You read the headline, so with any luck or basic reading skills, you’ve already figured out the central question and thesis of this little – or heavy – essay. Really, It’s a question anyone could pose at any given time in the larger cycle of MMA happenings, never going out of fashion, never being anything less provocative or worth considering. However, I think this is as fitting of a time to ask it as any other.
A few short days ago, I considered writing a column about Derrick Lewis submarine uppercutting poor Curtis Blaydes into oblivion. But, how do you write that, without it becoming a hagiography about why every MMA fan loves Derrick Lewis, MMA’s Chopped and Screwed cult hero?