Saturday’s UFC card in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was just about the perfect low-stakes UFC event. Fun fights, fast pace, and at an early enough hour that hardcore fans who couldn’t bear missing the card had plenty of time left in their day once it was over. Oh, and Roxanne Modafferi defied the odds to pick up a big win. It’s more than a Bloody Elbow writer could hope to ask for.
So, is Overeem back in the title hunt at heavyweight? What does Islam Makhachev have to do to get a step up in opponent? And the UFC should clearly be paying Modafferi all the bonuses, right?