Karo is very good, nice to see Judo represented in the UFC. That was a great sub on Powder.
If by technique you mean getting pounded on until Tito gassed like no other, than yes. Frank showed a lot of heart in that fight and had a solid gameplan. Tito was warned many times for actually digging his fingers into a huge cut on Frank's scalp. Good defense by Shammy, and I was pumped at the ending. Unfortunately just about everyone is a cardio badman now, not just him.
Off the top of my head, Vitor has ducked the UFC 11 tourney, Mark Coleman, TK, Brad Kohler (lol), desperately tried to duck Silva but then went ahead and kicked his ass anyway, handpicked Joe Charles for a worked fight at UFC Japan. I'm forgetting a few but they will come to me. The best excuse was the "tapeworm" defense. Although his injury in the days leading to the Tito fight were very strange (crashing thru a window during training), I believe them to be legit because I saw the gruesome photos.
I really like Vitor's style. Although he sort of reinvented himself into a LnP guy, he came back with a vengeance against Eastman, grooving a canyon in his forehead. I would love to see him fight Randy again. Randy by GnP TKO. He can get him down pretty easily w/o eating too many shots.
Franklin vs Belfort should be great, provided Vitor doesn't come up with something new. I'll take Vitor.
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