengths and it cost him in the UFC Rio Rancho main event. Jan Blachowicz is well-rounded to be sure, but if you can avoid a few monster shots early, you’ve put yourself in a good spot to beat him. Instead, Anderson wanted to box though. And he got clipped and dusted.
The best part of that whole thing, by far, was Blachwicz picking up a huge win and immediately beelining over to 205-pound champ Jon Jones to ask him what was going on. Jones clearly has some unresolved issues with Dominick Reyes, but he’s arguably as vulnerable as he’s ever looked and Blachowicz might actually be a good matchup for this version of Bones.