Honestly, I thought the stoppage was a tad early, but hey it's not a title fight in one of the biggest orgs in the world, so it doesn't really matter...
Tiago "Tiagào" Cardoso had fought several big names, losing to some of them (Augusto Sakai, Renan "Problema" Fereira, or UFC veteran Junior Albini) but he's also beaten some decent competition here and there.
Always liked Sergey thought he would have been good addition to the UFC back in the day very good boxing ok leg kicks that he didn't use much and a decent ground game with pretty good tdd. I wanted to see him in K-1 also in those one off fights they would do with MMA vs Kickboxer.
Damn right. I really wish that Sergei, after demolishing Ninja Rua, Semmy Schilt, (then losing a decision to prime Rodrigo Nogueira), taking the 0 from my man Mu Bae Choi (I just love this dude ^^) Pedro Rizzo & then Fabricio Werdum...
... I really wish he could have moved on to the UFC, especially since his teammate Fedor has the HW belt.
He's still had a long an successful career afterward, but at the time he was one of those guys who seemed to be a lock for HW Champ.
Like Roy McDonald looked like a lock to get his sensei's belt back
Or how Rousimar Palhares also seemed like a lock...
Or to take another Russian "Baby Fedor", aka Kyrill Sidelnikov the Sambo champion, he seemes destined for greatness
Sal
Ah well, we shall see.
