UFC 120 Post Fight Thoughts

Gustafsson/Diabate: This fight was an absolute beating. Diabate looked sharp in his octagon debut against Luis Cane, but he was overwhelmed by Gustafsson. I was really impressed with Gustafsson's striking as he was able to drop Diabate several times and then eventually use his superior grappling skills to get the RNC. I'd like to see Gustafsson get someone like Tim Boetsch or Jason Brilz and Diabate could be faced with Steve Cantwell or Kyle Kingsbury.

Kongo/Browne: Kongo is seriously a dirty, cheating fighter. Every time he fights you're guaranteed to see some low blows, and in this fight we not only saw a low blow but constant grabbing of Browne's shorts, even after a point deduction. Browne didn't look great with his strikes in the first, but they were definitely landing. Kongo looked OK in the second round, but was unable to implement his usual gameplan and had to settle for his sketchy knees to Browne's legs. Browne could take on Matt Mitrione, Ben Rothwell or Christian Morecraft, and the same could be done for Kongo.

Hathaway/Pyle: Man Pyle impressed the hell out of me with this performance. He dominated Hathaway all three rounds, and almost finished Hathaway with a crazy triangle in the second. People are hating on Hathaway and saying he was overrated and his win over Sanchez wasn't that impressive due to Sanchez being out of shape and having camp issues. I think that's a cop out considering Hathaway DOMINATED Sanchez and also has wins over tough guys like Paul Taylor and Rick Story. Pyle just used better grappling and some awesome takedowns to get the win. For Hathaway I say give him Claude Patrick and I'd like to see Pyle get Mike Swick or Dan Hardy.

Condit/Hardy: WOW talk about a sick sick KO. I seriously thought Hardy would use superior boxing skills to cruise to a decision victory, and I certainly didn't think Condit had the power to drop Hardy like that. I always figured Condit for a volume puncher versus power, but he showed everyone that he can put someone down with one shot. Huge win for Condit, and hopefully he'll get a game opponent in his next fight like Jon Fitch or the Kampmann/Shield winner. As for Hardy, I could see him getting matched with Anthony Johnson or Chris Lytle.

Bisping/Akiyama: Not a whole lot to report on this one. Akiyama looked for bombs while Bisping remained technical and took a unanimous decision. Bisping continues to make noise in the 185 division, but has yet to defeat a top 10 guy, which is keeping him out of the title picture. A win over someone like Demian Maia could help him, but with most of the top 185ers tied up at the moment, we'll have to wait and see what is next for the Brit. As for Akiyama, he is yet another Japanese star to come to an American fight organization and fail to impress. Fights with Wanderlei Silva, Dan Miller, or Palhares could be fun, but I'm not sure if the UFC will want to give him something a little less competitive so that Akiyama can rebound.