How good did Amir Sadollah look against Baroni?

How impressive was Amir Sadollah last night? The Ultimate Fighter 7 middleweight champ was coming off a 29-second knockout loss to Johnny Hendricks at UFC 101 so I really wasn’t expecting much when he stepped in against veteran Phil Baroni in his UFC return at UFC 106.

But after being rocked early in the first frame Sadollah collected himself and matched Baroni blow for blow en route to a lopsided and bloody unanimous-decision win. It was a textbook display of Muay Thai as he picked the increasingly gassed Baroni apart with front kicks, leg kicks and punching combinations. Suddenly, I’m excited about a TUF winner.