UFN 92: Rodriguez vs Caceres Winners and Losers

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Updated: August 7, 2016

The fans got what they wanted in Salt Lake City Saturday night as the UFC delivered a solid night of fights. There was a stretch of stinkers in the middle of the card, but aside from that the action was worth watching. Things were highlighted by a spinning extravaganza in the main event. The only thing missing from the evening’s final contest was a highlight reel finish. Without further ado, here are the real winners and losers for the night:

Winners

Yair Rodriguez and Alex Caceres: The flashy featherweights did exactly what the UFC hoped they would do when they paired these two together. Wowing the masses with their highly entertaining performance, both had their moments throughout the fight and came out looking good. I admit that any skilled technician would be able to pick them apart as they leave Grand Canyon sized holes in their defense, but to focus on that would be ignoring why these two fought one another. They are two young and entertaining featherweights who haven’t reached their potential that should hang around the UFC for a number of years yet. Rodriguez has a brighter future between the two as this was just his 10th professional fight. Keep an eye on his development.

Dennis Bermudez: It was your typical Bermudez fight. He was aggressive, controlled the majority of the fight with his wrestling, and put himself into a couple of bad positions in getting knocked down briefly in the second round and nearly submitted in the third. However, he persevered and showed his mettle. Bermudez is unlikely to ever change his style at this point of his career and I’m totally fine with that. He’s fun to watch and though it appears he’ll never be able to break into the elite, he’s still easily within the top 10 of the division.

Santiago Ponzinibbio: A wave of boredom hit the crowd before Ponzinibbio came out. He may not have put on the most entertaining contest of the night, but he did bring the crowd out of their doldrums with his special brand of violence. It’s no surprise he was able to outstrike Zak Cummings. Being able to withstand almost all of his takedown attempts is quite another. Improved takedown defense could end up taking him a long ways. Great win for the Argentinian.

Court McGee: He’s lucky he walked out of the cage with a victory as I had scored the contest for Steele. But he received a HUGE reception from the crowd which had to feel awesome for the hometown hero. For someone to overcome the addictions McGee has to turn his life around and have thousands of fans screaming their adulation of you is one of the stories that feels like it came right out of Hollywood. Great to see one of the good guys in the sport get some adulation.

Marcin Tybura: After dropping his UFC debut, Tybura was fighting for his job. He couldn’t have put on a better performance. After winning a tentative first round, he blasted Viktor Pesta into a different universe with an absolutely devastating head kick that put the Czech representative out cold. Take out the uncomfortable silence that followed as Pesta did move for a while and Tybura couldn’t have had a better night. Interested to see how far he’ll be able to climb in the heavyweight ranks.

David Teymur: He made it look pretty easy to navigate the long reach of Novelli. Knowing it wasn’t impresses me even more. What was even better was calling out Sage Northcutt following his violent flurry to get him the W. Teymur has a very long ways to go in terms of being a contender, but at least he is now doing his part to remain relevant.

Teruto Ishihara: It’s hard not to love the Japanese playboy’s personality. Good thing he’s been able to bring it in the cage thus far too. Granted he hasn’t faced a high level of competition yet, but he did score …

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