Up until the end, it was one of those nights for Diego Sanchez. Nothing he tried offensively worked. His defense was a sieve. Michel Pereira was too young, too powerful, too innovative. Time was ticking away on Sanchez with nothing but a prayer left. But Sanchez has built a reputation on a connection to the metaphysical, and so of course he could find a way to leverage the inexplicable to extend his already-legendary career longevity. Of course, he was destined for a bizarre victory in front of his home state.
The plot turned on a blunder, an unforced error that came just as it seemed Pereira was poised to clinch victory.