The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Finale (Jun. 20th)

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    Mamba The King is Back Staff Member Global Moderator

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    What a fucking war.

    I gave it to 29-28, to Guida. I thought he took the last two rounds. I didn't think Diego won the 1st round 10-8.

    What a fucking fight, though.
     
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    I personally thought it was a draw... I had it 10-8, 9-10, 9-10.

    Honestly no one can really complain though, it was a fucking awesome fight and one that could actually have gone either way and not been a "poor decision".
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Wooow, James Wilks is MUCH better than he showed on TUF. What a wipeout.

    Joe Stevenson bores me to death.

    Lytle/Burns was fun but I would rather have seen Nick and Frankie from TUF, just because that was the nature of the show.

    Winner/Pearson was good but from the opening minute you could tell there wouldn't be a finish.

    I really don't like Sanchez but he won that fight. His elbows from the guard were better than Guida's top control and limited ground and pound.

    Good show overall aside from the blanket performance by Stevenson. For a guy who said he wasn't afraid to be cut, he didn't take any risks, did he?
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Results:

    01 Jason Dent Cameron Dollar Submission (Anaconda Choke) 1 4:46
    02 Nick Osipczak Frank Lester Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) 1 3:40
    03 Tomasz Drwal Mike Ciesnolevicz TKO (Knee and Punches) 1 4:48
    04 Brad Blackburn Edgar Garcia Decision (Split) 3 5:00
    05 Melvin Guillard Gleison Tibau Decision (Split) 3 5:00
    06 Joe Stevenson Nate Diaz Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
    07 Ross Pearson Andre Winner Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
    08 Chris Lytle Kevin Burns Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
    09 James Wilks Damarques Johnson Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) 1 4:54
    10 Diego Sanchez Clay Guida Decision (Split) 3 5:00

    6/10 fights went to decision... long night for the fans at The Palms.
     
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    Mamba The King is Back Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I didn't like the Pearson/Winner fight.
     
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    Mamba The King is Back Staff Member Global Moderator

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    http://mmajunkie.com/news/15272/ufc...t-bonuses-after-entertaining-tuf-9-finale.mma
     
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    The UFC was awfully generous to give Stevenson/Diaz FOTN honours, it wasn't that great of a fight. I wanted Stevenson to lose that fight so maybe he would consider dropping weight. I don't think hes good enough to compete with the top level 155ers and he'll be forever stuck putting on boring fights at the middle-near top tier of the LW division. Sanchez put on a good fight and I would like to see him take on Tyson Griffin or Sean Sherk before getting a title shot, I think Gray Maynard has earned a shot ahead of Sanchez.
     
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    Mamba The King is Back Staff Member Global Moderator

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    DIego sanches won me over noight.

    i hate nate diaz. **** bag.

    fuck face.


    war guaida.r swar stevenson. hate him to

    wa
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    There is the drunk dial, the drunk text, and the drunk forum post. Hope you did all three!
     
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    Mamba The King is Back Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Oh, I did!
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Also, I wanted to note that the SpikeTV production of the show last night was atrocious. It was a nonstop barrage of advertising from the beginning of the show to the end of Rogan's special.

    I think the first two fights took 90-mins. Then Rogan got about 40 minutes of material out over the hour, much of which was edited (oddly, too: shit bleeped, ***got allowed).

    The worst part was that Spike has about 10 commercials and after an hour or two the breaks are unbearable.

    PPV's are expensive but at least a little less hammering.
     
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    Mamba The King is Back Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I thought the same thing last night, about PPV's.

    I don't mind spending the $$$ on them now.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Payouts:

    Diego Sanchez: $115,000 (includes $45,000 win bonus) [$25,000 Fight of the Night Bonus]
    def. Clay Guida: $48,000 [$25,000 Fight of the Night Bonus]

    James Wilks: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
    def. DaMarques Johnson: $8,000

    Chris Lytle: $61,000 ($18,000 win bonus) [$25,000 Fight of the Night Bonus]
    def. Kevin Burns: $34,000 [$25,000 Fight of the Night Bonus]

    Ross Pearson: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
    def. Andre Winner: $8,000

    Joe Stevenson: $95,000 ($35,000 win bonus) [$25,000 Fight of the Night Bonus]
    def. Nate Diaz: $45,000 [$25,000 Fight of the Night Bonus]

    Melvin Guillard: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus)
    def. Gleison Tibau: $17,000

    Brad Blackburn: $18,000 ($9,000 win bonus)
    def. Edgar Garcia: $5,000

    Tomasz Drwal: $40,600 ($7,000 win bonus) [$25,000 Knockout of the Night Bonus]
    def. Mike Ciesnolevicz: $6,400 (forfeit of 20% of his salary to Drwal for missing weight)

    Nick Ospiczak: $16,000 ($8000 win bonus)
    def. Frank Lester: $8,000

    Jason Dent: $41,000 ($8,000 win bonus) [$25,000 Submission of the Night Bonus]
    def. Cameron Dollar: $8,000
     
    speeds, Jun 22, 2009
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    same.

    However man Wilks surprized me big time. I really though DeMarques was a big favourite over him, seeing both fight in the house. I looked after the fight, and the betting odds were 3 to 1.
     
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    Yeah, Wilks I think shocked every buddy.
     
    Mamba, Jun 22, 2009
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    Wilks was definitely a shocker, he looked twice as crisp as he did on the show.
    Pearson surprised the hell outta me too. When they showed his montage of training back home etc, I was amazed at how ripped and fit he looked compared to the show where he looked kinda doughy.

    still those were the 2 least exciting fights to watch on the night IMO.

    Man I don't get why ppl bag on Clay Guida, he's a freaking cardio machine with granite for a jaw. You could see Sanchez fading a bit in the last round and Guida was still going.

    was a solid night of fights though, really enjoyed the fact that I got the bit torrent rather than suffering through the dozens and dozens of commericals on Spike :D
     
    Celtic Fan, Jun 23, 2009
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    Maybe it's because I am Demarques hater but the outcome of the fight didn't surprise me that much. I thought the two guys were pretty evenly matched coming into the finale.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    It was a little surprising to me that the UFC knew who would be in the finals but they chose to highlight Wilks as little as possible on the show. He might've gotten the least airtime of all the fighters, including Junie Jr.

    You'd think they'd have the sense to flesh his character out more knowing he'd get far.

    I mean, does anyone even know why Demarcus hated him? His 'mann-ur-isms'? The fact he was, to quote Goldberg, 'too chatty'? Like, c'mon Zuffa, get your head in the game.
     
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