Rafael dos Anjos In this week’s Trading Shots, MMAjunkie columnist Ben Fowlkes and retired UFC/WEC fighter Danny Downes look back at the various career-changing moments from UFC 185 and wonder whether ours isn’t a sport that’s too quick to form lasting opinions about the fighters who populate it. * * * * Fowlkes: So Danny, here’s what happened at UFC 185: A lightweight who’s been with the organization for nearly seven years without exactly draping himself in glory or even becoming all that well known claimed the lightweight title, while a welterweight who’s a former champ looked like a welterweight who might become a future champ, all of which happened after a heavyweight who many of us had written off for good finally started fighting smart and even minimized the risks posed by his highly questionable chin. I think you see where I’m going with this
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