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Sanchez Dominates The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale

sagescott — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:18:56 +0000

Now that Diego Sanchez has won The Ultimate Fighter Season 9, he's ready to take on the world, or the UFC Lightweight Championship at least. The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 finale last Saturday night, June 20 at the Pearl in the Palms Resort Casino, was a heart-stopper, with a special main event on the card featuring Sanchez, middleweight division winner of The Ultimate Fighter Season 1, and Clay Guida, contender for the lightweight UFC title. Ultimately it came down to a split decision favoring Sanchez. Does that make him the UFC lightweight contender now? He thinks so. Always a ham for the cameras, he hinted to Cagewriter at filling in for B.J. Penn if he drops out of UFC 101 on August 8.

Also in The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 finale:

Lightweight Joe Stevenson won his bout against Nate Diaz
In the TUF lightweight finals, Brit Ross Pearson beat Brit Andre Winner
Welterweight Chris Lytle won his bout against Kevin Burns
In the TUF welterweight finals, James "Lightning" Wilks beat DaMarques Johnson

UFC 89 Rundown

sagescott — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:08:37 +0000

Much exciting stuff took place last week at UFC 89, which was held in Birmingham, England. With a victory by unanimous decision, native-son 185-pound Michael Bisping took down Chris Leben to notch up a thurd consecutive win. Bisping has been announced as one of the coaches for “The Ultimate Fighter” season 9.

One of the highlights, earning both fighters an extra $40k for giving fans the “Fight of the Night”, was between Paul Taylor and Chris Lytle, with Lytle winning in a contentious split decision.

Lytle and Taylor weren’t the only ones to win $40,000 bonuses, though. Brazlilian Luis Arthur Cane took home “Knockout of the Night” for his obliteration of Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou of Team Quest by second-round strikes. This is the 3rd such bounty for Taylor, who won the same honor in UFC 80 and UFC 75. That’s a lot of bonus money for a fighter who just joined the UFC in April of 2007.

Also that night, Brandon Vera delivered Keith Jardine his very first loss

Sneak Peek at the UFC 86 Fight Card

sagescott — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:41:54 +0000

As we eagerly await UFC 84: Ill Will in May, the fight card for UFC 86 is already filling up. The July 5 event, slated for the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas,will feature American Top Team fighters and UFC newcomers both.

Headlining the event will be two “The Ultimate Fighter 7” coaches battling each other for supremacy: light-heavyweight champ Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and “The Ultimate Fighter 1” winner Forrest Griffin.

Also on the UFC 86 fight card is a contentious match between middleweight contenders Ricardo Almeida, who recently returned from a 4-year layoff to notch 7 straight wins, and Patrick Cote, seeking his 4th straight UFC win and his 5th win overall.

Members of the American Top Team confirmed on the fight card include Cole Miller, Gleison Tibau, and Ben Saunders while welterweight Steve Bruno, currently in the midst of a 4-fight winning streak, will be making his debut appearance at the event. Their opponents all have yet to be announced.

Chuck Liddell Preps to Fight Rashad Evans in UFC 85

sagescott — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:19:39 +0000

Killer MMA light-heavyweight champ and now best-selling author for a second week straight (with his autobiography "Iceman: My Fighting Life", Chuck Liddell is ready to implement what he calls his "three-stage plan" for world domination - the world of the UFC, that is.

Stage one, which the Iceman is currently touring England promoting, is to beat Rashad Evans at UFC 85 in London, on June 7. Evans, whose record is 11-0-1 in MMA and 6-0-1 in the UFC, is the "The Ultimate Fighter" reality TV series' Season Two heavyweight champion.

Liddell was originally slated to fight Mauricio "Shogun" Rua at UFC 85, but Rua had to bail out after an injury.

The next two stages after Evans in Liddell's three-stage plan will be to beat Rampage Jackson and the Keith Jardine, both of whom Liddell has already battled and lost against previously.

Oft-cited as the prior kingpin of the 205-pound division, and with a record of21-5 in MMA and 16-4 in the UFC, recently achieved victory in a unanimous decision over Wanderlei Silva in December of 2007 at UFC 79. Liddell is also renowned for having whooped both Tito Ortiz and Hall-of-Famer Randy Couture as well as former champs Alistair Overeem, Vitor Belfort, and Murilo Bustamante.

TUF 7 Coaches Announced

admin — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:52:54 +0000

The UFC has once again raised the bar for their top performing series The Ultimate Fighter. TUF 7 will be coached by UFC superstars Forrest Griffin and Quintin Rampage Jackson. The series will kick off in January of '08 and begin showing in April.

The Ultimate Fighter 7 finale will then not only feature the top 2 middle weight competitors to determine who is the ultimate fighter series champion, but will also feature Rampage V. Griffin.

These are 2 of the hottest fighters in any division right now and with both of their aggressive styles in play this has fight of the year written all over it.