With the UFC’s Rotterdam card firmly in the books, it’s safe to say that this will go down as another of those ‘bad on paper, fun in practice’ cards. Mostly because booking mismatches leads to a lot of cool finishes. A couple prospects made strong debuts, Zabit Magomedsharipov immediately announced himself as a highlight machine, and heavyweight is building a new potential title contender. So, what’s the next step?
To answer that question, I’ll be using the old-school Silva/Shelby fight-booking model. That means pitting winners against winners, losers against losers, and similarly tenured talent against one another.