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UFC Houston: Three Takeaways from Fight Night 104

Updated Mar. 5, 2020 2:08 a.m. ET

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After the fun, frantic, finish-heavy card that was UFC Fight Night 104, here are three things to take away from the show.

UFC Houston was an enjoyable lead-in to Super Bowl Sunday marked by the loud return of former title challenger Chan Sung Jung. It also taught us a few things about the sport itself.

Headbutts Can’t be Illegal if They’re Accidental

Open up a new eyelid on your opponent via headbutt? Doesn’t matter. If it looks like an accidental slip, you might just get away with it, as Anthony Hamilton did against Marcel Fortuna.

However, no one is saying one will stop you from getting KOed yourself. Unlucky for some.

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You Can Never Count on Being Saved by the Bell

Alex Morono learned this the hard way, when bobbing and weaving his way out of a late-round Niko Price flurry ended with him KOed and staring at the canvas, wondering where it had all gone wrong.

There’s Injured, and Then There’s Injured.

You can work through some pain – fighters have famously fought through broken hands, jaws, and noses to get to the end of their three rounds – but Adam Milstead played with fire when he entered the second round of his bout with Curtis Blaydes on a serious knee injury.

Which was then aggravated, badly, causing the fight to be ended via TKO.

Was the mishap down to a fighter’s stubbornness, or to a corner failing to pay enough attention to the physical condition of their athlete? Whichever it turns out to be, here’s hoping Milstead’s knee lives to fight another day.