I think the Barrao from last night was good enough to beat anyone else in the division. TJ is just a better fighter. To me, the most impressive thing about Dillashaw's performance was his ability to slip punches in the pocket and immediately fire back. TJ and Cruz will be a good fight if Cruz can get/stay healthy.
I thought Barco might have edged the first round, but Killashaw took over from the 2nd. That finish was brutal, Renan got destroyed. I missed the Felder Barboza fight, love to see a stand up war.
I disagree that Barrao won the first round. To me he got dominated just like before. TJ took a minute to get going in the first but Barrao was just too slow and couldn't land on him at all. As far as the Barboza fight, I don't know what those judges saw, because Barboza won every round IMO. Felder was game and dude was a fucking beast too. I've never seen anyone take Barboza's leg kicks like that and just shrug them off without any pain or physical damage. On top of that he barely touched Barboza but had his eye cut and swollen as well as a bunch of welts on top of his head. Still though, Barboza won because he had superior defense and countering. Felder was pissed when it was announced he lost which I can imagine since his perfect record got blemished. What's right is right though, and Barboza definitely landed the cleaner better shots not to mention showed much better defense, despite coming out looking much worse for wear. Felder didn't have a scratch on him.
It was good to see Tom Lawlor get a win at light heavyweight. Not just a win, but a one punch knockout. A buddy of mine trained with him for years at the Jungle in Orlando. I always root for the Orlando guys. Speaking of which, Ben Saunders looked impressive off his back. He almost has prime BJ's level of leg flexibility in the rubber guard.
I thought Barrao looked like shit. I was picking him. Weak, and shit stamina. No big shot to credit this time, either. Not overly impressed with Dillashaw, but a nice win.
