I continue to be in awe of GSP's overall skill and athleticism. He is out-wrestling wrestlers (Koscheck), out-BJJing BJJers (Serra) - and his striking is damned good too (as we saw in his second fight with Hughes). Bring on Jon Fitch!

I never want to see Kalib Starnes in the UFC again. What a pathetic performance (both physical and mental)! It seems like there are some good BJJ/submission grappling people who are - for whatever reason - just not cut out for MMA. Starnes seems like one of them - and also (to a lesser degree) Bocek and Lutter.

Demian Maia, on the other hand, seems to be adapting to MMA really well. (I wish we'd seen the whole of his fight; I'm going to have to check it out online.) It'll be interesting to see who he gets matched up against next.

Rich Franklin also continues to impress me - with his work ethic, and his often-understated skill set. He seems to be a cut above everyone else in the 185 pound division - except, of course, for Anderson Silva. So I wonder what's next for him?

I, too, want to see more from Hironaka. (Hey, thanks for the reminder about his LA Sub-X win over JJ Machado; I was in the audience for that, but had forgotten that it was the same guy.) Unfortunately, though, he seems to be another great judo guy who (unlike Karo) hasn't found a way to adapt his takedown skills to no-gi.

WTF is Charles McCarthy still doing in the UFC? On the TUF show, he seemed like a real head case - and he just doesn't seem to have the overall skills to be competing at this level.

Overall, it was a rather bad UFC, but GSP's class managed to save the day.

Ross.