The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 7 Finale is set to air this evening, Saturday, June 21, LIVE from the The Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas, Nevada.
It’s a three-hour Spike TV special that will begins at 9 p.m. ET.
MMAmania.com will provide LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of TUF 7 Finale main card action from bell to bell on fight night below. In addition, we will pass along quick results of the prelim action prior to the Spike TV telecast.
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Without further delay, see below for the latest TUF 7 Finale results. (Note: This will go from the bottom up; therefore, scroll toward the bottom for the latest detailed round-by-round action!)
TUF 7 FINALE QUICK RESULTS:
Kendall Grove defeats Evan Tanner via Split Decision
Amir Sadollah defeats CB Dollaway via Submission (ArmBar) Round 1
Diego Sanchez defeats Luigi Fiorvanti via TKO (Strikes) Round 3
Spencer Fisher defeats Jeremy Stephens via Unanimous Decision
Matt Riddle defeats Dante Rivera via Unanimous Decision
Dustin Hazlett defeats Josh Burkman via Submission (Armbar) Round 2
Drew McFedries defeats Marvin Eastman via TKO (Strikes) Round 1
Matt Brown defeats Matt Arroyo via TKO (Strikes) Round 2
Dean Lister defeats Jeremy Horn via Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
Tim Credeur vs. Cale Yarbrough (Fight Canceled)
Rob Kimmons defeats Rob Yundt via Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
TUF 7 FINALE BLOW-BY-BLOW LIVE MAIN CARD COMMENTARY:
DrubySunshine here.
Evan Tanner vs. Kendall Grove (185-pound limit)
Round one: Grove with a jab. Hes using his reach. Tanner grabs Groves and uses a body clinch right away. Nice elbows from Grove. Tanner has a strong body clinch. Tanner gets the take down and is right into side control. Tanner lands a right, Grove now to the feet. Nice elbow from Grove. Another big elbow from Grove and now he lands a HUGE knee. Now Tanner is cut, Grove goes for a head kick and slips. Tanner looks dazed. Grove lands a left. Another elbow from Grove and Tanner is gushing blood. WOW Grove with a flying knee!!!! He got sick height on that one. Tanner gets the double and then the take down. Grove with full guard. Grove slips in a triangle, but Tanner escapes now back to the feet. Grove now has Tanner’s back and he looking to get his hooks in. Now both hooks are in. Tanner shakes him off. Up kick from Grove. UpKick lands flush on Tanners chin. Tanner dives back in and Grove has full guard. Tanner with some left hooks. Thats the bell. Great action, id give that round to Grove due to the damage hes done but it could go either way it wasnt a clear cut round.
Round two: Tanner comes out quick and Grove lands a solid combo. Uppercut and left hook from Grove. Grove with a great right hand and good knee. Another uppercut and straight right from Grove. He seems to be landing everything. Great body kick from Grove his reach is really bothering Tanner. Tanner now clinches him up against the cage. Tanner looking for a take down. Grove with another flying knee while Tanner has a single. Tanner gets a double and takes down Grove. Kendall with full guard. Grove uses a kimura to stand back up. Tanner is holding on. Grove with a good knee. Good scramble. HUGE elbow from Grove and another!!!! Hes landing elbows and punches!!! Tanner is hurt bad!!!! Now he clinches up on Grove and is holding on for dear life. Tanner lands a elbow of his own. HUGE knee from Grove. Tanner ties him up again. Tanner with a body shot. Grove reverses position briefly. Tanner seems tired. Grove lands another elbow, Tanner answers with one of his own. Great head kick from Grove. Grove lands 2 jabs in a row. One more head kick from Grove and thats the round. Gotta give it to Grove he almost had Tanner stopped twice.
Round three: Hook from Grove and Tanner charges in. Now their clinched up against the fence. Body kick from Grove and then left hook. Their tied up against the fence again. Nice body shots from Grove. Nice uppercut from Tanner. Nice elbow from Grove. Two more elbows from Grove. Another elbow from Grove then a left hook. Good leg kicks from Tanner and a good right by Tanner. Uppercut from Grove. 2 minutes left. Knee to body from Grove. Inside elbow from Grove. Knee to body from Tanner. Jab from Grove. Hook from Grove, Tanner lands a good right. Tanner with a uppercut. Right from Tanner. Tanner lands a good combo, now Grove with a knee and left hook. Tanner lands a good left of his own. Grove with a jab and knee to finish the round. Thats the bell. Grove looked impressive and will take home the win, Tanner did not give up however and fought his balls off till the end.
Final result: Kendall Grove defeats Evan Tanner via Split Decision
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Amir Sadollah vs. CB Dollaway to determine TUF 7 winner (185-pound limit)
Round one: Leg kick from CB. Amir with a nice kick. Front kick from Amir. Leg kick by CB. CB with a head kick. Dollaway with a HUGE slam and takes Amir down. CB working his way to side control. Amir with full guard now. CB posturing up and lands a good right. CB looking to pass to half guard. CB now in side control and he has one of Amir’s arms pinned down. CB lands a good left from the top. Amir back in full guard. CB postures up and lands a good left. CB landing a flurry of unanswered blows. Amir trying to lock in a arm bar. He’s holding on and CB taps quickly. CB is saying he didnt tap and throwing a fit in the ring, but the replay doesnt lie and he clearly shows that he did tap albeit only one quick tap. Amir wins in a very odd finish.
Round two:
Round three:
Final result: Amir Sadollah defeats CB Dollaway via Submission (ArmBar) Round 1
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Diego Sanchez vs. Luigi Fioravanti (170-pound limit)
Round one: Diego swings and misses. Luigi looks calm. Head kick from Sanchez. Diego swings and misses again. Inside leg kicks from Luigi. Great uppercut from Deigo!!! Flying knee from Sanchez!!! WOW. Diego lunges and Luigi just misses with an uppercut. BIG head kick from Deigo!! Now he shoots and Luigi with great take down defense. Great combo from Luigi. Great combo from Diego now. They clinch up against the fence. Diego leads with a left and then lands a right. Big head kick from Diego. Sanchez tries for a take down and Luigi with great throw. Diego misses a head kick this time. Diego with another shot and once again he gets stuffed by Luigi, then Luigi picks up Diego and slams him at the end of the round. Id give that round to Diego due to his explosive strikes, but Luigi’s take down defense looks great and hes always one punch away from a win.
Round two: Luigi lands a stiff left hook. Diego charges and lands a right. Luigi looks like he twisted his ankle. Big right hand from Diego sends Luigi to the ground!!!! Sanchez pounces. Hes on top now looking to mount. Luigi keeps his composure and gets half guard. Diego looking for a kimura. Diego goes for mount. Luigi scrambles and right back to his feet. He landed a left on his way up. HUGE head kick from Diego and now he has Luigi’s back on their feet. Sanchez with knees to the thigh. Luigi escapes again. Leg kick from Luigi. Nice right hook from Diego. Body kick from Luigi. Both fighters exchange HUGE right hands simultaneously!!! Luigi survives once again. WOW!! What a great exchange by both fighters. 1 minute left. Big knee from Diego. Luigi lands and great combo and then a solid left hook. Thats the bell. Great action, id give that round to Diego but Luigi is more than holding his own his defense is great he just needs to mount more of an offense.
Round three: Nice hook from Luigi. Head kick from Diego. Diego lands a good 1-2 combo. Luigi with a powerful right hook. AGain Luigi with a combo. Leg kick from Diego. Luigi lands a good left. Uppercut from Diego. Sanchez shoots but Luigi avoids it once again. Both fighters exchange HUGE rights. Nice knee to body from Diego and body shot from Luigi. Diego shoots and Luigi sprawls out easy. 2 minutes left, right hook from Sanchez. Diego lunges and gets Luigi’s back but Luigi rolls over and is right back to his feet. 1 minute left. HUGE head kick from Diego!!!!! He follows it with a flying knee!!!!! Sanchez pounces and hes dropping bombs on Luigi!!!! Thats the fight its over, Diego looks IMPRESSIVE. His striking looks amazing.
Final result: Diego Sanchez defeats Luigi Fiorvanti via TKO (Strikes) Round 3
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Spencer Fisher vs. Jeremy Stephens (155-pound limit)
Round one: Stephens misses with a high kick. Fisher comes in and lands two good lefts. Stephens ties him up and gets a take down, but Fisher right back to his feet. Fisher now with a take down and he’s working to passes Stephens guard. Fisher postures up and lands a 1-2 combo. Fisher slowly working him toward the fence. Fisher looking to drop bombs. Stephens with elbows from the bottom. Stephens goes for a arm bar. Jeremy with great elbows from bottom. Stephens goes for a triangle but Spencer gets out and is right into side control. HUGE elbow from Fisher. Another elbow. Someone is bleeding. Fisher with another elbow. Fisher right into a mount!!! Vicious elbow from Fisher, but Stephens manages to escape. Fisher is relentless. Fisher is landing some blows. Fishers arm is bleeding it has to be from a prior cut. Stephens lands a elbow from bottom. Thats the bell, great action I have to give the round to Fisher due to his dominate position throughout the round.
Round two: Stephens looks for a combo but misses. Nice right from Jeremy. Both fighters clinch up. Now their up against the fence. Both fighters land great elbows at the same time!!! Fisher with a jab. Flying knee from Stphens but he gets caught with a hook. Nice inside elbow from Stephens. Now their clinched up against the fence. Nice knee from Stephens. The action stops as Fisher lost his mouthpiece. Fisher with a right. Spinning backfist from Stephens. Clinched up again against the fence. Fisher with a nice elbow. Stephens looks for a trip take down but Fisher reverses and lands right into side control. Fisher goes to mount and gets stuck in half guard. Fisher lands a flurry of elbows. He just keeps pushing the pace. SPencer postures up and lands a left. Nice elbow from Fisher. Nice combo from Fisher. Nice back elbow from Fisher. Great up kick from Stephens. Back to the feet and Stephens lands a slam at the bell. Close round, id give it to Fisher he was more busy and spent a good amount of the round on top doing damage.
Round three: Stephens tries for a looping left. Nice right by Stephens and a body kick. Uppercut from Jeremy. Superman punch from Stephens misses. Fisher right to the body. Stephens with great right then knee to the body. Stephens knows he has to finish it. Nice body shot and leg kick from Fisher. Fisher with great left and then shoots for a take down. Stephens sprawls out and goes for a Guillotine. Spencer mounts now! Fisher gets out of the mount and right back to side control. Stephens right back to full guard, back to the feet. HUGE right from Jeremy. Clinch from Spencer and now Stephens gets a take down. Fisher now bleeding from his head. Fisher with elbows from the bottom. 1 minute left in the round. Stephens trying to be busy. Jeremy stands up then goes for a choke. Spencer with vicious elbows. Stephens now going for a Guillotine. Its deep!!!! But thats the bell. GREAT Fight. Non stop action by both fighters. I think Fisher won the 1st 2 rounds and Stephens the last.
Final result: Spencer Fisher defeats Jeremy Stephens via Unanimous Decision
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Dante Rivera vs. Matthew Riddle (185-pound limit)
Round one: Both fighters feeling each other out. Rivera with leg kick and delivers some knees to the body. Riddle now goes for a double. Dante looking for a choke. Rivera holding onto the head and now landing some knees. Riddle is out and now uses a body clinch. Rivera peppering in some right. Nice inside knees from Riddle. Both guys exchanging knees now. Nice high knee from Riddle to the chin. Riddle now with a solid elbow, the ref separates them. Rivera with a huge looping left that just misses and now both fighters once again are clinched. Riddle with another solid knee. Both fighters exchanging knees, Riddle with Mui Thai clinch looking for a big knee. Rivera goes for a take down and Riddle stifles it. Rivera lands a huge knee. Nice leg kick from Rivera and another one. Riddle clinches and lands a knee then elbow and now takes him down right into side control. Elbows from Riddle to close out the round. Id give that one to Riddle 10-9 he looks much stronger and is doing alot more damage from the clinch.
Round two: The crowd seems oddly quiet like the place isnt very packed. Riddle uses his strength and gets a take down. Riddle now standing over Rivera trying to avoid Riveras guard. Rivera to his feet. Clinched against the fence. Riddle keeping busy with his well place knees. Rivera lands two vicious uppercuts and follows it with a nice knee. Rivera charges in and Riddle clinches right away. Riddle with some foot stomps. Good knee from Rivera. The pace has slowed to a crawl, the crowd sounds like its in a bar. You can hear a pin drop. Rivera with another knee, now a spattering of boo’s from the small crowd. Rivera lands a big overhand left but Riddle stifles Rivera’s take down and lands in full mount. But wait Riddle goes for a ill advised arm bar and he’s now on his back! Poor choice by Riddle. Riddle now pulls guard. Riddle now shoots in a triangle. Its sunk deep!!! Riddle with vicious elbows to the body!! But the bell saves Rivera. Another 10-9 round for Riddle.
Round three: Body kick from Rivera. Riddle stalking him now. Riddle lands a big straight right and Riddle lands a knee to the body. Again their clinched up against the fence. Riddle with a Thai clinch and lands some knees to the chin then takes down Rivera. Rivera with rubber guard. Rivera now raining down some punches. Riddle looking to improve position. Riddle now in half guard. Nice elbow from Riddle! Back to the feet. Rivera with a body kick and he now looks desperate. Body clinch from Rivera. Riddle is just the stronger man. Riddle with another take donw and now hes in Riveras full guard. 1 minute left. Rubber guard again from Rivera. Herb Dean stands them up. Rivera throws a wild left. He knows he’s behind. Riddle now takes him down and gets a full mount!!! Rivera holding on for dear life. Riddle now raining some blows. Thats the bell. A great performance by Matt Riddle he dominated from wire to wire and he looked impressive doing it. This kid has some talent to work with and if he keeps improving like he showed he did tonight he could be a force to be reckon with.
Final result: Matt Riddle defeats Dante Rivera via Unanimous Decision
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Good card, saw the Hazelett-Burkman fite looks really interesting. He showed allot against Koscheck and hopefully can continue to grow as a fighter.
McLovin, Dustin Hazlet is my upset special. He will catch Burkman in a submission off his back!
I’ve been watching mma since around 1994. I’ll admit I didn’t follow TUF 1, but have watched 2-7. I have been really impressed with 2-6, but have been disappointed this season! I know nothing about the fighters except mac brown and cb are very over rated and hyped. I picked amir to win, and cb proved he’s strictly a wrestler and needs to evolve more. I think he has lots of potential!
The reason I gave my history on watching mma and tuf, is because of how many guys have come out of that first season. Yes I have gone back and watched it, and Diego Sanchez has been a favorite of mine for 2 or 3 years now. He looked pretty good tonight, and is continuously improving.
Evan Tanner is done, period…and is it me or did Grove look really big. I’d hate to accuse anyone of anything, but HGH isn’t tested for, and even his facial features were different (which happens when on HGH). Just throwing it out there.
Overall I enjoyed the fights, was disappointed I didn’t see Jeremy Horn, but oh well. With the UFC hyoing the 19th show more in one night than affliction has in months, they solidified the failure of the affliction show. It’s really too bad, but it’s business.
CB did tap, I don’t want to read other wise!
Indeed!!Evan Tanner IMO is through!!
Riddle beats Riveara. Unanimous decision
Spencer over Stephens Unanimous
Amir beats once again CB arm bar 1st round
grove kills tanner unanimous.
Gotta give it to Tanner for not only surviving but putting in work!!
Diego Luigi fight of the year thus far. GREAT FIGHT!!!@!
GREAT NIGHT OF FIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is where we’ll see if Evan Tanner is really a washed up old drunk or not. As for the rest, meh.
Lol I think knowing about Evan Tanner is meh at best as well. Even if he wasn’t washed up, what future does he have in his division?
Tanner was a good mid-carder who got exposed by the division’s elite (Franklin). He could be built back up again to challenge Silva and get exposed again. Hopefully they can keep feeding him cans to get a few wins so Silva can pound him out. By then he should have earned enough to afford a new boat.
This is a very dangerous fight for Kendall. Everyone knows he has a suspect chin and this could be his 3rd loss in a row….which is never good!
Yep, it’s do or die for him. He didn’t just lose his last 2 fights ,he got KOed.
It was obvious from the promo for this weeks episode that someone gets kicked off for wrecking a limo. We saw the window getting punched out. My money is on Taylor, he seems like the kind of idiot who would pull a stunt like that.
Since the final show is scheduled for 1 and a half hours, then I’d have to guess there will be another fight, not just the Amir-CB fight, because I doubt just 1 fight would take up a 1 and a half hour show. So after the finalist gets the boot for breaking the limo window, there will be another fight to determine who will take his place in the finale.
I’m still guessing its Jesse who gets in trouble for beating the life out of Jeremy May for calling him a Jew again. I expect CB to win against Amir in the best fight of the season. Then Amir has to fight Tim for a spot in the finale against CB.
Final Prediction: I’m sticking with what I’ve said since the first two episodes, no need to change now. CB vs Tim.
errors on page. disregard last comment…
Is this weeks episode really an hour and a half?
worst main card I can remember..
To be honest in any org this would be per-pay view. Not a bad card at all!!!
Yeah concidering the last TUF finale had all fighters from the show that season, and then the main event of course. This is a big improvement.
How the hell does Lister v. Horn not make the televised card?? That blows.
I agree, that is awful.
indeed!!…My bet is on Gumby…Though Dean Lister could still outclass Horn on the ground…
Dean lister is the worst mixed martial artist EVER! The boogy man! lol give me a break. He should have stuck to grappling. Lacks TOUGHNESS!
hope u didnt have to much money on that
they gotta keep room to show us all the fights with the terrible guys from this season that we don’t wanna see fight ever again anyway
Blame Lister for that.
Not many fighters from the show on this card? I count..4 total? Isn’t there usually 3-4 fights featuring the TUF cast, or is my memory slowly fading away?
FYI – i hope Hazelett destroys Burkman
as do I. But it will be tough.
Damn whats up with all this Burkman hatred.. He’s intense, he always puts on a show, I hope he kicks some ass.
Because Burkman’s last fights have been boring and he is not that good of an MMA fighter. Plus, how can you hate McLovin? He is not Jon Fitch, so stop asking
So somebody is getting kicked off for whatever reason……. limo, cctv footage, yada yada yada!!
Am i the only one who thinks in general this season has been a huge disappointment? I think the talent level of the majority of fighters has been very poor overall. Either half decent stand up with no ground game or vice versa.
TUF finales are always weaker than main cards & this one is no different.
Come on ufc lets see you do some grand prixs & let the lesser talent compete. It will give them something to fight for other than just dreaming about winning a belt they know they’ll never win.
I actually enjoyed this season,and you never know,forrest is fighting for the belt,and serra had it,they were not the greatest in TUF but they are pretty good now.
I only seen one fight and it was Jesse vs Tim.
Tim had his back and voluntarily jumped off, WTF!!!
Huge skill shortage, sequals have a bad history with a few exceptions.
I thought this season had some really good fights and great knockouts!!! Maybe I’m wrong…
Main event:
Evan Tanner (32-7) vs. Kendall Grove (8-5) KENDALL BY TKO RND 2. EVAN LOST HIS KILLER INSTINCT, HE IS ALL ABOUT JUST SURVIVING NOWADAYS.
Main card (televised):
185 lbs.: TUF 7 Finalist #1 vs. TUF 7 Finalist #2 FINALIST #1 LOL
170 lbs.: Diego Sanchez (18-2) vs. Luigi Fioravanti (12-3)DIEGO RND 1 SUB. DIEGO IS OUT TO DISCREDIT HIS LOSSES
170 lbs.: Josh Burkman (9-5) vs. Dustin Hazelett (10-4)JOSH KO RND 2. I CAN JOSH BEING TOO EXPLOSIVE FOR DUSTIN.
155 lbs.: Spencer Fisher (20-4) vs. Jeremy Stephens (13-2)I THINK THIS WILL BE EASIER WIN FOR FISHER THAN MOST PEOPLE THINK. EXPERIENCE WINS
Under card (May not be broadcast):
185 lbs.: Marvin Eastman (15-7-1) vs. Drew McFedries (6-3)DREW RND 1 BY SHATTERED GLASS JAW
185 lbs.: Dean Lister (10-5) vs. Jeremy Horn (79-17-5)HORN’S EXPERIENCE WILL PREVAIL
185 lbs.: Dante Rivera vs. Matthew Riddle WHO AND WHO??
185 lbs.: Rob Yundt (6-1) vs. Rob Kimmons (20-3)WHO CARES!!
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I think the twist will be something that no-one has thought of before. UFC wouldn’t give the game away that easy by letting people see the judge’s faces as a clue.
I like all those picks except for I’m going with Tanner and Eastman. I don’t like Rivera so I hope Matt Riddle wins that one, tho I think whichever one wins that fight, it will be a boring decision either way.
Riddle is a lot bigger than Rivera, and I think will ground and pound him out.
Horn vs Lister should be a good fight. Horn looked pretty good against Nate the cheater prior to almost geting his head removed form his body…. I think I am going to pick horn in this one.
I thought matt brown was suppose to fight matt arroyo. Given the fact that brown is a lunatic it makes you wonder. Unless I missed something.
He is. Forgot to add it. Thanks.
I bet Jesse Taylor gets kicked off. He is the only one that ever gets drunk enough to do stupid stuff like pissing his pants on national tv.
Pissin in his pants on national tv, LOL. wonder if dana told him to do that?? u never know
Dana told him to the first time. The second time was just for fun.
Man I wanna see Eastman vs Mcfedries, that should be a brawl
I’m hoping Diego comes out and gets an impressive win. A lot of people hate on the guy, but I’m a fan.
No Jeremy May?
Jeremy Jitsu could blow a cock. I give Blake Bowman more credit than Jeremy May. I hope CB loses, and they give CB Jeremy May, and I STRONGLY DISLIKE CB.
They should have Jeremy May vs Blake Bowman as the next EliteXC main event.
Winner fights Gabe Ruedigger for 12 cheeseburgers.
lol
fisher vs stephens will be stand up war until someone gets knocked out. stephens has never been knocked out in his career. hermes franca knocked out fisher and i know stephens hits harder than franca. stephens by knock out in 2nd round, fight of the night
I wont lie, I don’t think this fight should be shown on the main card.
I’d much rather see Brown/Arroyo. I know its going to be a slug fest, but I just dont care about Spencer Fisher, he is not that good of a MMA fighter, he is a hell of a stand up artist, but to me, he possesses the skills of Phil Baroni.
I am taking Luigi in a huge upset. Luigi has good wrestling, and has decent stand up, good submission defense and decent submissions, watch UFC 68 Luigi vs. Jon Fitch.. Luigi gave Fitch a lot of problems… heck of a match. I think Luigi’s time is now, and I think he will take this oppourtunity and run with it. I watched Sanchez at 82 and he still did not look THAT good, like how he did before the Kos fight.
Looks good, but I wouldn’t mind seeing Lister/Horn on the main card. Not a huge lister fan, but I always love watching Horn fight.
Does anyone know how to watch the Weigh-Ins online live?
need to make some bets!
Evan Tanner
CB
Diego Sanchez
Jeremy Stephens
Matt Riddle
Dustin Hazelett
Marvin Eastman
Matt Arroyo
Dean Lister
Tim Credeur
Rob Yundt
Not the best batting average there.
Evan Tanner by flying dutchman
As my predictions say above, I’ve got Kendall.
I do hope I’m wrong
Tanner by flying dutchman… that’s awesome!
Horn is done. Grove is done. Take out the trash!!
Ok, its time for some TRUE TALK!! Jermey Horn has been a legendary mma fighter with over 100 fights, but he is officially DONE!! put a fork in him. Time to retire and become a full time coach. His submissions were always his strong suit and he just got submitted by the worst mme fighter, Dean lister. Horn was never any good on his feet, but if he is going to start getting beaten on the ground then its time to call it a quits. He lost 2 in a row due to submissions. ITS OVER!!!
Well here’s to Amir.
I read constantly about GSP, Silva and Liddel nuthuggers, and I laugh, but my GF says I have a man crush on Amir so I guess the last laugh is on me.
WAR AMIR!
U think the Mullet is sexy? lol
Big win for Matt Brown’s UFC welterweight debut against a slick matt aroyo.
Matt Brown was tuf at middleweight, he may become a serious threat in the distant future of the welterweight division;. Not saying he is one NOw, but he is a prospect for sure.
Lol, more the humility in victory, dude made me laugh every post fight interview.
First time I have genuinely wanted a specific person to win. Every other season I have been indifferent.
Of course the contrast to smug CB probably emphasizes the good qualities of Amir. Either way, the guy is a great ambassador of the sport, I could see CB on SNL, I can see CB starting fights at a bar.
I can see CB hangin’ by the pool in his pre-fight promo tossing some sweet lines like ‘hey babe, do you like dudes in white sunglasses?’ and ‘you know what they say about guys with huge upper lips.’
I, for one, would greatly appreciate blow by blow coverage of the prelims too. That other, formerly good, website does and you should too! J, 4 comments up, Amir , is cool as hell so dont feel bad about diggin him. He could take a shit on a plate and I would sit down and watch it. ( jus kiddin. look for that line in Trailer Park of Terror this Halloween) Look for Dustin to have a good night…traingle or arm bar.
any news on why yarborugh vs tim was canceled?
anyone know where to get the gods of war fights?
My bet is on Forest on the 5th
anyone know wy Tim`s fight was canceled?
After Kendall Grove gets throttled tonight…he’s not goin back to Hawaii but some cast away on the Next Survivor. Stick a fork in him….HE’S DONE!!!!!
apparently the Credeur fight was cancelled cuz the athletic commission found traces of prescription drugs in Credeur’s system
They reckon Tim failed pre fight drug test (silly silly Boy!)
diegos ko was sick
yes that was a great fight but goldberg solidified his rank as the biggest tool box in the sport…..”What a Fight”……………
Wasnt there something just after the Sanchez/Luigi fight involving Florian.
The very break just after the fight ended I could swear the screen said something to the likes of Sanchez vs Florian announcement????
Anyone else see that or was I sniffing glue???
yeah i saw that, wtf? i thought i imagined it. guess not. weird eh.
It said “SANCHEZ vs FIORAVANTI; COMING UP…OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT”..
There was no mention at all of Kenny Florian.. Ya’ll prolly got mixed up with Fioravanti and Florian.. I tivo’d the fight and went back to clear this up.
BTW: SPencer Fisher DID NOT deserve to win that fight. He fckn lost.
wtf fight were you watching?? fisher controlled damn near the whole fight. even stevens knew the decision before it was read…..
Controlled my a$$..That fight reminded me of the Fitch vs. Diego fight.. How can a fighter win a decision by being on defense most of the time?? Diego repeatedly went for submissons the entire fight. Did you not hear the crowd when Bruce Buffer announced Fisher as the winner?? Complete silence.. And PLEASE post under one name, I can’t stand peeps who change their SN’s after every post.
I just rewatched the fight and I was wrong.. Fisher did win the fight.. I just for some reason cannot stand him. Sorry for my misjudgement.
one sn?? i’ve had the same sn on here since i regestered.
anyone know why the cale and tim fight was canceled?
go to ufc.com
Tim had traces of some kind of ADD/ADHD medication in his system(pre fight test. It is called addoral or somethign close to it. Go check out ufc.com
i’ve taken that stuff before when i’ve put in alot of overtime at work. it gives you alot of energy to keep going. nothing in my opinion that would give him an edge in a fight. not much more potent than taking a few hydroxycuts IMO.
tested positive for adderall. thats not a joke.
Which one tested positive?
tim
WOOT!!
Rollin’ Rollin’ rollin’ on the Amir bandwagon!!
I actually picked one right
ohh controversy! haha.
Never gonna teh end of it from cry baby CB. Amir is a pimp.
CB did tap once then changed his mind cuz Herb relieved PRESSURE VERY quickly. he would of got his arm broke. Amir WAS NOT gonna let go of that arm. He would of held on till it broke!!!!.
Friggin AWESOME. Golden boy LOST TWICE to a ROOKIE. ZERO PROFESSIONAL FIGHTS!!!!!
I cant wait to hear what CB says in interview. He definitely tapped. You DONT even make a gesture EVEN CLOSE to what he did!!!!.
He cant be upset. He tapped!!!!!! He had 2 shots at him!!!!
AMIR – PIMP!!!
He totally Tapped!
Yeah what a cheat. He was gonna try to say he never quit if THERE WERENT GOOD CAMERA WORK!!!!!!! Once he seen it, I guess he decided otherwise. Then again we havent heard from him yet.
so amir will join the few people like bj & chuck whose first fight was in the ufc, good for amir but i don’t know how well he’ll be able to hang with some top talent.
add matt riddle to that list. sadollah vs riddle next?
I highly doubt they would put the winner of the show up against a loser from it anytime soon.
He’s very young, get him some time in some good camps and he’ll soak up that knowledge like a sponge. He’s got the drive and focus to have a nice career in MMA.
Anyone notice that the PRESENTATION was very quick, especailly compared to all the past 6 seasons. That is kinda messed up.
What is Dana and the UFC pissed that they kicked out Jesse to bring back their superman, just to have him lose AGAIN!!! Other than interview with Rogan, Amir got robbed of his time in the light!!
ALSO…..I noticed someone else seen it. Directly after end of Sanchez fight. It said something about a Sanchez vs Florian announcement. That would kick ass. I thnk Diego is eventually going down to LW. He almost decisioned one of the slowest men on earth tonight. Also, he is very small compared to GSP or ALves
I agree, That presention was shitty, amir deserves it, he worked hard and kicked CBs ass twice, so if dana is pissed he can kiss my ass
Wouldn’t it be kind of premature for some kind of Diego/Kenny fight considering Florian’s scheduled to fight Huerta for a shot against BJ?
Amir is a hero. So happy he won that.
Yeah..He seems genuinely nice..
tanners got to get grove to the ground, he can’t strike with him he’s to slow and groves reach is to much of a problem, i see taner getting ko’ed or grove by decision if tanner can hang on.
I don’t care if Grove beats Anderson Silva (never gonna happen). He’s a punk bi#$h. Enough said.
30 – 26 – Grove
30 – 26 – Grove
29 – 28 – Tanner
WTF? I mean WTF? AND WTF???
How can you have 1 out of 3 judges saying Tanner won it, while the other 2 SCORED IT CORRECTLY , at such a difference of points???
How can that be???????
Why did they just give Tanner the WIN??? They did it for Bisping. And it was a very similiar fight
This was much more dominant of win than hammels win over Bisbing and to think how bad Hammels got robber this was just rediculous. Luckily only 1 of the 3 judges was blind and deaf at the same time vs 2 of the 3 in the Hammels Bisbing fight.
That was weird. I thought Tanner won the last round, but that was it. 29-28 or 29-27 would have been right. I guess the one judge values a firm clinch over lots of punches and knees that cause cuts.
What 3rd round did u watch?
PW, you need to rewatch that fight. Tanner got dominated throughout.
That just should be arrested for giving Tanner the decision it was a clear 30-26 just like the other two judges scored it. Honestly how do you justify 29-28 Tanner? He almost got stopped twice in the second round and clearly lost the 3rd. 1st was close so giving that to Tanner wouldn’t have been terrible but no way you could say Tanner won the 2nd or 3rd.
who the hell gave that fight to tanner? btw fightfan, they didn’t give tanner the win. one retarded judge gave him the win, but the other two didn’t as you said yourself. so clearly grove won anyway
Meant to say why DIDNT they just give Tanner the win like they did for Bisping
You gotta wonder how judges see these fights so differently? If you don’t suspect foul play.
What happened in the Creduer Fight?
http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=12945
Crueder could not fight cause they found Adderall in his system
this card sucked at least what they showed
you guys need to watch the fight without the volume on. joe rogan was absolutely kissing the asses of diego and kendall tonight as he has done before. with the tanner grove fight i had the score EXACTLY what the first judge had. 29-28 tanner. tanner won the 1st round easily, grove won the 2nd, tanner edged out the 3rd round. grove never scored a takedown and was taken down 6 or 7 times in the fight, and despite rogans bs, he never knocked down tanner, he was wobbled but not close to out. it is absolutely pathetic, i dont care if you are a fan of a fighter, watch it without bias damnit, period.
I think you’re right about Joe on this one. He was way to telling in his favor for Sanchez.
john, I have a new nickname to add to the list, but i don’t know if it will stick. This kid’s hair is a different color EVERY time I see him, so for me it’s Matthew “Rainbow Brite” Riddle. lol. War Amir! Way to go to the hometown boy. Nice fights overall. Sanchez looked good, but Luigi could honestly cut weight and fight 155, quite the love handles he’s got. How did that one judge give it to Tanner? He must have stepped out for a beer and taken a guess when marking his card. McFedries! Wow. he knocked Eastman around like a ragdoll. Enjoyed it enough to watch the whole show a second time.
“Rainbow Bright” I love it!
Second to Rainbow Bright!
I like it. Hope it sticks.
Im glad Amir won.. C.B. didn’t deserve to be there anyway.. Too bad Jesse f’d up.
Amir Sadollah – i never seen a fighter like this guy. so unsuspecting but quick finisher. PROPS! put CB on suicide watch.
Spencer Fisher – no surpise here. PLEASE give him someone with experience maybe a Guida type!
Dustin Hazlett – lol. WOW! he really proved me wrong.
Diego Sanchez – SICK FINISH! kick + knee combo! WTF! TITLE SHOT after his next fight(kos?)? He’s so wellrounded now with kicks, uppercuts and other combinations.
side note: Luigi’s fight style makes me sick. he made no effort to attack! he was busy worrying about countering, sprawling & looking good. (poser)
Kendall Grove – dayyamm!! that was a WAR!! Tanner can take a beating without going down! we was going NUTS!! he really looked prepared and focused. looks like he gotta get used to fighting wit his back against the cage. highlight reel galore: KNEES, ELBOWS, GETTING BACK UP. niiiiice Kendal, everything we knew he could do and lots of it.
officating was good but which judge scored tanner the win? hey, thats not even funny. whoever that was should be fired.
I thought Luigi looked really doughy. He had a lot of jiggle for a WW. And Sanchez is one win from a title shot.
some mma fans really make me sick. just like any other sport. they cheer for who wins and who joe rogan is making sound good on that night. its really pathetic. watch fights without bias and without volume, i had tanner winning the fight 29-28. i dont care how much u like grove, he lost the 1st and the 3rd. also another fight where rogan makes diego sound better than he is. he also lost the first round, and was on his way to losing the 3rd when he caught him. stuff can look good and score absolutely nothing on a scorecard, look up the ways a fight is supposed to be scored before you start chanting for who you think looks better.
I think you were watching the wrong fights bro. The ones we were talking about was the Ultimate Fighter finale that was on Spike TV last night, because if you thought Tanner won that fight you clearly weren’t watching the same fights I was watching.
OK, I scored the fight for Grove, but he is right about the Biased commentary that tries to construe our vision of whats actually going on. Take the commentatin on the Wandy vs. Liddell fight, it was a disgrace. YOU watch that fight with the volume on Mute and its completely different than watchin it will listening to rogan. Listening to Roganm u would have thought that wanderlei was getting crushed!
kendall grove that dhalsim wannabe, cheating with his long limb and flying knees!
dhalsim wannabe HAHAHAHA!!
LMAO. The street fighter stretch armstrong type dude right.
It was great to see Diego back on his game with fire in his eyes! I still can’t rank him as one of my favorites anymore but I always like to see an explosive fighter. Glad to be able to at least say that about Diego again.
I think it’s funny as hell that Amir beat CB twice and CB cries foul, trying to say he didn’t tap. That’s crap! I really expected more from CB (as most people did) and was surprised that he gassed so quick in his fights. Amir has a better chin than I gave him credit for initially.
Grizzly Tanner had a surprising third round. He was outclassed during the first two but he definitely hurt Grove a couple of times in the third. Still, Grove deserved a unanimous decision.
Catch EVen Tanner/ Kendall Groove fight on Bum fights.com
Well I had a solid night of Betting:
I won $200 On Diego
$200 Hazlett (my upset special…see top pf this thread)
100 on Spencer
50 mcFedries
But I lost $100 on CB. tHahk god I didnt touch the Tanner/grove fight (i probably would have betted on Tanner)
not a bad night overall. diego looked amazing!
Well I had a solid night of Betting:
I won $200 On Diego
$200 Hazlett (my upset special…see top pf this thread)
100 on Spencer
50 mcFedries
But I lost $100 on CB. tHahk god I didnt touch the Tanner/grove fight (i probably would have betted on Tanner)
not a bad night overall. diego looked amazing!
i also picked hazelett. he impressed me with his sub over jonathan goulet; since then, im a fan. in my books, hazelett is a top 10 welterweight
i really cant believe a judge gave tanner the win. that was absolutely ridiculous.
no discredit to amir but him winning really shows the lack of talent in the tuf house, why did they even put people with no pro fights in tuf or people with 2-3 records, so that the favourites in this case cb can have easier wins? there must be 16 middleweights more deserving to be fighting on tuf? hell i could find them, so why couldn’t the ufc? amir has earned his way to the ufc, but what the hell was he doing in tuf in the first place? this has been one of the worst season ever, lackluster fights and fighters.
Well the point of TUF is to develop young up and coming fighters. If they just took experienced fighters that wouldn’t make too much sense.
Diego is an Animal! He definetely showed striking I had never seen from him before. I’m glad he incorporated that to his game, otherwise he would be like Matt Hughes, Just working for a takedown, and if he doesn’t get it he loses the fight. I was really looking forward to see his new improved jiu jit su skills but Luigi did a fantastic job at avoiding going to the ground. I wonder who they’re going to have Diego fight next, He doesn’t even know, what do you guys think a good fight would be for him?
Don: Diego vs. Koschek Duh!!!
They will save that 3rd fight for a #1 contender match or a title shot.
Definately won’t be Kos. Maybe Hughes, he’s on his way down. Swick dropped to that weight didn’t he?
Don’t think Hughes has any interest in fighting Diego. I may be wrong but the only two fights I can see Matt taking before he retires are Matt Serra and Dennis Hallman. The second of which probably won’t happen.
yup. i second that 1. run back diego/koscheck & . no excuses. best of 3 is enough to find out, but id want to see it as a 5 rounder so theres little chance it goes to controversal decision. n run back diego/diaz or how about diego/huerta in mexico?! HAHAHA!
How did one judge see 29-28 Tanner? That fight was no where near a split decision.
I thought Diego was stopped early. Luigi was still throwing his arms around and trying to cover up. Sure Diego was throwing a ton of punches, but I think it looked more dangerous than it was personally. He probably deserved the win, but I’d have liked to have seen it play out a little further. Diego did look pretty good. Amir is good. I like how funny he is. CB still has a lot of potential. He needs to learn to defend the armbar and be a little more focused on himself. He’s been “the man” for a little too long I think.
I wanna see Alves vs Kos.
Diego vs Hazlette
Swick vs Karo
It would be a bit of a mix. Stay away from Diego vs Karo and Kos we say that before… But Karo vs Diego would be good.
I would have scored The fight with Grove and Tanner 29-28 for Grove.
Amir should stay away from the newbies from TUF, and move up a bit. Heck hes in a bad division but I would hate to see him lose to a TUF guy after doing well. I am afraid he would destroy Riddle. Hes already proved he is the best off the show except for Jesse “Pee Pants” Taylor. And I think it very well could go Amirs way if they do Tangle.
If they do decide to bring back JT (sans Coco the monkey), that’s a fight they could hype a great deal. Kind of a Bisping/ Hammill thing.
CB is taking a LOT of heat for his post fight reaction to his tap. In a way I can understand, and I can’t believe I’m going to (mildly) defend him. First off, I was rooting for Amir hardcore (in the gym, by myself, yelling at the tv, lol). But I have the feeling his tap was something he did instinctually, w/o thinking. And the moment he did it, he was surprised himself. Kind of a “oh my God! What did I just do!” type of thing. He’s still a kid, on the big stage for the very first time, give him time and he’ll mature.
CheffDaddy: Very intelligent post! I too saw it your way. No excuses! The undefeated fighter of the show won the Finale, which is good. The saga between Amir vs. CB is over..no need for a rubbermatch. I do however believe that CB could have gotten oput of that armbar.
Props to Amir! When the show started, I was one of the few people that picked him as a dark horse. He is the “Mental Giant” Sadollah!
Question: out of this crop of fighters that made it to the UFC from the TUF show that just past, which fighters will stay at middleweight? which will drop down in weight?
Matt brown already dropped down to welterweight, who’s next?
john, I gotta say that Amir should definitely drop to WW. He was what, maybe 3 inches shorter than CB, and looked much smaller in muscle mass. A drop in weight class would suit him well. As for who will stay at middleweight! My guess is CB and JT (if they bring him back). Those guys, even though experienced at cutting weight, are all muscle. Doesn’t look like they could drop down (w/o risking health) on a regular basis.
I agree!