In a way it was. The older fighter waited too long until the second half to get going but it was too late. Difference was that Hopkins was 40 at that time.
If you tacked on the last round of Mosley-DLH 1 to the first 11 of Hopkins-Taylor, you get something close to this fight.
It was like kovalev-ward 1 but with lopez winning the first 6 less dominant than kovalev. Loma will low blow his way to a victory in the rematch