Matches to Make After UFC Fight Night ‘Whittaker vs. Brunson’

Chaos did not suit Derek Brunson, at least not against Robert Whittaker.

Brunson charged at “The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes” winner and all but impaled himself in the UFC Fight Night 101 “Whittaker vs. Brunson” main event on Saturday, as he yielded to a first-round head kick and follow-up punches at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The end came 4:07 into Round 1, Brunson’s five-fight winning streak having run its course.

Paying little attention to anything resembling sound defense or strategy, Brunson threw himself at the Australia-based New Zealand native from the start, hands flying and chin extended. For a brief time, there seemed to be a method to his madness, as he had…