UFC Fight Night 38: Shogun vs. Hendo 2

UFC Fight Night 38
Shogun vs. Henderson II
Date: March 23, 2014
Venue: Ginasio Nelio Dias
Location: Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Main Card Bouts (on FOX Sports 1):

Mauricio Shogun Rua (22- vs. Dan Henderson (29-11)
Cezar Ferreira (7-2) vs. CB Dollaway (13-5)
Leonardo Santos (12-3) vs. Norman Parke (19-2)
Fabio Maldonado (20-6) vs. Gian Villante (11-4)
Michel Prazeres (17-1) vs. Mairbek Taisumov (21-4)
Rony Jason (13-4) vs. Steven Siler (23-11)

Preliminary Bouts (on UFC FOX Sports 1):

Diego Brandao (18-9) vs. Will Chope (19-6)
Ronny Markes (14-2) vs. Thiago Santos (8-2)
Jussier Formiga da Silva (15-3) vs. Scott Jorgensen (14-
Thiago Perpetuo (9-2-1) vs. Kenny Robertson (12-3)

Preliminary Bouts (on UFC Fight Pass):

Godofredo Pepey (9-3) vs. Noad Lahat (7-0)
Francimar Barroso (16-3) vs. Hans Stringer (21-5-3)

UFC Fight Night 38 Start Times

Preliminary Bouts on UFC Fight Pass: 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT
Preliminary Bouts on FOX Sports 1: 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT
Main Card on FOX Sports 1: 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT

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Hendo vs. Shogun 2 was one hell of a rematch. Even though he ended up losing, Shogun was dominating Hendo for most of the fight. He just got caught with one hell of a right hand.

Credit to Hendo for landing that devastating punch. However, I wouldn't mind seeing him go out on a very high note. Yeah, he won in incredible fashion, but he was getting beat up pretty bad until the KO. Plus, he was coming off of 3 straight losses, albeit against top level competition. He won't be able to use TRT anymore, so I can't imagine he will be able to have much prolonged success.

The rest of the card was mostly very exciting. There was a lot of finishes (Dolloway, Thiago Santos, and Pepey scoring incredible KOs), plus that very entertaining comeback from Fabio Maldonado.

This has been the best UFC card of the year so far.

Yeah, this was a really entertaining card. Hendo showed a ton of heart in making the comeback but did not look good for most of the fight. He doesn't seem like he is ready to retire though. Have to feel bad for Shogun as he was so close to avenging his loss only to get caught.

That flying knee from Pepey was perfect and liver body shot from Santos was phenomenal.