UFC 95 was an embarrassment of riches for any MMA fan watching on Spike TV as viewers were treated to 90% of the actual card - 9 fights. The broadcast was fast-paced due to some early stoppages, but packed a tremendous amount of action throughout.

One downside to the rapid-fire approach was the absence of fighter walk-ins, up until the final two fights. I may be in the minority, but much of the excitement of being in the audience for a live event comes from the build-up to the fight, of which the fighter entrance plays a large role.

As for the fights, Militech camp member Mike Ciesnolevicz acquitted himself quite well in his inaugural UFC match by defeating the much larger Neil Grove with a heel hook one minute in to the match. Overmatched physically by the gargantuan Grove, Ciesnolevicz proceeded to destroy Grove's knee in a move that was ironically demonstrated in a recent online video series by Kenny Florian. As Florian explained, the heel hook is an extremely dangerous maneuver that can basically explode a knee, even one as large as Neil Grove's.

Evan Dunham posted a surprisingly dominant effort in his win over veteran Per Eklund. Dunham certainly looked overmatched in terms of experience before the fight; however, he showed a wealth of confidence and resilience in handling his opponent in short order.

Junior Dos Santos overwhelmed Stefan Struve in a referee stoppage that the 21 year-old Struve questioned after the fight. A primary reason that Struve was able to question the stoppage was because his faculties were basically saved from complete annihilation by the referee from the dominant Brazilian striker’s fists.

Terry Etim was impressive in his second round TKO victory over UFC newcomer Brian "The Bandit" Cobb. After a somewhat slow start in his UFC career including losses to Gleison Tibau and Rich Clementi, Etim looks to be a much improved mixed martial artist in his last two fights.

Paulo Thiago's knockout of Josh Koscheck surprised nearly everyone in the O2 Arena, especially UFC announcers Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan, who were predicting dire consequences for the Brazilian fighter right until he landed the decisive punch on his opponent's chin. The flight home for Koscheck had to be exceptionally painful as he mentioned in the pre-fight opening how important winning would be to his hopes of acquiring a title shot in the near future.

The UFC return of Team Quest fighter Chael Sonnen was decisively spoiled by the impressive Demian Maia, who submitted Sonnen by triangle choke at 2:37 of the first round. Maia, a training partner of Wanderlei Silva, completely overwhelmed Sonnen once both fighters hit the mat. It's hard to not to imagine what a ground fight between Maia and 185-lb champion Anderson Silva might look like.

Equally as intriguing was Maia's comment after the victory about proving to people that you could win a fight without hurting your opponent. If Maia can get anyone, including The Spider, to the ground, it's difficult to not believe his statement.

Dan Hardy joined Terry Etim on Saturday as two good reasons why the UFC won't have to rely completely on Michael Bisping in the future to market MMA in the UK. Hardy displayed solid striking, as well as plenty of charisma, in his defeat of IFL veteran Rory Markham. Creating some new MMA names across the pond will only benefit Dana White and matchmaker Joe Silva as they continue spreading the UFC gospel.

Dropping down to 155 seemed to be more of a shock for viewers than it was for Diego Sanchez, who won a decisive decision over Joe Stevenson. The Nightmare was astoundingly smaller than for any of his ten previous UFC bouts, including his time on The Ultimate Fighter when he won the 185-lb division. However the weight cut did not seem to slow down Sanchez as much as Stevenson predicted as both warriors battled for the full nine minutes without being able to do much damage. After the fight, Stevenson was clearly the worse for wear, enduring his third loss in four fights.