[Verdasco]

its because the fights and fighters changed as well, USADA somewhat changed this but it felt like there was more big namers around

Machida in his prime, rashad evans, rampage, lidell, tito, rua, GSP, silva, even when jones started ripping up people in his younger year, every PPV was a must watch


now it dulled down to more strategic fights that makes sense from a fighter's standpoint (especially with lighter classweights not delivering KO's and TKO's due to their weight) and USADA clearing out the power scene in UFC. Less stars than before in my opinion as well..... some great fighters we are witnessing still but they are clearing up some divisions too easily.