Normally, an event can be saved by a series of rapid finishes after a largely tedious card. After UFC San Antonio began with nine straight decisions – nine! – we may have found the breaking point for how many decisions makes a card impossible to come back from.
Yes, Dan Hooker’s KO of James Vick was impressive. So was Walt Harris’ brutal left hand to the temple of Aleksei Oleinik. Despite those quick finishes, it still felt like the card dragged on. Perhaps some of that has to do with the main event between Leon Edwards and Rafael dos Anjos going the five-round distance, somewhat diminishing the breakthrough performance of Edwards.