UFC 235: Jon Jones and Anthony Smith Octagon

UFC 235: Jon Jones and Anthony Smith Octagon

UFC 235 was last weekend and it was a great night for MMA fans, women who were celebrating International Women's Day can be proud that I turned over for the undercard and saw two women, Marion Reneau and Yana Kunitskaya kicking, punching, and beating the hell out of each other.... or maybe was that supposed to be ironic?

Anyway, the 2nd top fight of the night for me personally was the heavyweight slugfest between Blagoy Ivanov and Ben Rothwell which really was a fight to the death, and to be honest either man could have won that fight as it was fought with balls of steel and no-one wanted to taste defeat.

You can see this fight below, I won't spoil the result if you don't already know it but you may be shocked!

Balgoi Ivanov v Ben Rothwell - Full Fight

Please excuse the Russian commentary but YouTube is YouCensor nowadays so you get what you can!

The main fight was between Derick Lewis v Don Santos and it was a major upset as the in shape Don Santos seemed to pick apart the less fit Derrick Lewis and he hit him with some heavy gut shots that obviously took the wind out of his sails and put him on the back foot.

It was only a matter of time before Don Santos got his TKO when he moved in with a punch, stunned Lewis, and then started hammer fisting him before the referee stepped in.

You can watch the fight highlights between Derick Lewis v Don Santos below.

Derick Lewis V Don Santos - Full Fight

However, the best fight on that night I thought was between Jon Jones and Anthony Smith.

Jones kept his belt and his record as one of the best fighters about and during the match he used all his weaponry from head kicks, spinning back kicks, elbows, grappling and even an axe kick was thrown at one point.

He really was no match for his opponent Anthony Lionheart Smith who could not fight in the way his corner team kept instructing him to.

He was constantly trying to move away, never attacking, and only survived to a points decision by absorbing Jones's attacks somehow and not submitting or being knocked out.

For me, it was the fight of the night, and the post-fight interview showed how much respect Jones had for Smith when he congratulated him for taking so many hard blows from head to toe.

Jon "Bones" Jones v Anthony Smith - Full Fight  

You can watch the post-fight interview can be seen below between Jon Jones and Joe Rogan below.

 

Tell me what you thought of UFC 235?

Who was your best fight between and why did you stay up all night to watch it?

UFC 208 - Dana White Interview

UFC 208 - Dana White Interview

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Dana White talks backstage with Megan Olivi and gives his thoughts about UFC 208. He was slightly disappointed from what I gather from his demeanour and voice.



The main event, Anderson Silva v Derek Brunson in which Brunson won on a tie break which a lot of fans, pay per view watchers, and probably Dana wasn't to happy with at all. Spiderman continues to say that at even 41 he will carry on fighting.

So let see some more spider action next time!

Here are some of Spiderman's best moments in the UFC.



Watch the interview here: YouTube.com

Also watch the full Spiderman fight here: Anderson Silva v Derek Brunsonwon.

What do you think about holding UFC 208 in New York, was the referee skilled enough, what was the judging like and who was the best fight of the night.