C.B. Dollaway was considered the odds-on favorite on The Ultimate Fighter’s seventh season, but in the end, the holes in his jiu-jitsu game wound up costing him the title.
The crafty Amir Sadollah put him in a wicked arm-bar in the semi-finals that appeared to end Dollaway’s run on the show, until Jesse Taylor got kicked [...] Read more »
Elliot Worsell, UFC - The name Forrest Griffin will always be synonymous with The Ultimate Fighter, despite eventually breaking the TUF bubble and capturing a UFC light heavyweight title. His introduction, along with many others, came via the whirlwind reality show that has changed the lives of many aspiring fighters.
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Include Ryan Bader (light heavyweight) and Efrain Escudero (lightweight) to the list that features Forrest Griffin, Diego Sanchez, Joe Stevenson, Rashad Evans, Kendall Grove, Michael Bisping, Nate Diaz, Mac Danzig and Amir Sadollah, as The Ultimate Fighter champions to have most recently earned six figure UFC contracts.
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New York, NY, December 18, 2008 - Spike TV will be showcasing some of the rising stars in the UFC with the first ever “UFC Fight Night” from Tampa, Fl, with a main event featuring a lightweight battle between division standouts Joe Lauzon and Hermes Franca. Spike TV’s live “UFC Fight Night” will emanate [...] Read more »
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Interim UFC heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira saw his fighters sweep honors at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir Finale Saturday at The Pearl at The Palms, as lightweight Efrain Escudero and light heavyweight Ryan Bader both kept their perfect records intact at the expense of Phillipe Nover and [...] Read more »
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Members of The Ultimate Fighter season eight’s Team Mir got their UFC careers off to a solid start as Krzysztof Soszynski, Eliot Marshal, Tom Lawlor and Shane Nelson scored victories in their TUF8 Finale preliminary matches at The Pearl at The Palms Saturday.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - The first time I spoke to Junie Allen Browning, shortly after the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter’s eighth season, I asked him what it was like seeing himself on national television for the first time.
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Dave Sholler, UFC - Almost every successful businessman has a good sales pitch. Some use clever, elaborate speeches chock full of vibrant words to lure in potential buyers. Other boast GQ-worthy good looks and make fairytale promises to attract the coveted consumer.Efrain Escudero knows a little something about a good sales pitch. When he arrived [...] Read more »
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - For just about two years after his stint on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter, everything Mike Swick touched turned to gold. As a middleweight up and comer, he was taking out opponents in less than 30 seconds (Alex Schoenauer and Gideon Ray), submitting seasoned vets with his ‘Swick-O-Tine’ [...] Read more »
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - For just about two years after his stint on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter, everything Mike Swick touched turned to gold. As a middleweight up and comer, he was taking out opponents in less than 30 seconds (Alex Schoenauer and Gideon Ray), submitting seasoned vets with his ‘Swick-O-Tine’ [...] Read more »
Rhett Butler, UFC - Justin McCully doesn’t posses your typical fighter story. His life has been part roller coaster and part jet-setter, with each experience enriching his outlook on life. Take this week, where he waits to entertain troops stationed at Fort Bragg Army base when he takes on fellow UFC heavyweight Eddie Sanchez. A [...] Read more »
Rhett Butler, UFC - Justin McCully doesn’t posses your typical fighter story. His life has been part roller coaster and part jet-setter, with each experience enriching his outlook on life. Take this week, where he waits to entertain troops stationed at Fort Bragg Army base when he takes on fellow UFC heavyweight Eddie Sanchez. A [...] Read more »
Chuck Mindenhall, UFC - You know things are bad when people generally suppose you’re going to lose a fight already in your past, yet that still belongs to common knowledge’s future. Take Vinicius “Vinny” Magalhaes for example, who had to keep a black-eyed cat in the bag for six long months after submitting MMA vet [...] Read more »
New York, NY, December 4, 2008 - After twelve episodes of elimination bouts, grueling training, and creative hijinks and pranks, “The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Mir™” live finale is set with Phillipe Nover taking on Efrain Escudero in the lightweight (155lb) class and Ryan Bader battling Vinny Magalhaes in the light heavyweight division [...] Read more »
Chuck Mindenhall, UFC - You know things are bad when people generally suppose you’re going to lose a fight already in your past, yet that still belongs to common knowledge’s future. Take Vinicius “Vinny” Magalhaes for example, who had to keep a black-eyed cat in the bag for six long months after submitting MMA vet [...] Read more »
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