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TUF 14 Finale Results: John Albert Makes Short Work of Dustin Pague

Bantamweight semi-finalist and Team Miller’s Dustin Pague locked horns with Team Bisping’s John Albert. Both fighters were eliminated by finalists on the show. Pague entered the show having finished all ten of his wins, including five…

Bantamweight semi-finalist and Team Miller’s Dustin Pague locked horns with Team Bisping’s John Albert. Both fighters were eliminated by finalists on the show.

Pague entered the show having finished all ten of his wins, including five straight over the past year.

Albert opened his career with six straight finishes, but was quickly submitted in his most recent fight before the reality show.

The fighters went right to work as soon as the fight began. They both fired combinations, trading wild punches in the center of the Octagon. Albert scored the biggest shot, a right hand, dropping Pague to the canvas. Albert moved to the mount and tied up Pague’s right arm. Pague managed to get back to half guard, but Albert continued to rain punches from the top position. Herb Dean was forced to step in and put an end to the assault.

“I just worked my hardest to prepare,” Albert explained to Joe Rogan in his post-fight interview. “I had to make sure I kept my hands up and avoided his right hand.”

Official Result: John Albert def. Dustin Pague by TKO (strikes).. Round 1, 1:09

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TUF 14 Finale Results: Bryan Caraway Submits Teammate Dustin Neace

Kicking off the event was a featherweight fight between Team Miller featherweight teammates Bryan Caraway and Dustin Neace. Caraway joined the reality show as one of the more experienced competitors in the house. The grappling ace has fought in t…

Kicking off the event was a featherweight fight between Team Miller featherweight teammates Bryan Caraway and Dustin Neace.

Caraway joined the reality show as one of the more experienced competitors in the house. The grappling ace has fought in the WEC, Strikeforce, and the now-defunct EliteXC promotion. Caraway made it to the semi-finals before being finished by Diego Brandao.

Neace, meanwhile, has fought in nearly twice as many bouts as his opponent, but hasn’t had as much success. Another submission fighter, Neace was eliminated on the show after a controversial no tap from Akira Corassani in the quarterfinals.

Caraway flurried early but failed to connect. Neace scored repeatedly with his jab. A right hand from Neace landed. Caraway then answered with a hook of his own that wobbled Neace briefly. An overhand right from Caraway missed its target. Caraway nailed the fight’s first takedown and landed on top along the fence. As Caraway tried to pass to side control, Neace locked in an inverted triangle, but Caraway escaped. With a minute left in the round, Caraway moved to the back of Neace. Caraway attached the right arm of Neace as the round closed.

The fighters traded kicks to start the second frame. Neace landed a lead left hook. Caraway missed with another overhand right. Neace controlled the center of the cage, but Caraway again scored with a takedown and immediately worked from side control. Neace scrambled and worked for a takedown of his, but Caraway reversed the position and took Neace’s back again. Caraway locked in a fight-ending rear-naked choke.

Speaking to Joe Rogan post-fight, Caraway was thrilled to get his first Octagon win.

Official Result: Bryan Caraway def. Dustin Neace by submission (rear-naked choke). Round 2, 3:38

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The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale: Live Results, Play-by-Play, and Commentary

Jason Miller and Michael Bisping have tolerated each other for six weeks, watching as Dennis Bermudez, Diego Brandao, TJ Dillashaw and John Dodson all advanced to the live finale in the process, but now the toleration period is over.Bisping has made th…

Bisping has made the mark for the fight he’s wanted for a little while now—and he’s cussed out an audience in the process—while Mayhem has smiled and taken in the aura of his UFC return.

On top of a card loaded with almost the entire TUF 14 cast, plus newcomer Josh Clopton, Yves Edwards, and last season’s winner Tony Ferguson, this card is in live and living color for all to see, as history will be made in the form of a Featherweight and Bantamweight winner of the show that’s 14 seasons deep and still running.

With all of this, plus a possible preview of UFC 140 next weekend, salivation at the thought of Brittany Palmer and also a hell of a lot of fireworks, this is December 3rd, this is the Jason Miller vs. Michael Bisping, and this is the part where we find out…

Who will be the next Ultimate Fighter?

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UFC’s The Ultimate Fighter 14: Final Predictions for Who Will Win the Contracts

The Ultimate Fighter 14’s (TUF) TJ Dillashaw weighed in today at 135.5 pounds, while his opponent tomorrow night, John Dodson, weighed in at 134 pounds, setting the stage for the first-ever bantamweight final in Ultimate Fighter history.Likewise, Denni…

The Ultimate Fighter 14‘s (TUF) TJ Dillashaw weighed in today at 135.5 pounds, while his opponent tomorrow night, John Dodson, weighed in at 134 pounds, setting the stage for the first-ever bantamweight final in Ultimate Fighter history.

Likewise, Dennis “The Menace” Bermudez weighed in today at a slim 146 pounds, while his opponent, Diego “Ceara” Brandao came in on point at the 145-pound limit, thus the featherweight final is also set.

It was a difficult road to Las Vegas for the finale for all four men, but it was a road worth traveling for them to earn their spots in the most prominent mixed martial arts promotion in the world.

For the first time in quite a while, things in the featherweight and bantamweight bracket are how things are supposed to be for any season of TUF featuring two weight classes: two finalists representing one team and the other two finalists representing the other, which begs the question:

Who wins the contracts?

Will Dodson and Bermudez take it for a Team Mayhem main card sweep before the coaches duke it out? Will Brandao and Dillishaw take the contracts for Team Bisping? Will there be some combination of two of these finalists, or will we see Dana White do his rarity and publicly offer one or both of the losers of each bout a contract after a winner is decided?

There is some educated logic in the prediction for the latter-most, since the runner-up usually sticks around for a little bit anyway, but Dodson and Brandao have the best chances of success from where I’m spectating.

To beat both men, it takes an overpowering ground game, since both men can take some clean shots without much worry, and, while Dillashaw and Bermudez showed excellent wrestling on the show, Dillas never had to try to keep Dodson on the ground, nor did Bermudez have to keep Brandao on the ground.

Brandao is more the striker in the fight with Bermudez, and Dodson has his own wrestling game to help him control the bout against Dillashaw, but if you ask around, most of the people picking Dillashaw are aware that Dodson does not look like a natural bantamweight.

Dodson knows that people see him as a natural flyweight, and that people are a bit hesitant to give Dodson a chance to hold his own at 135 pounds when it counts, but Dodson’s speed and his ability to pace himself should pay dividends towards his success tomorrow night.

Plus, let’s not forget that both Brandao and Dodson represent Jackson’s MMA, so they are always around fighters with solid wrestling and have therefore maintained some very good takedown defense, which brings us to Brandao.

As stated before, Brandao’s a striker predominantly, but he also has a good Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) game, one which is only not seen because he does a good job with defending takedowns, and that’s where the trouble starts for Bermudez.

What will Bermudez have to say for himself if Brandao consistently defends the takedown attempts and keeps landing bomb after bomb on him?

There will be nothing to really say, but Bermudez will feel it, just as Dillashaw will feel everything Dodson lays in on him, and both Team Jackson fighters will be the men to take home the contracts on this season’s finale.

Hopefully, when all is said and done, the fights will be so entertaining that all four men are publicly offered contracts after what should be the two most breathtaking finale bouts in the history of TUF.

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The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale: Is Michael Bisping the Most Hated Fighter?

It’s no secret by now that Michael Bisping doesn’t exactly bode over well with most fans of mixed martial arts.The brash Brit first made his presence known when he won the third season of The Ultimate Fighter as a light heavyweight, eventually moving 4…

It’s no secret by now that Michael Bisping doesn’t exactly bode over well with most fans of mixed martial arts.

The brash Brit first made his presence known when he won the third season of The Ultimate Fighter as a light heavyweight, eventually moving 4-0 in his first four outings inside the Octagon.

Though he was knocking at the door towards contender status at 205 pounds, Bisping would later move onto more lighter pastures as a middleweight.

Already, Bisping was a commodity for the organization, making him a staple for the UFC’s invasion of the United Kingdom, where the abrasive fighter became one of the more recognizable faces in the promotion.

However, things took a turn for the worse when Bisping was pegged as a coach on the ninth season of TUF, where he served opposite of the legendary Dan Henderson.

The season was promoted as “Team U.S.A vs. Team U.K.” and with their inevitable showdown taking place on U.S. soil, everyone suddenly turned into a patriot once Bisping hit center stage at UFC 100, vehemently booing the TUF alumni without just cause.

Well, maybe it was one-sided banter that Bisping threw Henderson’s way, who just let the comments slide, later settling the score once and for all.

In July of 2009, “The Count” suffered the most devastating loss of his career when he was savagely knocked out by Henderson, making Bisping a victim of the American’s most talked about highlight reel finish of his long and illustrious run as a mixed martial artist.

The 32-year-old native of Cyprus eventually ventured on, compiling a three-fight win streak with victories over Dan Miller, Yoshihiro Akiyama and Jorge Rivera—who Bisping traded barbs back-and-forth in the media, eventually culminating in a second round TKO finish which was marred by a blatant illegal knee and unsportsmanlike spitting in the corner of “El Conquistador.”

Now, Bisping has wrapped up the 14th season of TUF opposite fan favorite Jason “Mayhem” Miller, where the enigmatic fighter has continued to make headlines with his antics on the show, stemming from several confrontations which caused several funny and foreboding altercations.

The two will now meet later tonight in the main event for The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale, where the winner will likely move on to become a top contender in the 185-pound class.

Expect to see more booing from the sell-out crowd at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, which should be no surprise to Bisping who flipped off the attending crowd yesterday at the weigh-in ceremony.

Is Bisping the most hated fighter in MMA today? Guys like Nick Diaz, Josh Koscheck and Chael Sonnen may give him a run for his money, but Bisping can take solace in that he is firmly positioned in first place. If there was some kind of arbitrary voting poll, the Brit would take gold.

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TUF 14 Finale & Flyweights: Why a Win by Dodson Might Help Make the 125 Division

It’s no secret that Dana White, the head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has planned on bringing the flyweight division to MMA’s biggest company. He even stated that he wanted the 125-pound division established before the end of 2011….

It’s no secret that Dana White, the head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has planned on bringing the flyweight division to MMA‘s biggest company. He even stated that he wanted the 125-pound division established before the end of 2011.

That hasn’t happened yet.

Considering that we’re in December, fans might have to wait until at least 2012 before they see some of the best at 125 fighting in the Octagon. Two fighters might change that, though, depending on how they perform in the cage this Saturday.

Much like before the UFC had a featherweight and bantamweight division, The Ultimate Fighter attracted martial artists from lower divisions to compete on the show against bigger men.

Except that this time instead of 145 and 135 pound fighters fighting at 155 pounds, the lightweight limit, it had flyweight fighters competing at bantamweight.

Two fighters made it all the way to spots on the card.

One was Louis Gaudinot, who fought on this season of The Ultimate Fighter but came up short. If he wins, he will help make the case that smaller fighters deserve a shot at the biggest MMA promotion in the world in a weight class they can make.

But he is on the undercard and even if the fights do run short, which because it is a UFC event usually do, he will still be an afterthought.

In truth, there is one fighter who can make even some of the casual fans of the sport rethink their views on the smaller fighters.

It boils down to John Dodson.

Dodson has done well on The Ultimate Fighter by not just making it to the finale to determine who will be crowned the winner of this season, but doing so in an impressive way. Two of his three victories on his way to the top of tonight’s card were by way of knockout. The third was by unanimous decision.

If he wins, he might be able to parlay that into an immediate shot at the UFC flyweight title if it is created.

And if he wins tonight, he just may help make the division a reality a little bit faster.

Some fans might believe that The Ultimate Fighter seasons have petered out and lost their edge. However, even without the change that will occur once it moves to FX, it is still an interesting show that draws decent ratings and gets new fans.

If Dodson can win tonight, he can transfer that success into moderate fame.

And if there is enough of a clamor after his win, it might give White some ideas on making the division.

And it also gives fans both serious and casual another reason to watch the two finalists square off.

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