May 31st, 2010Last night, at UFC 114, the main event was presented as a title eliminator to determine who would get the next shot at champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
After relying mostly on his wrestling and conditioning, Rashad Evans was able to pull out a unanimous decision win.
Other than the main event, two other bouts were at 205 pounds, both of which might have impacted the light heavyweight rankings.
One was a meeting of Luiz Cane and Cyrille Diabate. If Cane were able to look very impressive, he might have sneaked into the No. 10 spot in the rankings.
As it was, he was knocked out in the first round and pushed further from contender status.
The second was supposed to be a showcase for Rogerio Nogueira, but in a match with Jason Brilz, he was barely able to edge out a split decision.
Here are the new official Bleacher Report rankings for light heavyweight.
Courtesy of :Bleacher Report – UFC
