5 Biggest mistakes made in UFC title fights

#3 Luke Rockhold vs. Chris Weidman

Luke Rockhold defeated Chris Weidman at UFC 194

Then-undefeated UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman put his title on the line against top contender Luke Rockhold at UFC 194. The fight between the duo seemed pretty even up until the 3rd round, when Weidman threw a telegraphed spinning heel kick at Rockhold.

Before the slow kick could even get to its target -- which, in this case, was likely Rockhold's head -- the latter closed the distance and grabbed Weidman. Rockhold spun and intelligently utilized his own body-weight to drag his foe to the mat, and proceeded to secure the mount position from there onward.

Rockhold spent the remainder of Round 3 raining down a terrifying barrage of punches, elbows and hammer-fists on Weidman from the mount position. The buzzer signaled the end of the round, after which a bloody and battered Weidman somehow made it back to his corner.

Weidman deserves all the credit in the world for bravely coming out for the 4th round, as Rockhold subsequently took him down again, and rained down more ground-and-pound -- securing a TKO finish, in order to win the UFC Middleweight Championship. The aforementioned ill-advised spinning heel kick turned out to be Weidman's biggest error in a fight that was quite even until that moment in Round 3.