The best and worst from UFC Fight Night 128

Modified Apr 22, 2018 11:52 GMT

Kevin Lee put a beatdown on Edson Barboza in last night's main event

#3 Worst: Heavyweight MMA remains ugly at times

Justin Willis had a dull fight with Chase Sherman

The UFC’s choice of Justin Willis vs. Chase Sherman as a main card fight for this show was always a questionable one, especially when talented fighters like Ryan LaFlare, Alex Garcia, and (initially at least) Aspen Ladd and Magomed Bibulatov remained on the prelims. But the word was that the UFC wanted to push Willis as a high-end prospect following an impressive KO in his last outing.

After last night’s fight, the likelihood is he’ll be back on the prelims next time out. For one round at least Willis did look like a contender, generally teeing off on Sherman and having him in serious trouble on more than one occasion. But Sherman’s chin kept him in the fight and unsurprisingly given his questionable physique, Willis appeared to run out of steam.

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He was able to outwork Sherman for the remainder of the fight to pick up a decision win, but it wasn’t really impressive and it made for a dull fight to watch. It was a stark reminder that while rock-em-sock-em Heavyweight fights can be entertaining, if they end up going long then they usually stink out the joint. And it was also a reminder that truly great Heavyweights like Stipe Miocic and Fabricio Werdum are hard to come by.

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