Perhaps I got caught up in the hype, but the main event last night did not go the way I expected it at all. Of course, I was one of the very few who didn't see the match playing out the way it did, and with good reason I was in the small percentile.

The first thing I noticed when watching the fight, was that Jon Jones came out with an Anderson Silva-esque stance. The second most noticeable thing was that Jon Jones just LOOKED faster than Vladimir before the fight even started. I was thinking to myself, "Oh jeez...The speed advantage Jones has is going to be enormous." As the fight began to play out, it was quickly apparent that my surmise was correct. Jones caught Matyushenko while he was firing off a punch and took him down in one of the most impressive take downs I have ever witnessed. After it hit the ground, it was all she wrote.

The one hole in Jones game is his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He's not very good at passing the guard. I was actually extremely surprised at how long Matyushenko was able to hold him in half guard. However, he's a young kid and there's plenty of room for him to grow. I'm sure he'll get this aspect of his game refined soon enough, and then the light-heavyweight division will be sweating bullets!

Jon Jones got a TKO victory over Matyushenko after doing a reverse crucifix (Roy Nelson/Matt Hughes style) and raining down about 6 or 7 hard, fast elbows in a matter of seconds. Herb Dean pulled him off and saved the long-time vet from taking any unnecessary punishment. What an impressive victory for Jon Jones. Some people say the sky is the limit for him, but I say Jon Jones is building a spacecraft and will be waving at all of us from the moon.

In the co-main event of the evening, Yushin Okam took on Mark Munoz. This was kind of a squash match, as Mark Munoz has been TKO'd by a decent fighter in impressive fashion just 2 fights ago. Okami pretty much spent the whole night stuffing Munoz and punishing him with punches while in the over/under position. Although not an exciting match-up, it really showed how hard it is for Okami to be controlled, seeing as how Munoz is a decorated wrestler. They both dropped one another with a punch, but overall it was Yushin Okami who got the better of the exchanges and had more effect grappling. Okami won via split decision.

If there is anyway an MMA promotion would want their aired event to be kicked off, it would be with a brutal KO. Takanori Gomi vs. Tyson Griffin had just that. In judt 1-minute, Gomi scored one of the most vicious knock outs of the year. The punch came with such torque and bad intentions. Gomi threw that punch looking to send Tyson Griffin's head into the third row. If you have not seen it, I suggest looking for it somewhere on the internet, it's everywhere by now. Gomi is back, and I for one, am excited to see him deliver more KO's like the one he did last night.

UFC on Versus 2 was a great show. All four fights on the main card hard their moments, with the obvious highlights being Jones' dominating victory and Gomi's insane and quick knock out. It definitely made up for UFC on Versus 1, which to me was quite a disappointment.

What an appetizer to get us ready for Saturday night!