4 Things that you missed at UFC 228

Modified Sep 10, 2018 12:53 GMT

UFC 228 was an amazing night for the Mixed Martial Arts company. Although the expected winner of the main-event lost, Tyron Woodley reinforced his position as the Welterweight Champion in UFC; a position that had its share of doubters of late.

Other than that, even the Prelims had their share of excellent fights, with one of the fighters even creating history.

The fights were amazing, and more fights ended in Knockouts and Submissions than they did in decisions, which is also a sign of a good result from the card. No one had expected how good it would turn out, but the fact that it did shows the depth that UFC currently has. Some of the performances from the younger and newer members of the roster also revealed that there is a lot to come in the next few years.

There were several moments from UFC 228, however, which ended up being overshadowed. Without any further ado, let's take a look at 4 things that you might have missed at UFC 228.

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#4 Darren Till's Amazing Showing:

While Dana White had built up Till and his loss must have been a big blow, at the end of the night Till had not really lost the respect of any of the audience or fans. Darren Till looked good going into the fight and survived the first round without any problem. However, his ability is something that should really not be in any doubt, despite the loss that he suffered in the second round.

Early in the second round, Till got caught with a huge right punch to the jaw, that shook him immediately. He dropped to the ground, but in the split second that it took Woodley to realize what had happened, he had gotten his legs up.

The guard he could get was anything but effective as Woodley rained down devastating elbows and punches directly on his head. Somehow, he tolerated this, and even tried to get Woodley close for a submission. He lasted on the ground for more than two minutes, tolerating the destructive ground and pound that Woodley attacked him with.

Unfortunately for him, the main event of UFC 228 came to an end when he submitted, with Woodley locking in the D'Arce Choke.

While the crowd lost their mind about the win by Woodley, what was lost in the mix was the fact that Till had put up a fight that could actually have seen him survive the second round if it had not been for the submission. The incredible tolerance displayed definitely deserves recognition.

#3 Jim Miller's Record:

A fact that was lost among the proceedings yesterday, was that a record was made during the Early prelims of the night.

Jim Miller faced Alex White in Early Prelims of UFC 228, and in doing so made a record. He became the first-ever fighter to have taken part in 30 separate UFC fights.

Not only that, his 30th fight was heralded with a huge win for him. He was able to overcome Alex White and won their match in a very short time. His fight was also the first of many that night to not have to go to a decision.

He locked Alex White in a Rear Naked Choke Hold and picked up the win over the course of 1 minute and 29 seconds.

#2 Domination of Zabit Magomedsharipov:

The top tier of UFC better watch out, Zabit Magomedsharipov is not here to play. The fighter put on an extraordinary display again last night, as he toyed with Brandon Davis in the first round, before having him tap out in the second, with the second Kneebar of the night.

Zabit had been set to face Yair Rodriguez, but unfortunately for him, it was not to be. Rodriguez was unable to make the fight due to his injury, and it is lucky that he did.

Zabit's ending may have seemed spur of the moment, but in truth, he revealed that he had studied the methods employed by Davis, and he decided that he would have him submit from the back before even going into the fight.

The plan worked, and now Zabit has thrown out a challenge to Chad Mendes and Jose Aldo.

#1 The Alhassan Knockout:

Abdul Razak Alhassan continued his dominance in UFC at UFC 228. In his fifth fight for the company, he faced the dynamic and able Niko Price.

One thing that not many people might know about Razak, is that out of his 10 wins out of 11 fights, all of them have come from Knockouts. What is more, all of these Knockouts were Knockouts in the first round.

The only time that he lost, he was forced to go the whole three rounds. His win last night continued this streak, as he knocked out Price, who is no amateur in the Octagon, in only 43 seconds.

How long can this streak continue? Fans will have to wait and see.

Do you feel there were any other underrated moments from last night's UFC 228? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.