Stann was always a one dimensional one hit wonder with that win over Cantwell. Cantwell looked real good, but I'm glad that Cane edged it out. I'd like to see him take a crack at a top 10 LHW in his next fight.
Silva wasn't just trying to retain the belt, there were obvious moments when he could have finished the fight and chose not to. The truth came out in the press conference when Ed Soares was defending him. He said the only question people had about Silva was his cardio because he never has been out of the 2nd round. He then went on to say that "He just went 25 minutes without breaking a sweat, and now has nothing left to prove". I believe thats what he was trying to do in the Cote fight as well. God knows why he thinks proving his cardio by fighting a boring fight is more impressive then finishing it. Though if you do look at it from a technical perspective, it was a pretty amazing display of dominance. Then again that would have been a lot more impressive if he wasn't fighting fucking Thales Leites, who is by no means a push over but I mean the guy could use a good 3 or 4 years before he'll be really ready for a title shot.