John Ramdeen and Robin Black recap UFC 205, where Conor McGregor became a two-division UFC champion by stopping Eddie Alvarez, while Tyron Woodley and Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson fought to a majority draw, with Woodley retaining his welterweight title.

“McGregor has just been evolving,” noted Black passionately. “He’s learned how to learn. He’s optimized his systems. His ability to improve is improving in and of itself. The game that he is playing now is truly on another level to other fighters. And it truly was a spectacular performance that he put forth. … This is one of the great martial artists of our generation.”

Ramdeen then referenced how Royce Gracie changed martial arts 23 years ago to the day, and enquired as to whether McGregor’s approach will change the play of the game.

“What do you think the future of mixed martial arts will look like in the next five years, or ten?” asked Ramdeen.

Black noted that McGregor is playing with the space between the fighters and the timing of his shots in little-understood ways and that it is evolving like a technology and can change exponentially, in orders of magnitude. He compared McGregor’s Neo approach to radio being supplanted by television, and television by the Internet, and pointed out that there were doubters each time predicting the imminent demise of the new.

Black implored viewers to set aside concerns about McGregor’s mouth and suits and focus on his fighting. The pair segued into discussing the relative lack of success enjoyed by Wonderboy on Saturday, who employs a Neo approach but only managed a draw vs. the old school wrestling based approach of Tyron Woodley.

Black pointed out that Woodley and his brilliant coaches, who include Din Thomas and Duke Roufus, studied Wonderboy’s karate-based approach, and developed some adaptations. So Woodley, too, is new.

In short, this is a fascinating time to be a mixed martial artist.