It's the same woman from Pride. I believe she pre-records the Intel's though.
Nickos66, your mate did a great job! At striking range he looked pretty vulnerable as O'Connor looked much quicker and was throwing with some real heat. Lockett did a great job of staying composed though and then went about doing exactly what you talked about... he kept his opponent in the clinch and smothered him. O'Connor was wearing down and then he jumped to the guillotine to finish.
Sterge, bad luck for Lance but I'm sure he'll learn a lot from that. Atzori was like a leech... just wouldn't give him any room and I feel like it caused Lance to headhunt a bit when he did eventually manage to break free. What had impressed me so much in his last fight was his patience and precision when he hurt his opponent, but I didn't see that last night. A loss to a grinder like that who has way more experienced is nothing to be ashamed of though. He'll know what to expect next time he comes up against a fighter like that and I'm sure his trainers will have him prepared.
Adesanya looked like a beast! I'd only seen highlights before last night and didn't realise how big he was. 6'3 at middleweight puts him up there with Rockhold for size and his striking would worry most. The fight didn't tell us too much about his grappling, bit he did get up well after being taken down and hit a nice throw just after that too so he's clearly got some skills there. I know he's been on the UFC's radar, but I'd like to see him defend his belt at least once before a call up, preferably against a good grappler.
Potter and Becker was a great fight. Becker' S grappling looked to be carrying him towards the title, but his striking defence let him down on more than one occasion in the fight. Potter doesn't look all that fluid on the feet, but wad able to land regularly and hurt Becker several times. At 33 and admittedly in his "last run" I hope he gets a fight in Perth on the upcoming UFC card.
I enjoyed the main event more than I'd expected. Warby just wouldn't go away and Crute showed some real growth in his stand up from his last few fights. The two wheel kicks he tried were laughably bad though and his insistence on trying to force the mount to arm triangle finish when Warby had been defending it so we'll leads me to think his fight IQ needs to improve before a call up to the UFC. At his age though and with his strength and grappling, he's a very different prospect for an Aussie.