UFC 104

UFC 104 was better than expected, due to Shogun not sucking as most people though he would.
Some thoughts:
1)Anthony Johnson looked really good, although him not being able to make weight by 6 pounds is somewhat concerning. If he moves up to middleweight his size advantage might disappear, so if he can cut to 170 he should probably do that.
2)Joe Stevenson looked decent in his win. His striking was better, but he used his main strength (taking people down), to win the fight. Spencer Fisher needs to work on his take down defense, although he did stuff Stevenson a few times.
3)Gleison Tibau showed he has good take downs but nothing else. Neer showed in his last fight he doesn't have a great guard, yet Tibau was unable to do anything. Neer looks to have solid everything else, except stopping people from bringing him down.
4)Cain Velasquez looks like the real deal, except Mazzagatti shouldn't have stopped the fight when he did. You could tell he was just looking for a flurry of punches and then he was going to call the fight. Couldn't really tell anything from Rothwell.
5)Great main event, although Shogun clearly won. I had it 49-46, maybe 49-47, but I have no clue how Machida was given 3 rounds. Kevin Iole wrote a really dumb article saying don't blame the judges, blame Shogun's corner men for telling him he was winning. That makes little sense, objectively Shogun won the fight. How can you blame his corner men from telling him the truth. Iole is basically saying, "well he should have just knocked him out, then he would have won." Idiot.
6)Don't know how Barry-Hardonk got fight of the night...