A New Era in the UFC?

Vinny here, doing another article since it's been like 2 months since I did a personal one, but I just wanted to share my thoughts on this. So, with the recent LHW championship fight showing Jon Jones dominance over Shogun Rua (breaks my heart, I still love Shogun though), that makes it 4/7 UFC champions being a wrestler based fighter (you could argue with 5 being Cruz having a very underrated wrestling game, but I will not count him). Are the days of BJJ experts being dominant in MMA over? The striker? Who knows, but I feel like the UFC has entered a new era with what I consider being the Wrestler Era. The title could be misleading however, as it is not just the wrestler, but a new age of these freak athletes (Davis, Jones, GSP, Edgar, Velasquez, many more just to name a few in the UFC). This era has some concerns though, wrestlers have a stigma for being boring fighters and I could agree with some of them *cough*Fitch*cough*, however these are the fighters being dominant, and I for one get highly annoyed when someone gets a takedown and "lays and prays". However, what works is what works and in the near future I think we're going to see true athletes perform in MMA, more complete fighters, and more exciting fights (hopefully). This era is going to be here for a while, but like with any other eras before in the UFC, they are going to be dwindled due to a rise in different strategies, fighting styles, counters to these fighter styles, etc. Here's to hoping the UFC does not continue the UFZzZzZ trend.

~ Vinny Saengsombat