We stay up late to cover the full weekend of mixed martial arts from back-to-back Bellator events to the UFC's debut on ESPN. The Bellator events fell flat in many ways but the UFC delivered in Phoenix. Heavyweights Cain Velasquez and Francis Ngannou met in a short contest that resembled the UFC's first fight on big Fox in 2011. The rest of the card was a fireworks display of great matchups that represented the company well on its biggest platform to date.
