The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) today confirmed that the entire field of fighters tested for drugs and illegal substances prior to their clash at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 Finale from “The Pearl” at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 13, have all come back clean.
Phillipe Nover, Efrain Escudero, Ryan [...]

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 Finale from “The Pearl” at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 13 sold 1,496 tickets for a live gate $405,000.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) today released the figures, indicating that 357 complimentary tickets were also issued and 289 went untouched.
The promotion dished out $289,000 in [...]

It was a far cry from the brutal UFC Fight Night 16: “Fight for the Troops” show, but the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) today released the medical suspensions for The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 Finale on December 13 from “The Pearl” at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas
Light heavyweight winner Ryan Bader is [...]

“That’s exactly what the UFC needs, another boring ass (expletive) wrestler!”
– Junie Browning

Those words — directed toward Efrain Escudero during season eight of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) — set up a heated semifinal match up to determine one of the lightweight finalists.
Browning did his best before the match to sabotage his position, throwing drinking [...]

Props: The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 Finale
Quoteworthy:
“I gave [Frank] Mir a hard time on the show and stuff. I just want to apologize to everybody, everyone watching and stuff. Mir’s actually an awesome coach. It was more my fault. I don’t think I would have put up with myself either. So, uh, I apologize to [...]

“I really don’t know what to say. I really started working on my kicks two months ago. I have the best trainers in the world. It just happened, I decided to throw it and it worked.”
– Anthony Johnson reacts to his devastating third round knockout of Kevin Burns with a head kick at The Ultimate [...]

Sherdog.com received the fighter payouts for UFC The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 Finale from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) for the event held on December 13 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Clearly, it appears that all the TUF 8 contestants received the same deals ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win). Escudero [...]

I wouldn’t say it was a night of underdogs at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 Live Finale, but I’m pretty sure I saw Simon Bar Sinister handing out bottles of Pure Distilled Shrinking Water.
The TUF 8 Finale was an entertaining event, mostly because things (for the most part) didn’t always go as expected. In one [...]

The Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada has officially wrapped, which means that it’s time for those select fighters who went above and beyond in their respective fights to get a little extra grease for their efforts.
To the tune of $25,000 each.
The [...]

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Quick results of the prelim fights are NOW FLOWING and LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of the main card action will start at 9:00 p.m. ET with the Spike TV telecast.
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