abner mares had never been taken into deep waters in his career the way he was taken by perez. this is only going to make him a much better fighter, imo. with this experience, mares went into the fight as a blue chip prospect and came out of it as a serious title contender. i believe he grew up a lot during the fight and showed his class in the final rounds. i cannot forsee mares having much problems with darchinyan, although he's got to respect his power. but boxing wise, mares should be able to figure darchinyan out by the middle rounds and win going away.