By RJ Marceau This year has been great as a fan of the UFC and as a new avid fan it has been a year full of new champions, big fights and great rivalries. We have seen seven new champions, two of the biggest fights in UFC history between Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor and the scandal of Jon Jones. The UFC has three big shows left in 2016 with UFC 205, 206 and 207 with a few UFC Fight Nights in between. I will analyze the big fights on each card and might rant a little bit.
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By Graham "GSM" Matthews Nia Jax def. Alicia Fox When these two last faced off at Clash of Champions one month ago, Jax won in decisive fashion, and we haven't seen her until now, and this is Superstars. Do they really have nothing for her on Raw at the moment? This was similar to their pay-per-view match in that it was mostly a showcase for Jax but Fox was able to score some offense and hit her finisher at one point. I guess it's possible they're holding off on bringing back Jax to TV until after Hell in a Cell so she can feud with Sasha Banks over the Raw Women's Championship, but even then might be too soon to do that program. Darren Young def. Jinder Mahal Young and Mahal have had a handful of matches against each other for months now, so this really wasn't anything new. It was a well-wrestled match for what it was worth, and on the bright side, the crowd was surprisingly more behind Young than past audiences have been. He still needs a consistent string of meaningful victories on Raw in order get some momentum going, though. By Graham "GSM" Matthews TNA World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Edwards Confronted Cody This was exactly what their match needed considering it was announced a mere week ago without any real build-up. While I could do without Cody alluding to (by that I mean outright burying) his time in WWE, he always been an underrated talker and this was a good promo from him. Edwards cut one of his better promos in recent memory as well and they successfully got me more excited for their championship clash than I was before. Lashley coming down to announce his intentions to take back the title was a nice segue into his match with Moose. Lashley def. Moose in a No. 1 Contender's Match For the TNA World Heavyweight Championship Big men matches can usually be hit or miss, but given that Lashley and Moose were involved, I wasn't surprised that this ended up being a very solid match. They worked well together and made the most of the time they were allotted. Perhaps the best part about the bout was the clean finish. TNA could have very easily inserted a bunch of interference to protect the previously undefeated Moose in defeat, but Lashley went over clean as he should have, so I applaud TNA for resisting the vintage referee bump in this instance. By Graham "GSM" Matthews Rich Swann and No Way Jose def. Drew Gulak and Tony Nese in a Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic First Round Match Swann and Jose are the ideal makeshift tag team in that their respective styles mesh perfectly together and they should be a fun duo in this tournament, assuming they last long. The match wasn't what it could have been, but considering they only had a few minutes to work with, but it was a well-wrestled opener. It will be interesting to see what type of match Swann and Jose will have with The Authors of Pain in the next round. Bobby Roode def. Sean Maluta From his glorious entrance to the way he wrestles his matches, Roode continues to ooze super stardom. He has the presence of an elite athlete, and as great as he has been in NXT, it really does beg the question as to why he isn't already on the main roster. I don't know if the idea was for the crowd to get behind him and not Maluta, but being the master heel he is, Roode was able to get the fans to boo him when discussing Tye Dillinger afterward. Their post-match brawl was exactly what the feud needed and I'm looking forward to their clash at TakeOver: Toronto. |
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