The original Ultimate Fighter Forrest Griffin looks to add the UFC Light Heavyweight belt to his trophy case at UFC86. Griffin is a rangy 6’3” striker, who has great conditioning, good boxing, and an improving Muay Thai game, Read on …
Amir Sadollah submitted CB Dollaway by arm bar for the second time to become the newest Ultimate Fighter. Sadollah had previously defeated Dollaway during the preliminary fights, and was set to face Jesse Taylor in the finals, Taylor was disqualified for an incident after the shows taping, and Tim Credur and Dollaway fought for the right to face Sadollah in the finals. In the other main event Kendall Grove put on a dominate performance against veteran Evan Tanner to win a split decision. Spencer Fisher scored a decision win over Jeremy Stephens in a Lightweight bout. Cast members Matthew Riddle and Dante Rivera also fought to a decision, won by Riddle. Welterweight contender Diego Sanchez scored a TKO in the third round over tough fighter Luigi Fioravanti, Sanchez rocked him with a kick to the face, then followed up with a knee, he then launched punches from the top until the bout was stopped. Dustin Hazelett submitted Josh Burkman in the second round via arm bar. Dean Lister won the battle of the grapplers, submitting Jeremy Horn via Guillotine Choke in the first. Power puncher Drew Mcfedries TKO’d Marvin Eastman in the first round. Rob Kimmons submitted Rob Yundt via Guillotine in the first round. This seasons Matt Brown defeated last seasons Matt Arroyo via TKO in the second round.
All the fighters made weight for Satuday’s Live UFC event 6/21/08 9pm est
Main event
Kendall Grove (186) VS Evan Tanner (186)
The Ultimate Fighter Final
CB Dollaway (185) VS Amir Sadollah (185)
Luigi Fioravanti (171) VS Diego Sanchez (170)
Jeremy Stephens (155) VS Spencer Fisher (156 )
Dante Rivera (185) VS Matt Riddle (185)
Dustin Hazelett (170) VS Josh Burkman (170)
Drew McFedries (185) VS Marvin Eastman (186)
Matt Arroyo (170) VS Matt Brown (170)
Dean Lister (185) VS Jeremy Horn (186)
Cale Yarbrough (186) VS Tim Credeur (185)
Rob Yundt (185) VS Rob Kimmons (185)
Former contender Gabriel Gonzaga hopes to break his two fight losing streak when he faces Justin McCully at UFC86 on 7/5/08. Gonzaga started his UFC career strong, winning four fights in a row, including a spectacular head kick KO of Mirco Cro Cop at UFC 70. Read on …
Ricardo Almeida, who made a successful comeback to the UFC after a 6 year absence, will take on contender Patrick Cote at UFC86 on July 5th 2008. Read on …
Jujitsu expert Marcus Aurelio will take on Lightweight contender Tyson Griffin at UFC86 on July 5th 2008. Aurelio, who trains at the American Top Team in Miami has fought some of the best in the world, Read on …
The UFC 85 undercard fights were exciting as always, with guys fighting for their UFC careers. There were some surprising results
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Thiago Alves failed to make the 170 lb Welterweight limit on Friday’s weigh in for UFC 85 but the fight still will go on. Alves weighed in at 174lbs, a serious miscalculation by any standards.
here are the weights and the fight card Read on …
The UFC isn’t doing Brock Lesnar any favors, first it was former champ Frank Mir, and now Heath Herring, a veteran of 43 fights, who has taken on the best in the world including Fedor, and Noguiera twice. Lesnar, who has a total of 2 MMA fights on his resume, is a former NCAA wrestling champ, who went on to a successful pro wrestling career, then decided to try his hand at real fighting. Read on …
Featherweight Urijah Faber dominated Jens “Lil Evil” Pulver over 5 rounds to retain his WEC title. Faber showed great quickness, never allowing Pulver to land his power shots, while landing big punches and kicks of his own, Read on …
The network debut of Elite XC was kind of like the burgers on the dollar menu, good but it left you wanting more. Robby Lawler retained his Middleweight title when Scott Smith was unable to continue Read on …