-Jon Fitch vs. Jake Ellenberger should be the main event for the San Jose show.

-Jake Shields has always been one of my favorite fighters, but he looked terrible out there.  That super-stiff stand-up jabv he has looks like something from my LA Boxing gym.  His shoulders aren't loose, their is not bounce to him . . . its beyond rudimentary.  He needs to spend six months at Sityondtong or Golden Glory and just work on that because Ellenberger wasn't afraid to move forward on him.  For Jake's next fight . . . lets see Diego Sanchez.

-I literally could not care less about Dongi Yang and Court McGee . . . Court's going to do well in the UFC because of his conditioning but that's about all I could see in that fight.  I like him but he needs flesh out his stand up, get a bit more aggressive in his strikes.  Let's test him next and have him fight someone like Dan Miller.

-Dongi Yang should probably be cut.

-I like Erik Koch, but I'm not sure he won that fight.  Brookins was constantly the aggressor and was able to hit a lot of knees and short elbows on the fence.  But Brookins didn't do enough to take real advantage of his position control, so that's on him.  You can't fight a fight like that and let it go to the judges.  Sorry.  Koch should move up now and I say give him a fight with Diego Nunes would be a barnburner.  As for Brookins, he's a tough guy and won TUF as a lightweight so he's a big featherweight.  I think he would match-up well with Mike Brown.

-Lastly, Alan Belcher (one of my favorite guys out there) looked awesome and I was happy to see him get the win.  He's been on the cusp now for awhile and is now riding a three fight win streak and is 5-1 since September 2008 (how did he lose to Jason Day!?!).  I think its time to see, finally, what Belcher can do with fighters closer to the top of the division.  I would give him the winner of Damien Maia and Jorge Santiago.  So for McDondald . . . he's the kind of fighter that is good to have around but has been milling about as a middleweight mid-carder for a long time and I'm not sure what else is out there for him past gate-keeper status.  He's still a dangerous guy for fighters who don't know what they are doing but he's had his shot at top guys and proved he can't hang.  So I don't know what you do with him next.

-New Orleans should have been a hotter event, but this was a pretty shitty card, to be honest.  Belcher and Ellenberger's win were fun, but I could have cared less about McGee-Yang and Brookins-Koch was very boring.  Not a good way to go out for these Fight Nights.  Hopefully the move to FX will mean better, more meaningful fights.

To recap, here should be the next fights for these guys:

• Jake Ellenberger vs. Jon Fitch
• Jake Shields vs. Diego Sanchez
• Court McGee vs. Dan Miller
• Dongi Yang vs. next Dream fight
• Erik Koch vs. Diego Nunes
• Jonathan Brookins vs. Mike Brown
• Alan Belcher vs. Damien Maia/Jorge Santiago
• Jason McDonald vs. Generic Mid-Card Middleweight