UFC 241 Results: Bonus Winners, Highlights, Analysis And Twitter Reaction
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 17: Daniel Cormier throws a punch at Stipe Miocic in the first round during their UFC Heavyweight Title Bout at UFC 241 at Honda Center on August 17, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images)
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Stipe Miocic regained the UFC Heavyweight Championship after stopping Daniel Cormier in a thrilling main event that culminated an exciting night of fights.
Miocic was knocked out by Cormier in their first meeting back in 2018, but he exacted his revenge in Anaheim on Saturday night.
After being dominated through the first three rounds of the rematch, Miocic made a brilliant adjustment. He started landing hard left hooks to Cormier's body that forced the opening for a powerful right hand that created the finish.
Cormier was outboxing Miocic through the first 15 minutes of the fight, and he even secured a huge takedown in the first round. However, he wouldn't keep his hands up and the now former champion also abandoned his wrestling.
Those missing aspects to his game and Miocic's toughness led to the result. Here is how the MMA world reacted to Miocic's victory:
Miocic's win earned him a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus. Cormier is now left pondering retirement and Miocic may have another rematch down the road against Francis Ngannou.
Here is a look at all of the results from Anaheim on Saturday night.
Results
- Sabina Mazo def. Shana Dobson via unanimous decision (30-24, 30-25x2)
- Kyung Ho Kang def. Brandon Davis via split decision (29-28x2, 28-29)
- Hannah Cifers def. Jodie Esquibel via unanimous decision (30.27x2, 30-28)
- Casey Kenney def. Manny Bermudez via unanimous decision (29-28x3)
- Drakkar Klose def. Christos Giagos via unanimous decision (29-28x3)
- Cory Sandhagen def. Raphael Assuncao via unanimous decision (30-27x2, 29-28)
- Khama Worthy def. Devonte Smith via first-round KO - POTN
- Derek Brunson def. Ian Heinisch via unanimous decision (29-28x3)
- Sodiq Yusuff def. Gilbert Benitez via first-round TKO
- Paulo Costa def. Yoel Romero via unanimous decision (29-28x3) - FOTN
- Nate Diaz def. Anthony Pettis via unanimous decision (30-27x2, 29-28)
- Stipe Miocic def. Daniel Cormier via fourth-round KO - POTN
Khama Worthy Of A Bonus
Despite taking his fight with friend and former training partner Devonte Smith on four-days notice, Khama Worthy made a splash in his UFC debut. He scored a first-round KO on a hard counter left hand that left Smith unable to finish.
Worthy was the biggest underdog on the card, but he cemented at least some piece of a future with the UFC with the victory. Worthy also earned the other Performance of the Night bonus.
Paulo Costa Outlasts Yoel Romero in Fight of the Night
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 17: Paulo Costa throws a punch at Yoel Romero in the third round during their Middleweight Bout at UFC 241 at Honda Center on August 17, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images)
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There were four really good fights on Saturday, but the battle between Paulo Costa and Yoel Romero was the best of the bunch. The two men hurt and dropped each other in the first round, and then slung leather almost every second of the fight thereafter. It was amazing to see it go the distance.
Costa got the nod 29-28 on all three of the judges cards, but it's easy to find an argument that Romero deserved the victory.
Romero landed more, but Costa was the man coming forward. It would be great to see them fight again, but Costa may move on as if he is very close to earning a shot at the middleweight title.
In any case, this battle earned a $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus for both men.
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Scaling The Heights: Digital Platforms And The Marketplace Of The Future
If you are not convinced that digital platforms are upending the traditional paths to success and scale, take a look at the valuations of digital platforms against their nondigital counterparts. In industries as disparate as automotive and travel, digital platforms are equaling—and often outstripping—the market capitalization of some of the biggest and oldest names in their respective industries. And they did it in a fraction of the time with a fraction of the staff. 1
The average business needs to understand how platform-based business models work and apply them to how they create value.
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What is it about platforms that has enabled these businesses to reach such scale in such a short time? And perhaps more importantly, what does it mean to businesses that have not yet embraced digital? According to Platforms and Ecosystems: Enabling the Digital Economy, a new report by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with Deloitte and distinguished academics Michael G. Jacobides, Arun Sundararajan, and Marshall Van Alstyne, understanding digital platforms and ecosystems—and their potential—is quickly becoming a competitive imperative. The average business needs to understand how platform-based business models work and apply them to how they create value.
A new kind of model
On the surface, digital platforms may seem like just another channel in which to deliver a product or service. But whereas a traditional business reaches scale by selling more and more for less and less of that product or service, companies with platforms create value with outside users, in a sense shifting production from the inside to the outside. The more participants in the platform ecosystem—which facilitates the exchange of value among multiple parties—the more valuable it is for all its participants. And without the staff, production, and infrastructure costs of traditional players, these companies have managed to create network effects that build value at a previously unheard of speed.
And what’s made some of the platforms so disruptive—and successful—is their ability to identify an unmet customer need and capture the potential of excess capacity in the marketplace. Cars that weren’t being driven, guest rooms that weren’t being used. The digital age made it possible to access this capacity. But figuring out where that capacity is in a market may not necessarily be the strategic focus of more traditional players. This is where an ecosystem can help.
The role of ecosystems
In its loosest sense, an ecosystem involves a range of players that are engaged and connected to effect certain actions. What has made ecosystems so valuable today is that these players are now digitally connected. This means businesses can offer more than a product but an entire solution to their customers—solutions that involve partners outside of their business. Customers have more choice, businesses have more opportunities.
So is it feasible for a business to build an ecosystem? According to the World Economic Forum report, it is—to an extent. What’s important to recognize is that the digital platform giants out there have based their growth on network effects—that is, users create value for other users who in turn attract more users and so on and so forth. Their ecosystems can be boundless. And while that is essentially the function of a platform, not every business can or should function that way.
Rather, most businesses should expect to engage with a range of ecosystems as strategic partners. Finding the right relationships is key to any ecosystem and digital platform strategy. For those businesses that do choose to build an ecosystem and platform, the right culture and talent will be key. Ecosystems mean ceding a certain amount of control to outsiders—something not every C-suite is inclined to do.
The bigger picture
What is becoming increasingly clear, however, is that the rise of digital platforms and ecosystems has also caused users to cede a certain amount of control. And that’s where things are getting sticky.
Twentieth-century notions of governance are running up against the new realities of the digital age. As such, there’s now a growing expectation that digital governance should not just be the province of the platform but of the government as well. Just look at Europe and the GDPR to see how this can play out.
Is government intervention the only answer, then? Not necessarily. According to the Forum’s report, a platform is only as effective as the trust placed in it. And when participants feel the risk to their privacy outweighs the value the platform provides, they are less willing to participate. For a platform to build and sustain trust it must back up transactions with transparent guidelines that include due process as well as mechanisms to guard against algorithmic bias. The strongest brands will also rely on traditional safeguards such as government verification and human intervention.
The future of platforms and ecosystems
The digital platform giants of today have their own particular set of challenges in front of them—from charges of propagating fake news to looming antirust action. But there are many lessons to be learned from their success for the more traditional, nondigital platform businesses. Many of these businesses have already advanced their digital platform and ecosystem strategies. And while the big names may dominate the headlines, the growing platform presence outside of these few could mean the true impact of digital platforms and ecosystems is still yet to be felt.
Download the Platforms and Ecosystems: Enabling the Digital Economy report and access the SlideShare and collection of case studies.
Samsung CRG9 Review: An Ultrawide Monitor, Great For Gaming And Multitasking
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The Samsung CRG9 is a good ultrawide HDR monitor that favors multitasking, thanks to its dual quad HD resolution that gives you plenty of space to work on. It's very bright with decent overall picture quality, and it supports HDR. Gaming on the CRG9 is great. The monitor is very responsive, and its curved profile helps create an immersive feeling when you play games. It has an excellent low input lag, provided you use it in its native 120Hz refresh rate, and it supports FreeSync for a nearly tear-free gaming experience. Just like most VA panels, the viewing angles are poor as the image degrades when viewed from the side.
Pros
+ Very large screen with excellent resolution
+ Can get very bright, even in HDR
Cons
- Image loses accuracy when viewed from the side
- Large size makes it hard to position comfortably
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