I could say that, but I don't honestly think that was this case this time. Granted, Rashad definately IS a slow starter, but he's also a slow middle and slow finisher. All his strikes were pretty much "desperation" moves that are either hit and win, or miss and lose. Unfortunately, Salmon wasn't able to take advantage of the missed kicks like he should have.

Basically, it looked to me like Rashad learned some new tricks, and thought he was Ramon Dekkars or something. He found out quickly he wasn't, but kept it up. He then managed to land a relatively sloppy kick (hands WAY down, almost seemed off balance, and it was pretty telegraphed. But it did land cleaner than all hell) against a tired opponent.

So as I've been saying, he's definately improved, but he definately has a LOT more improving to do.