Cage Cast 23: UFC 101 Recap show

Welcome to Cage Cast 23: The bobbing and weaving edition. This is WKR's official UFC 101 recap podcast.

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UFC 101 has come and gone and almost everything about the UFC's first foray into the "Keystone State" went according to plan. WKR couldn't help but feel disappointed in the card as it was extremely top heavy and the under card bouts failed to deliver.

In the main event B.J. Penn proved that at 155lbs. (read as "in shape") he is one of, if not the, best in the world. Kenny Florian was no match for Penn who slowly worked the ESPN pundit over until a fourth round submission.

The fight that most fans were looking forward to was between middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Forrest Griffin. Silva proved dominant as he defeated Griffin with little effort. WKR discusses what this means for Silva and Griffin. 

We also ask the question of whether or not the UFC is headed to a period of championship stagnation as every division appears to have a dominant champions. Will this go down as a dynastic age and will that hurt the product of the UFC?

Next we talk about the undercard and the upset losses by former TUF champions Kendall Grove and Amir Sadollah. The reality series's talent is quickly becoming middle-tier, inconsistent fighters so perhaps the show has run its course?

Finally we talk about the preliminary card which means Thales Leites sucking (and the UFC 97 main event being a joke). Also we talk about instant replay in MMA due to Villefort-Lennox fight and the cut that caused the fight to be stopped being ruled to have occurred from a punch rather than the accidental head butt that actually caused the wound. 

UFC 101: Declaration coverage