For all of you who wrote off Derek Brunson as nothing more than a gatekeeper to the top ten of the middleweight division, he just gave you all a big middle finger, dominating Darren Till with positioning and ground and pound over the first two rounds before finding a RNC finish in the third. Well... perhaps I should say Brunson gave us a big middle finger given I didn’t see this late career surge, but the bottom line is Brunson is a legit middleweight contender at 37.
Brunson appears convinced that he’s got next against Israel Adesanya, but I wouldn’t be so sure if I were him.