Amir Sadollah toppled CB Dollaway (again) via armbar (again) to become The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) season seven winner last night. Here are his post-fight thoughts:
Congrats, Amir.
June 22nd, 2008
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Good for him. It was a good fight and he pulled it off well. Its funny though watching last night it was like dejavu arm bar victory lol.
im sorry,but last nights fights,were all lame,the lamest ultimate finale ever.
HAVE YOU GUYS SOMEHOW FORGOTTEN ABOUT CLAY GUIDA VS. ROGER HUERTA FROM LAST SEASON.
NOW THAT WAS EXCITING,but all of the rest of this stuff was pretty effin lame.
I was bored to sleep.
and what was up with the eastman fight after the main event?????
The lighter weights move alot faster so they are more exciting. Forgeting the Clay Guida vs. Roger Huerta would be just as bad as forgeting the Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar or Scott smith vs. Pete Sell (if you haven’t seen this, watch it on YouTube - better than the Guida, huerta fight as far as toe to toe action goes).
One reason they reinstated the lightweight category is to get some of the fast strong contenders in that category. I also find the TV fights aren’t as exciting as the payperview events. But its a slug fest and a chess match at the same time. I find GSP’s, Chick Liddel’s, Matt Hughes, Euria Favor’s(WEC), and many more fights to be very entertaining. Sometimes you get two guys that just go at it.
This was your first UFC watch or u never seen an undercard bout put after a main card to fill in time before ?
All in all compared to recent showings it was a prety weak event but when there flowing this fast between shows its hardly surprising. That said it still kicked ass over anything there rivals have put out over the past 12 months bar the last wec.
Amir is one bad dude!..I had my pick on CB, and was shocked with how well Amir performed oppose to the first fight…It just shows how much a real training camp improves your talent..He is just a newbie in all around MMa. This guy is looking really good already..
IMO Amir should be fighting a 170..A move to WW would better suit him…And in time he should be quite te force in the WW division..
If he does stay at MW, I dont see him putting together enough wins to climb the ladder…At WW he would definiely be a threat if he could handle the weight-cut(which i think he could)..
So Diego vs. Luigi was lame? I have to disagree with you on that one.
Worse was Dante vs Riddle…it was hurting my eyes to watch.
i would have to agree that the luigi diego fight was pretty sweet. The stand up was pretty exciting and the scrambles were pretty amazing.
When did Diego add those head kicks to his arsenal….. they were pretty sweet. He looked like he came in there with something to prove and prove it he did.
the eastman fight happened after the main event becuase they still had time to kill so the show an undercard fight…the usually do it on ppv’s as well
It was one sided - but the Kendall Grove fight was amazing in terms of his skill, he outlcassed Tanner in every possible way, the knees and elbows from the clinch were very nice.
From a technical standpoint, Grove really impressed (And i was rooting for Tanner :()
I still have to write up a review up on it, also the Dustin Hazlett/Josh Burkman fight was a treat for JUjitsu fans - and its free on ufc..so thats pretty cool - check that out if you havent yet.
I agree that the Grove fight was pretty one sided, but that begs the question, what was the one of the judges smoking? Split decision my ass!
MOW I OFFICIALLY HATE ELITEXC, and I hope Shaw Crokes!
They removed Nick Diaz from his DReam fight with Hayato Mach Sakurai, so that Diaz can compete on the July 26 EliteXC CBS show!
That is a disgrace! I cant wait till Elite EXC goes out of nusiness. This is the last straw!
EliteXC wants Nick Diaz to fight Eddie Alvarez in the near future!
Nick vs. Eddie would bea pretty interesting fight.
I am sooo pissed that Diaz will not be fighting Mach any time soon..But at least he gets his re-match with Noons, without having 2 fights in 1 and a half months pretty much right before his re-match..
This way Diaz shuld be fresh, and have a good camp before the fight…And we all know he needs it with how inconsistant he has been latey.
But I’m still mad because, i would rather Diaz be Dream champ intead of EXC champ….But hopefully when he beats Noons, he can fight Mach before the have him defend agianst Eddie..
john; Just curious who would you be routing for if Eddie and Diaz do fight?
I know you are a HUGE Diaz fan, like myself, but I know Eddie is from your home-town and you show him alot of support…probably a tough one eh??
diaz should be lucky that hes getting the cbs show fight…with being a bitch and all and not being able to cut the correst weight for his last fight
Stager Lee: Great question. I dont know who I would be rooting for in that one. I will probably just enjoy it and hope that it doesnt go to a decision!
john; “Enjoy it”, you would!..This would be a great fight.
I would like to get some clarification about the tapping rule. I have been watching mma for a over a decade and I always thought that to tap someone out, the opponent had to tap 3 times, 2 at the very least. I have seen about 100,000 fights that have resulted in submissions, and I cant recall any of them ever being stopped after the guy tapped only once. Am I wrong here? am I missing something?
Its no secret that I have been swing from CB’s left nut all season (Violentmike has been occupying his right nut lol), but for those that remember I also picked Amir as a sleeper after the 1st episode of the season, so I am being unbiased.
Beside verbal tapping, I didnt think 1 tap was enough to call the fight. Can anyone clear this up for me?
Regardless, the right man won (Amir). Only fighter on the show to go undefeated and for not having any pro fights entering the show, he has had an incredible run and it has been a great story. He finished most of his fights (I believe). Look out for Amir! I see him cutting to welterweight, joining a top notch camp, and become a force in the UFC in a couple of years!
CB, has nothing to be ashamed of. Future is super bright for him (so bright he has to wear those shades all day). By the time CB enters his prime, he will be a monster!
I also think Crueder and Matt Brown will be solid UFC fighters. Riddle also has all the natural abiulity to become a hell of a UFC fighter. We all ripped the season but down the line, this show could have produced 5 legit UFC fighters.
I saw him tap, it may be like a reflex cause it was getting to that point but HE TAPPED!!
yes he tapped. I saw that too. If I were officiating that fight, I would’ve stopped it too.
Agreed… CB definitely tapped.
CB did admit it after in his post fight interview…
Amir is a Beast.
The last the seasons of tUF have all produced crappy fights to decide the winner. THink about it:
Amir vs. Cb Was expected to be a war, but it was far from that.
Mac Danzing vs. Tommy spears was a crappy fight
and Manny vs. Nate Diaz was B.S as well.
You need two good fighters to have a good fight. Spears is terrible, as Danzig and Rumble Johnson proved. I know you’re pretty familiar with my low opinion of Manny by now. And CB got caught early with a sub instead of beating Amir up for two or three rounds before getting caught. I think we all got spoiled on Forrest-Bonnar. None of the other finals fights have come close to matching it, and it’s pretty unrealistic to expect them to.
I guess u r right
Referee’s should all agree on a proper defination for what is considered a tap. I am not making excuses for CB, because I too would have stopped the fight but look back to Brock vs. Mir. Brock tapped once (just like CB) and Mazzagati asked him are u tapping, and then brock tapped a couple of more times and the fight was stopped.
According to way the Lesnar vs. Mir fight, Cb’s fight should not have been stopped.
I am not saying that CB didnt tap, I am just saying i am sick of the discrepancy in the way fights are refereed!
i agree, but officiating in any sport is always gonna be an issue… look at the nba playoffs this year. MMA will never have instant replay to tell if someone tapped or not. I think the responsibility lies with the fighter to not motion like a tap in any way…. the biggest one I had a problem with was Sonnen/Filho… he def did not tap, i think when the ref’s ask are you tapping or whatever they tap, they are expecting a yes, so if you respond verbally at all, it’s gonna go against you, same goes for GNP stoppages, like the Vera fight….but back to the Filho fight, that is a title fight approaching the end of the round, you let him either make it to the next round or get his arm broke in a title fight
may have jumped the gun a bit on the instant replay talk but it was a natural thought progression for me when talkin about poor officiating, every sport seems to be adopting some form of it, but there is no room for that in combat sports, although what i love most about mma is having a tendency for decisive victories… decisions are only tollerable in very exciting fights, then it doesn’t matter who wins because u got ur money’s worth anyway…. p.s. that’s why boxing blows these days, too many fighters afraid to get caught with a big punch leading to tons of clinching and boring decisions also ref’s who continually warn fighters for holding but never take points… i love boxing too but make those guys throw punches
Tangent sorry
I thoguht the kendall grove/ ed herman finale final was pretty stellar…like come on they both got contracts and it went the distance
Danzig vs. Spears was a crappy fight? Just because Danzig owned Spears doesn’t really make it a crappy fight. Just shows that Danzig is a real warrior.
Any fight that is one sided. is crappy IMO (when talking about the Finale fight)
The question is what camp will he go to. This guy has so much upside especially never being in an offical camp.
That is the same question that I have been wondering. Amir has so much upside to him. You can tell that he is still a little raw, but once he joins up with one of the elite camps, his game will improve tremendously.
Looking at him, you would never guess that Amir is a fighter, nonetheless, a fighter with a 0-0 record that just won TUF. BUT, he has all of the tools that can not be taught. His “iron will”, his steel chin, his mental preparation, and yes, even his humility are all things that can not be taught.
i hate how after people tap, they say they didn’t tap.. very unclassy…. i wish Joe would of shown CB the replay live and asked him “so your saying you did not tap at this point” i would of loved to see his reaction
LoL, they didnt even give him a post figh interview cause hes a LOSER!!! CB Dollaway doenst like CB Dollaway right now, CB Dollaway thinks CB Dollaway is ugly. What a tool!
yea, he blows man, talk about hughes bein cocky, this kid is out of control, with that “i smell shit on my lip” look on his face all the time, for someone being touted as such as beast where’s the armbar defense
Take down Dollaway. TDD.
Pure tool with a massive upper lip.
“The Ref asked me.. I said NO NO NO.”
“I told the Ref “I am Okay. I am Okay. I am Okay. I told him that 3 times.”
then CB “I didn’t tap!”
Then backstage he goes yeah.. I tapped.
CB = Tool.
I guess CB forgot that there were a bunch of cameras at different angles.
Couldnt agree with you more, if you have ever seen the GRACIE in action videos that shiza happens all the time. People have a hard time coming to the realazation that they just lost via submission. To stay true to all those people in that video, CB did the same shit an whined like a baby. It was deep an as soon as he created spaceand canked that wrist he tapped. Very ice glad tsee the ony undefeted fighter in the house win!
CB Dollaway doesnt like to lose, CB Dollaway doesnt like armbars, CB Dollaway likes to say CB Dollaway, CB Dollaway thinks CB Dolloway is great, CB Dollwaway doesnt have the words I or me in his vocabulary, CB Dollaway is an ASS!!! His 3rd person crap like hes a super star, LMAO, hes not even a fading star!!! Then he complains about the TAP, and he complains to the crowd as if he has tons of fans LoL, he doesnt say a word to Herb Dean, just tries to get the crowd behind him, what an insult to Dean and the fans. . . Hella funny! AMIR!!!!! WooooooHHooooooooooooo!!! HAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!
CB is a good fighter but I lost all respect for him for throwing a fit like that saying he didn’t tap. And what’s wrong with his upper lip. CB do somethin with that lip, you look like an idiot.
He tapped. I like CB but a tap is a tap and that was definately a tap.
Glad to see the sneer wiped off CB’s face–particularly when it was his decision to tap that did it. War Amir.
CB definitely tapped and I lost a lot of respect for him when he threw his girly fit.
2 other thoughts on that night of fights: too many decisions caused by clinch wars
and evan tanner looked like he wanted to say “it’s so damn hot! milk was a bad choice!”
Y WOULD U SAY THAT AMIR BACKSTAGE?? YOU WON THE FIGHT STOP ACTING STUPID AND ACT LIKE U WON DONT BE ALL SUPRISED.
Haha…So true.
Yeah….I agree Fidel Cashflow….Since when has Ron Burgundy been in the MMA?????….I kinda felt sorry for Tanner last night.
How come Amir got jipped with the prizes from winning the show? They usually give out expensive watches or even cars to the winners, all Amir got was that whack ass plaque…what gives?
They were giving out a lot more prize money for fights this season. 5K to win and an extra 5K for a stoppage. Amir pocketed 40K before he even had a fight in front of a live audience. Still, they could have given him the fancy cell phone with free service for life.
It couldnt have been a better night for me. Im so glad Amir won that fight, I couldnt stand CB. Diegos striking was great, watch out WW division. Grove is back on track like I wanted, now lets hope he gets his chin back.
umm. both of those knock outs he suffered were from clean shots to the side of the head, so his chin really has no part of that, more like his nightlife caught up with him and allowed Cote and Rivera to get the drop on him and manhandle him. Either way I still consider him a B fighter at best, Maia, Marquardt, Palhares, franklin, Henderson, or Silva would kill him in the first round. I mean Cote and Rivera are both never will be’s and they both thrashed him in similar fashion.
Cote is one win from a title shot, so technically he’s a still-has-a-chance-to-be.
He has a chance to be, yes. But seriously? I mean really? Anyone here that wouldn’t bust out laughing when they announce “Welterweight Champion Patrick Cote”? That reign would last all of about 1 fight. lol
i’d laugh if i heard someone say “welterweight champion patrick Cote” lol i doubt he’d be able to cut down to 170 chefdaddy
OOPS! lmfao. Think i put the wrong weight class in there.
diego is a bad man, one of the only guys who looks all mean and angry like that before the fight starts and actually backs it up…. just continually stalking his pret, i love it…. grove looked good but he’s gotta look good against someone not named evan tanner before he is officially back on track…. sick “Urijah Faber” knee though
He looks like a kid throwing a tantrum.
That ’scary mad’ face he does is just laughable.
Luigi was clowning him for it in an interview on sherdog, it’s a good listen.
That being said, his take downs looked worse, but his striking looked x3 better.
Diego is just REALLY intense and REALLY focused before his fights. I don’t think he’s doing the phony tough guy mean face to try to intimidate the other dude.
Grove vs Tanner - How did one judge see 29-28 Tanner? That fight was no where near a split decision.
I like Amir. But where would he stand vs. guys in the 185 division like Cote, Rivera, Grove, Marquardt. I won’t even go into his chances vs. top tier guys like Okami, Franklin, Bisping, and Silva.
He doesn’t look like big guy at 185. Perhaps 170?
Yea I didnt get the spit decision either. That fight was all Grove.
I would say he could make 170. He could be very good at that weight. Hope he drops down.
Seriously. I couldn’t even find two rounds to attempt to make an argument for Tanner winning. I don’t care where you were sitting, Kendall dominated that fight.
As far as bets go, I went 3 for 3. I had action on McLovin, Diego and then I did a last minute parlay. I took Diego, Grove, and Amir and it payed out at 6.5 to 1
Now I am fully recooperated from my Marcus Davis loss….
How’d you do JOHN??? Did you end up just wagering on Diego, or did you live a little? lol
If they treat Amir like they do all the TUF winners……He will be able to have 3,4,5 even more fights where he is actually the favorite to win. If they even give CB another fight against Amir, I wouldnt even watch.
i agree, its going to take time to get himself developed as a fighter. I dont think that hes brought in as a possible contender for the belt. Hes just a new addition to the roster, which he earned. I doubt they would throw him in against any of the top 5 guys in the division right away.
Maybe they could give him the “Bisping treatment.”
LOL Bisping haters.
Don’t hate him. I hate him being spoon fed, but if he continues to win in convincing fashion, I might one day become a fan.
Amir Sadollah appears to be a very likable and classy guy. It will be fun to follow his career over the years. I think that Lorenzo and Dana are going to have an easy time promoting him.
My thoughts exactly. Remember where Forrest was when he won TUF 1? He has improved leaps and bounds since then. Whose to say Amir won’t do the same over the next 2-3 years?
If Amir improves his striking over the next year, he could be in the UFC for a few years. I don’t see him as a contender, but I didn’t see Forrest as one either, so you never know.
I can just picture Forrest smiling in the audience at CB. Lol he was prob more happy with CB showing the world hes a tool than his boy Amir winning the fight.
…..is it just me or is Amir a little version of Forrest lol… his sense of humor, humbleness, and his cheerful smile after getting the victory. Hope Amir gets the success that Forrest did after winning.
He is Forrest’s reincarnated clone. Maybe even a little funnier. It was funny watching him when they handed him the trophy. “It is hurting my arms”.
Yes. So similiar to Forrest. I assume he’s going to start training full time with Forrest and the guys down at Xtreme Couture. With those guys helping him out he’ll go far.
“is it just me or is Amir a little version of Forrest”
As if you’re the first to say…
Goldy wouldn’t shut up about it!
TWO HOOKERS WERE FIGHTING ON A STREET CORNER. ONE MADE A MISTAKE AND THREW A WIDE PUNCH. SUDDENLY, AN MMA FIGHT BROKE OUT..
HOMOS!!!!!!
??????
Caps-lock doesn’t help that make sense.
Dude, lay off the Aderall for a sec and splain yoself.
douche
Seriously buddy, go back to calculating your stats for your co-ed softball team and let the grown-ups talk.
Not sure if tht was for me PW. I’m assuming it’s for “DRE”. lol
How do train for two months to fight the same guy, that you would have beaten except for an armbar, then get caught in the SAME EXACT ARMBAR! I was watching him shove his arm down in Amir’s crotch, and I’m thinking, yep, he’s gettin caught in another armbar.
CB needs to understand that being a bad a**, like Tito was back in the day might still work, but being a prick just makes you look like a dumb a** instead.
Agreed, such a cocky piece of you know what. After he tapped he looked up like what. Then with all the referee controversy I felt it for Herb Dean for a minute but there was no question. I bet CB did not put as much Ju-jitsu work in as he should. I mean that is obvious. CB better look out for Riddle, he would have owned him Saturday.
RIP George Carlin !!!!!!!!!
I’ll be CB is working on that sneer big time this week. He is probably sneering right now. What a d!ck … who runs around like a baby saying they didn’t tap. Do you think Amir saying that the prize was hurting his arms was a shot at CB?
In the post fight interview CB did say that he taped. He stated that he was on the verge of tapping but then realized that maybe he could get out of it….if you watch the replay you can see that after he tapes he begins to loosen his arm….Very unprofessional to act like you didnt when theres a dozen cameras on you lol.
Amir is the shit and just because he is quite doesn’t make him any less of a fighter than anyone else at his level. i’m glad he beat CB twice. is looked kinda rigged with CB anyways just graduating from ASU and holding a champions belt for wrestling anyways. Amir was just under-estimated severely. GO DOGG!!!!