<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>C.B. Dollaway went into The Ultimate Fighter 7 final expecting to exact his revenge on Amir Sadollah, who submitted him during the season. Amidst a bit of controversy, Dollaway was unsuccessful, again losing to Sadollah via armbar. Dollaway controlled the opening moments of the bout, using his wrestling skills honed at Arizona State University to maintain position and start a ground and pound attack, but Sadollah remained patient, again finding the armbar. Dollaway defended briefly, but then appeared to tap and referee Herb Dean stepped in and stopped the bout. Afterwards, Dollaway seemed surprised. He later said that he tapped once with his hand then decided midstream that he could defend the armbar, but it was too late as Dean had already called a halt to the bout, making Sadollah the Ultimate Fighter. Humble after the win, in his post-fight interview, Sadollah commented, “I'm trying to think of funny stuff to say, but it won't come out so I'll just say that I'm blown away by the fact that that just happened and I'm talking to Joe Rogan and thank you guys for coming. That's about it right now."</div> http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templa...47&zoneid=2 Amir is the first amateur to win the show. <u>Ultimate Fighter winners: </u> 205-lbs: Forrest Griffin 185-lbs: Diego Sanchez (moved down to 170-lbs) 170-lbs: Joe Stevenson (moved down to 155-lbs) 265-lbs: Rashad Evans (moved down to 205-lbs) 185-lbs: Kendall Grove 205-lbs: Michael Bisping (moved down to 185-lbs) 170-lbs: Matt Serra 185-lbs: Travis Lutter 155-lbs: Nate Diaz 170-lbs: Mac Danzig (moved down to 155-lbs) 185-lbs: Amir Sadollah
Here's the fight bonuses from the TUF 7 finale. Dustin Hazelett on Saturday night pulled double-duty at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale at the Palms in Las Vegas. Not only did he deftly transition from a whizzer takedown to a slick armbar to finish the fight and earn “Submission of the Night” honors, he and Josh Burkman also each scored a “Fight of the Night” bonus for their respective efforts. Each of the post-fight awards bonuses was worth $20,000 per fighters, earning Hazelett an additional $40,000 on top of his fight purse. There were no highlight reel, one-punch knockouts to choose from; but Drew McFedries scored the “Knockout of the Night” bonus for his TKO stoppage of Marvin Eastman. McFedries once again showed the power and speed of his hands, using them in combination with some damaging knees to finish the fight little more than a minute into the opening round. Ultimate Fighter 7 Submission of the Night ($20,000): -Dustin Hazelett Ultimate Fighter 7 Fight of the Night ($20,000/each): -Dustin Hazelett and Josh Burkman Ultimate Fighter 7 Knockout of the Night ($20,000): -Drew McFedries you can watch the FotN free at UFC.com
Here's the payouts for the TUF 7 finale. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale official salaries: Diego Sanchez earns $70,000 Diego Sanchez scored an event-high base salary of $70,000 for his dominating victory over Luigi Fioravanti at Saturday's live finale for "The Ultimate Fighter 7: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest." Other top earners from the event, which took place at The Palms Las Vegas and aired live on Spike TV, included Spencer Fisher ($36,000) and main-event winner Kendall Grove ($32,000). "TUF7" champion Amir Sadollah earned $16,000. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today received the list of official salaries from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The total disclosed payroll for the event was $410,000. The reported salaries included: Kendall Grove ($32,000) def. Evan Tanner ($25,000) Amir Sadollah ($16,000) def. C.B. Dollaway ($8,000) Diego Sanchez ($70,000) def. Luigi Fioravanti ($10,000) Spencer Fisher ($36,000) def. Jeremy Stephens ($16,000) Matthew Riddle ($16,000) def. Dante Rivera ($8,000) Dustin Hazelett ($24,000) def. Josh Burkman ($10,000) Drew McFedries ($26,000) def. Marvin Eastman ($9000) Matt Brown ($16,000) def. Matt Arroyo ($8,000) Dean Lister ($28,000) def. Jeremy Horn ($25,000) Tim Credeur ($8,000) vs. Cale Yarbrough ($8,000)* Rob Kimmons ($6,000) def. Rob Yundt ($5,000) * - The fight was scratched on the night of the event due to Credeur's failed drug test (Adderall). The payroll figures assume the fighters were paid their base ("show") pay. We're awaiting official word from NSAC executive director Keith Kizer. All of the winning fighters' salaries included 50 percent of the total to show and 50 percent as a win bonus. For example, Grove got $16,000 to show and an additional $16,000 as a win bonus. Now, the usual disclaimer: the figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. They also do not include any other "locker-room" or special bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. In other words, these are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event. The figures also do not include $20,000 "Fight Night" bonuses dished out after the event. Hazelett, who earned a slick arm-bar submission victory over Burkman, earned $20,000 for Submission of the Night plus an additional $20,000 for Fight of the Night (Burkman also received $20,000 for Fight of the Night). McFedries earned $20,000 for Knockout of the Night for his 68-second TKO of Eastman.</div> good to see the minimum amount paid was $5,000 considering it was 2 or 3 K just 2 years ago. apparently that's much better than boxers get on the undercard of big PPV's matches.
he's got a lot of fights under his belt in the UFC and he's the TUF 1 winner so he got a much better than normal contract for UFC new comers.
That might be the first fight on Diego's new contract. I know first season guys like Koscheck are re-signing.
