1. Georges St. Pierre has become two things: The best wrestler in MMA, and boring.

Yes, I admit it. I don't like watching 1-0 pitching duels, basketball games where the winning team has double digit points at the end of the game, or football games that don't break single digits. Give me homeruns, fast breaks, touchdowns... and finishes.

You listening GSP?

There can be no doubt about St. Pierre's grappling prowess in the wake of his utter domination over the U.K.'s Dan Hardy Saturday. And I don't think it's going too far to say that there isn't a better grappler in all of MMA. St. Pierre's ground game is so good that people have forgotten how electrifying the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black-belts' striking can be.

In his first 15 fights, St. Pierre had only three go to decision. He finished the rest with a mix of slick submissions and devastating knockouts. But in his past four contests, as St. Pierre has steadily changed his style to a more controlling ground style to take advantage of his new-found world class wrestling skills, the welterweight champion has gone to decision three times and the other fight went four rounds.

Gone are the days of the big St. Pierre finish. This champion doesn't have to take chances in order to dominate when there isn't anyone in his division to match his vast grappling skill. And maybe that's okay.

Wrestling and controlling your opponent is part of the sport, and so is winning at all costs. Until someone comes along to match St. Pierre's wrestling, the smart thing for him to do is to keep pounding out decision victories five rounds at a time.

Pitchers' duel fanatics rejoice.

2. Dan Hardy is tough as nails, and solidified himself in the welterweight top 10 rankings.

If you watched his fight with St. Pierre then there's no need to explain the above statement. Anyone questioning Hardy's resolve need only look at his fight Saturday night.

Hardy, hardly did enough to win any part of any round of the fight, but earned a ton of respect for getting out of two fight-ending submissions: a fully extended armbar in the first round, and a tight kimura in the forth.

The powerful striker never landed so much as one flush shot on St. Pierre, but he did earn top position at one point in the fight, defended very well from the ground and was able to get out of numerous bad positions during the course of the fight. 

Hardy proved that with his mix of striking, strength, ground game, and resolve he's a handful for any other fighter in the division.

3. Frank Mir is stuck between a Brock and a hard hitter.

Okay, I formally apologize to the Stones, but I couldn't I couldn't help myself.

Try as he may, Mir will never be able to grapple with either Lesnar or the hard punching Shane Carwin. Both are collegiate wrestling champions, and neither gave any ground to Mir at any point when they locked horns.

Mir was clearly the better striker when he stood with Lesnar, and actually looked to have the colossus hurt at one point in their last match up after landing a multitude of strikes, but Mir couldn't stop the takedown or help but be controlled on the ground by the much larger Lesnar.

To counter this, Mir gained nearly 15 pounds of muscle and now weighs in at a legit 265-pounds.