Episode eleven of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 9 gets underway with a Team USA training session that finds Coach Dan Henderson working on the strategy of Cameron Dollar, who is a little tender in the ribs. Dollar works the stand up and Hendo reminds him to work the shoot. Dollar starts complaining that a shot to the body will end him.
On the other side of things, Coach Michael Bisping is working with Andre Winner who will face Dollar in the first lightweight elimination fight.
Winner is sporting a Rich Franklin-esque pre-fight black eye but has nary a thing to say other than he’s going to kick some American arse.
Back at the house, Winner gets heat for being an adult thumb-sucker. His candor makes it difficult to point and laugh. Both guys talk it up heading into their elimination fight.
Lightweight semifinal elimination bout #1: Andre Winner (9-2-1) vs. Cameron Dollar (4-1)
Round 1: Dollar jabs. Winner answers with a hook. Dollar misses a combo, gets clipped and shoots but gets rejected. Winner tosses him to the ground and wallops him as he stands up. Dollar is persistent and gets Winner down but it doesn’t stay there. Back to the feet and Dollar is clinging to a leg against the cage. He knees the body, lands a right cross and gets another takedown. Winner plays possum and traps an overzealous Dollar in a tight triangle. Dollar swings for the fences but has nowhere to go but tapsville.
Andre Winner defeats Cameron Dollar via submission (triangle choke)
Winner celebrates in the locker room while Dollar has to answer to Coach Henderson. Hendo gives him a pat on the back and tells him success won’t happen overnight.
No time for mourning as Ross Pearson stands ready to dismantle Jason Dent — unfortunately he gets his shoulder popped in training. Like the dog that he is, it just gets popped back into place and he keeps on going without complaining. Hopefully Jason Pierce is somewhere taking notes.
Dana doesn’t think Jason Dent has the goods — something that Dent takes exception to since he made it to the semis without a scratch on him. He calls it “fighting intelligently” but vows to let it all hang out in his fight against Pearson.
Pearson promises to “hurt him” and “make it messy.”
Lightweight semifinal elimination bout #2: Ross Pearson (9-2-1) vs. Jason Dent (4-1)
Round 1: Low kick misses by Dent. Then lands. Ross muscles him to the cage and Dent reverses position. Pearson eats a few knees to the body. They break away and Dent starts taunting. They clinch and exchange dirty boxing. Back to the cage and Pearson with a hard high kick and right cross. Dent pushes him off and misses a looping kick. Pearson starts teeing off so Dent ties him up. Dent knees and escapes. Spinning back kick airball by Dent. Pearson lands a couple of combos and Dent smiles and keeps taunting. Pearson gets clipped in an exchange but is unfazed. Nice combo by Dent to end the round.
Round 2: They mix it up in the center of the Octagon. Even exchanges. Pearson lands a couple extra and they go to the cage. Henderson yelling “single leg is there” but Dent ignores him. Back to the center and Pearson landing a bit more. Dent stuns him with a knee to the body but Pearson grabs him and takes him down. Dent is smashed against the cage but wiggles his way up. They start swinging wildly and Pearson backs away. Dent shoots but Pearson stays upright and then pounces on a downed Dent. Nice elbow from the top for Pearson. Round ends with Dent getting mugged on bottom.
Round 3: Dent jabs and backs Pearson up with a flurry of kicks and punches. Pearson answers with a big takedown and grinds him into the cage. Pearson working the elbows. He postures up and Dent rolls over. Pearson working for an arm while punching Dent in the side of the head. Dent rolls onto his back but is still in trouble. Pearson running away with it. Pearson postures again and Dent makes a last ditch effort to get to his feet. Pearson isn’t having it. Dent rolls back over and Pearson just pounds on him until time expires.
Ross Pearson defeats Jason Dent via unanimous decision
Despite the loss, Dana gives Dent a ton of props for showing heart and a much improved game. Team UK is all smiles as the lightweight final is British Fu.
Stay tuned next week as Frank Lester tries to avenge his missing teeth in a rematch against James Wilks. Who will face Damarques Johnson in the June 20 TUF finale?
We’ll find out in seven days!
64 Comments »
Ok, Winner prolly would have won straight up, but he grabbed the fence on a takedown and ended up mounted on Dollar. That’s B.S.
totally agree.. it was bs.. not its all up to frankie “no teeth”….lol
If it was Dollar/Pearson and Dent/Winner, it would be Dollar/Winner. Luck of the draw. Still pissed about that fence grab, and wow did Dent take a lot of shots to the back of the head. But respect where respect is due, Pearson is a tough dude. Too bad Winner mauls him in the finale.
Come on dollar is not that good at all he got lucky in his prelim fight the kid had no skill, it was about time. Winner really deserves to be there. WAR USA!!!!
He’s good enough, looked pretty good tonight considering he was injured, granted they didn’t say if Winner was fighting with any injuries. I’m just sour right now.
I didn’t notice the fence grab. Cameron was impressing me though. I predicted Winner to beat him, but also thought Cam would fold pretty quickly. It was a nice triangle from the mount though.
I was choosing Dent to win the show, but came up short there. He showed more in his losses to Tibau and Huerta, but always seems to reserve something. Like he doesn’t ever just let it all go. That kind of strategy makes you not gas out, but by the 3rd round, you already lose.
I hope to see Stapes, Cameron, Nick, and Dent in the Finale, not against each other, and have them all win.
Damarcus is already the WW Tuf winner. I think Nick was his biggest competition.
The fighters are revealed for TUF 10…
Kimbo Slice
Darrill Schoonover
Justin Wren
Brenden Schaub
Zak Jensen
Marcus Jones
Abe Wagner
Matt Mitrione
Wes Shivers
Mike Wessell
Scott Junk
Jim York
Jon Madsen
Roy Nelson
Wes Sims
Jared Kilkenny
I was very impressed with Dent, not because he’s a good lightweight,HE SHOULD BE A BAMTAM WEIGHT WEC, if it doesn’t work out for him at lightweight, that will be a great move for him!
Hey guys, I finally watched an episode Live! I thought Winner and Ross both looked amazing last night!About 2 months ago, I wrote a post saying that as long as Dana wasnt going to make teamates face each other in the semi’s that we would see Winner vs. Ross in the Finals. I think both looked great and both have a very bright future in the UFC. I think their fight is going to be an all out war! I expect, on of the best Finals match ups in the history of TUF out of these 2. Its going to be a close, hardfought, back n fourth…WAR!!!! NO idea who will win!
I expect to see the majority of the brits from this season signing deals with the UFC.
As for next week, I think James Wilks will win it again but I wont count out Lester. Dude is real scrappy, with a lot of heart. I wont be surprised if he pulls off the upset, but I expect to see Wilks vs. Demarcus at the finale. I know that everyone has already crowned Demarcus as the TUF winner at 170 lbs, but I have a feeling he is going to lose!
So next Wednesday is the last episode, and then 3 days later is the Finale? If that is correct, I like that format a whole lot better then previous season’s which took a week off in between the last episode of TUF and the Finale!
If the finale between Ross/Andre goes the way I expect it to go, I have a feeling that they will both be awarded 6 figure contracts!
I called Andre Winner and Demarques Johnson to be the winners after the first 2 episodes aired. My picks are still looking good!!!
Pearson will not have much to offer Andre in the standup, ANdre is MUCH quicker and has the reach. His only hope is to keep Andre grounded, and I don’t think he can.
Congrats Andre and DeMarques!
I’ll say like john,if Wilks can pass thru Lester…I see him beat Demarcus!
I also have the felling that we will see a rematch of Dent/Pearson in the future!
**feeling
***Fight Announcement***
Affliction 3:
Takanori Gomi vs. Bret Cooper, have been agreed upon by both fighters..THey are just ironing out the financial details
Affliction isnt messing around!
Cooper fights at welterweight so this fight will be contested at 165 lbs.
HOw can anyone hate on Affliction? they have managed to bring over top fighters from all over to the world that the UFC couldnt land. 1st they bring Fedor to the US, and now the Fireball kid!!!! WOW!!! Hopefully fighting in the USA, lights a fire under Gomi’s ass! There is nothing I owuld like to see more then the OLD GOMI lighting cooper up at Affliction 3!
War Affliction! Thank you, TOm Atencio!
alpha male 360 where did u hear that wes sims is in the line up?
Before this series I didn’t have much hope for the British fighters but man have they proved me wrong, Ross and Andre have been awesome this series and are worthy finalists. I can’t choose who’s going to win, I see it being the closest final in years. Both guys deserve to be in the UFC and have done British MMA proud.
If Wilks makes the final then that would be the icing on the cake, though I’m taking nothing away from Lester that guy is a warrior and I wouldn’t be suprised if he wins the rematch. He won me over when he beat Dave, whilst Faulkner was embarrasing a nation crying in his corner Frankie No Teeth was ready to go another round. Hats off to him, I think Damarques will win but I hope Lester or Wilks beats him.
Yea, they have been good for sure. I also wouldn’t be surprised to see Lester win the rematch but honestly I have a problem with a guy winning a rematch and getting to fight in the finale. I’ll have less of a problem with Frank because of the way he battled in the first fight but going 1-1 against a guy in the house and watching him get to fight in the finale would be a real tough pill to swallow. That’s flat out not fair. IMO they need to figure out a better way to handle the situation. Hope wilks wins and it’s not an issue.
ruanfiy
TUF 10 cast..fighters revealed
http://www.fightbomb.com/Fight-Schedule/the-ultimate-fighter-10.html
who won the semis
I just watched this on download and there’s no “fence grab” at all, his hand slides down it (as would be natural when you put your hands out to stop yourself falling), at no point does he lock his fingers in and hold on. So just accept Dollar got beaten fair and square, watch again if you don’t believe me, is a lame excuse and Winner putting his hand ON the fence did not affect his mount on Dollar.
I have to say that this was the WORST season of TUF to date in my opinion. All the fighters were weak. Most of the fights were weak and there was really no antics outside the training facility either. BRING BACK JUNIE!!!!
Isn’t that funny you feel that way. I nearly stopped watching after back to back retards in Junnie and Cocco the wonder drunk.
Before anyone get’s all PC on me, that term is meant to be derogatory but in no way represents a disdain for those with special needs.
I haven’t stopped fast forwarding yet, but maybe next season. Unless there’s some more drunk idiots.
I’m enjoying the fighters so far, well, other than the Thug from USA, but he lost so I’m fine with that too
If you want to watch a bunch of morons go watch Big Brother, give me legitimate fighters over drunken yobs anyday.
There may be one o rtwo legitimate fighters on the entire cast. That is it. You cannot sit here and tell me that the lightweights from TUF 8 or TUF 5 (except maybe Andy Wang) would not destroy these clowns aside from Winner.
And the welterweights suck comapred to past castmembers from season 6, 4, or 2
I appreciate the antics from time to time.
Yeah, I cannot believe the ref didnt see him grab the fence, it was blatant and gave him a huge advantage. That fence grab completely changed the fight. It’s total BS.
Watch it again, you are wrong. There was no grab of the fence, his hand slid down it – stop being so biased and get over it.
agreed jimrod, his shoulder was gonna hit the fence and turn him over anyway. it was the angle they came into the fence, he never closed his hand around the fence, his arm just broke the fall a bit.
Typical, there always has to be some people who complains, Andre looked awesome in that fight and won fair and square all of you losers whining about a fence grab that never happened or Ross’ punches to the back of the head (which were nowhere near as blatant and often as Damarques’ last week) go cry with Benji Radach. I can’t stand it when fighters and fans bitch about the results of fights, it’s a joke.
Come on, Winner was always going to win. He and Ross are the best two. Dollar would have taken a severe beating against Ross.
who’s winning man? i’m from indonesia so i can’t watch it. damn. I hope Winner will be the winner
Don’t you guys have any replays there? i get delayed telecasts here. Hope you do too.
hahaha! dont worry syd your not alone…
who’s winning the lw matchup. Im from Indonesia so i can’t watch it. I hope Winner will be the winner
who won the fights
WINNER
winner winner chicken dinner
all UK lightweight finals ….. could it be an all USA WW final…
better be but that said its basically guaranteed damarques is going to be the next ultimate fighter for the ww division. hes alot better than james and frank
winner and pearson won. awesome. the pearson vs dent fight was a good one. i like wilkes to knock lester’s remaining teeth out and hopefully piss on demarcus in the final. but we’ll see.
i think winner will sub pearson quick
winner was my fav to win it all
Lesters’s gonna get beat again, I hate Damarques so I hope James can take it to Damarques.
Damarques is the only likeable guy on the show in my opinion. The rest of the americans are jack asses and the brits don’t really seem to have personalities.
Demarques in the cage is different than the whining, butt-hurt version he shows himself to be outside of the cage. Which one is “likeable” to you?
Dent was such an undersized lightweight. He actually did better than I expected him to. General rule, If you’re not a heavyweight and you have love handles when you fight, that is not your correct fighting weight.
yeah not so much love for the yank team really..dollar was never gonna do much if ya ask me..dent, really didn’t show up..no one listens to dan’s coaching..ugh..we shall see what happens next week..or is it weak??
Ya, I guess I was not the only one who noticed that. Dan must have yelled “single leg is there” a hundred times. I think even though Ross was winning the round, if Dent had taken him down and kept position for the last minute or so he could have stolen 1 and 2. 3, not so much haha.
RIght, he KEPT telling him to take him down, especially at the end of round 1. Also, in the clinch, Hendo kept screaming for elbows, but they never came.
Andy Wang anyone?
and no one circles out when the opportunity is there either..i dunno..i guess in the moment it is hard to do everything, but if you are not listening to your corner..especially when he was right there in dan’s corner,it just seemed like dent was half hearted..
or half retarded
wow that jason dent guy sucks these were too horrible fights this season is a joke
I had pearson and damarques to win in there classes. Soo…..so far Im doing alright. I also had the magic winning atleast one away game (Im in orlando) and I was wrong. haha. But atleast Im doing good so far in both instances.
this season blows
I barely even watch these shows on my dvr anymore and that says alot considering I can fast forward the commercials
the way Bisping acts you cant even tell if hes one of the contestents or the damn coach he has no class and having to listen to him speak is brutal
As a big Henderson fan i am also disappointed hes like a push over. even though its not a team sport he should have stepped in and laid down the law when his team started to become divided. I thought he would be alot more outgoing especially since he was itching to get the Tuff coaching gig in the first place. I dont know if hes worried about how he would be percieved but hes way to reserved I thought he would put his foot in a couple of peoples asses by the fourth show but instead bisping is telling him what he can and cant do.
I cant wait to watch dan smash bisping but ill tell you this right now if dan wins by weak ass split decision or even worse if he doesnt win then as far as im concerned he loses all credibility in my eyes and should consider retiring because if he cant beat a former tuff winner who ran from the lhw division then he needs to re evaluate if he still really wants to fight.
Do you know anything about MMA? Firstly alot of the top guys in the sport are ‘tuff’ contestants (TUF?), Evans, Florian, Sanchez, Koscheck, Griffin to name a few. Secondly, why did Bisping ‘run’ from the LHW division? He’s clearly a natural MW and moving down was the obvious thing to do. Thirdly if you dont like the show dont watch it and then come on here whining about it you douchebag!
Agreed, and since Bisping only lost to Rashad Evans at 205 – the previous undefeated champion it’s hardly anything to be embarrassed about (I know the Hamill fight was dodgy, but you could see it both ways if you watch again – and Hamill is a much bigger guy so the 185 drop seems logical).
The other thing people really seem to be forgetting is that Bisping has looked far more comfortable at 185 AND a far better & fitter fighter. More and more I think he’s gonna kick Hendo’s ass, I don’t know why, just a feeling…
Bisping is going to Make Hendo look even older then he has already looked!
Bisping is going to pick him apart!
word.
I live in an area where TUF won’t play the episode for another few days, anyone have a link to view it or if Spike offers a way to watch it online?
mixedmartialartvideos.com
thats what i always watch it on.
thought ross looked really good but ive gotta give the final to winner. hopefully both will do well in the future though and not crash out like some TUF alumni
Can people shut up with the fence grab. Watch the fight again, his hand barely grazes the fence, he doesn’t grab in any way shape or form.
I hope Dent makes it to the finale so Henderson can yell about an all USA WW finale as soon as the fight ends….wait a minute…. Henderson isnt as big of an annoying moron as Bisping, so he will probably just smile. I think Winner destroys Pearson in the LW finale. I cant wait to see Dollar fight again… possibly a Dent match-up in the finale?
Hendo is going to make Bisping look like an even bigger douche bag than he already is!
Hendo is going to pick him apart!
Winners hand grazed the fence guys, it was not a grab, please stop whining and looking at it through rose tinted glasses.
I cannot believe nobody commented on Winner sucking his thumb! As soon as I heard of this on the episode I figured everyone would be commenting, lol!