Ultimate Fighter 8 Cast Revealed!
Sports Illustrated (SI.com) have released the list of cast members for the next season of The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. Ultimate Fighter 8 will feature 32 cast members 16 from the light-heavyweight division and 16 from the lightweights. The coaches this season will be UFC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and fellow heavyweight Frank Mir. The next season is set to start this September 17th and to end December 13th with another live finale.
LIGHTWEIGHT
- Jose Aguilar
- Fernando Bernstein
- Junie Allen Browning
- Rolando Delgado
- Joseph Duarte
- Charles Diaz
- Efrain Escudero
- Brandon Garner
- David Kaplan
- Brian McLaughlin
- Wesley Murch
- Shane Nelson
- Phillipe Nover
- Ido Pariente
- John Polakowski
- George Roop
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
- Ryan Bader
- Antwain Britt
- Jules Bruchez
- Lance Evans
- Karen Grigoryan
- Jason Guida
- Ryan Jimmo
- Kyle Kingsbury
- Tom Lawlor
- Ryan Lopez
- Vinicius Magalhaes
- Eric Magee
- Eliot Marshall
- Sean O’Connell
- Shane Primm
- Krzysztof Soszynski
The Ultimate Fighter 7: Fighter Payouts
Here are the figures that the fighters at TUF the past weekend. The figures do not include all deductions such as insurance and such other fees alike. The figures below also do not include fight bonuses but they can be found lower down in the post.
Kendall Grove ($32,000 winner)
Evan Tanner ($25,000)
Amir Sadollah ($16,000 winner)
C.B. Dollaway ($8,000)
Diego Sanchez ($70,000 winner)
Luigi Fioravanti ($10,000)
Spencer Fisher ($36,000 winner)
Jeremy Stephens ($16,000)
Matthew Riddle ($16,000 winner)
Dante Rivera ($8,000)
Dustin Hazelett ($24,000 winner)
Josh Burkman ($10,000)
Drew McFedries ($26,000 winner)
Marvin Eastman ($9000)
Matt Brown ($16,000 winner)
Matt Arroyo ($8,000)
Dean Lister ($28,000 winner)
Jeremy Horn ($25,000)
Tim Credeur ($8,000, Did not fight)
Cale Yarbrough ($8,000, Did not fight)
Rob Kimmons ($6,000 winner)
Rob Yundt ($5,000)
Total Payout: $410,000
All fighters were paid a base salary and winners got double base salary.
The winners of fight bonuses are:
Dustin Hazelett ($20,000 for “Fight of the Night”, $20,000 for “Submission of the Night”)
Josh Burkman ($20,000 for “Fight of the Night”)
Drew McFedries ($20,000 for “Knockout of the Night”)
Ultimate Fighter: Season Finale
Here it is. The season finale of The Ultimate Fighter 7. The night started with Mathew Riddle taking on Dante Rivera.
The first round was pretty even between the two fighters. Towards the end of the second round Riddle ended up getting mount and could of got some good punches in. Instead he went for an armbar and Rivera escaped. Riddle once again tried an armbar while having Rivera in his guard. It was not successful and a 3rd round had to happen. Matt Riddle dominated the third round but couldn’t get a finish. The fight went to the score cards. Two of the judges scored the fight 30-27 and then obviously in his true style Cecil comes in with a 29-28. Matt Riddle won the fight.
Spencer Fisher Vs. Jeremy Stephens was the second fight of the night. Fisher seemed to have control of the fight in the first two rounds. In the third Jeremy got a guillotine but Fisher held on. All 3 judges scored the fight 29-28 for Spencer Fisher.
Amih Sadollah went up against CB Dollaway for th Ultimate Fighter Season 7 title. I wanted Amih to win this fight because I cant stand the cockyness of CB. Fortunately Amir did win the fight with an armbar in the first round. Just like the semi final. CB claimed he didn’t tap but I personally think he did. Amir Sadollah was awarded the title of Ultimate Fighter.
Evan Tanner got back in the octagon tonight to fight Kendall Grove. Kendall owned all of the fight with some flying knees, crazy upkicks and huge uppercuts. Evan Tanner showed he has amazing heart though by staying in there and making the fight go to decision. Kendall Grove won by split decision.
Ultimate Fighter: Road to the Finals
Amir Sadollah suprisingly beat CB Dollaway with an armbar in the 3rd round. The finals were all set Amir Sadollah vs. Jesse Taylor would be The Ultimate Fighter 7 conclusion.
Jesse Taylor went out and drank a bit too much while celebrating and ended up wrecking a limo and terrorising some guests at the Palace Station Hotel in Las Vegas. As Dana White said “You’re not mentally ready.” That was it Jesse Taylor had lost his place in the finals after working so hard for it. Dana did say he could give him a call in a few months when he is sorted out.
This was the first time a fighter had been kicked off after the shows ending. Tim Credeur and CB Dollaway were brought back into The Ultimate Fighter and the two agreed to fight each other for the newly found finals spot.
CB Dollaway defeated Tim and CB moves on to the finals to face Amir Sadollah again.
Ultimate Fighter Recap
How about a nice game of horse to start the show? It happened and Rampage got OWNED! He did manage to get his team paid though due to his nice 3 pointer skills. Griffin’s dunk silenced Rampage in the end though.
Jesse Taylor ended up getting wasted and pissed his pants for national TV before getting in the hot tub where he tried to drown himself.
Both Jesse and Tim successfully weighed in for their fight. In the first round Jesse ended up getting in there and taking Tim down which was unexpected. Tim did pretty good controlling him on the ground though taking a few punches to the head. Tim tried a few triangles and armbars from his back but they all ended in a short ground and pound from Jesse.
The second round started the same as the first. Jesse in Tim’s guard. Tim managed to turn the tides though getting mount on Jesse for a short time before going back to having him in guard.
The third round was a repeat of the first two. Controlled by Jesse all the way through with Tim making a few advances.
Jesse Taylor moves onto the finals at the Palms in Las Vegas. Next week we find out his opponent.
The Ultimate Fighter 7: Quarter Finals
The first fight of the night sees Tim Credeur taking on the undefeated Daniel Cramer. Cramer has an 8 year age advantage over Creduer. The majority of this fight was on the ground. It was a really good fight though. Tim Creduer won in the first round by heel hook.
Second fight of the night is Cale Yarbrough vs CB Dollaway. CB was controlling the fight all the way through and had his back for a significant amount of time. During his time with back control CB got the referee to stop the fight due to strikes.
Time to pick the semifinals. Jesse Taylor vs. Tim Credeur and Amir Sadollah vs CB Dollaway
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Ultimate Fighter 7: Quater Finals Recap
So the quarter finals are upon us now. Jesse Taylor took on Dante Rivera in the first fight, Jesse just took Dante down and held him there giving him a few good punches. Dante kept trying submissions but Team Forrest was all over what was happening and kept preventing it. Jesse Taylor won the fight via unanimous decision.
Amir Sadollah took on his friend in the house Matt Brown. The first round was mostly standing which Amir owned surprisingly. Matt tried a few take downs but epically failed on them. Matt came back towards the later half of the fight getting a few good punches to Amir’s head and delivering some good knees to Amir. The last 30 seconds belongs to Amir though. I would of given Amir that round. He put in a good effort!
Amir got guard midway through the round and Matt looked extremely tired but was still trying his best to get back up. Amir was delivering the elbows to his face while he had him down. Matt got out but Amir immediately got him in the triangle making him tap and winning the fight. It was a very good fight from both guys.
Be sure to watch next week C.B takes on Cale. Tim also takes on Dan and the semi-final fights will be announced.
The Ultimate Fighter 7: Episode 7 Recap
The first fight of the night picked by Rampage was Amir Sadollah (0-0) [Forrest] and Gerald Harris (7-2) [Rampage].
Harris had a good opening round getting two huge slams but nearly caught a huge knee from Amir. Amir Sadollah ended up winning the fight via TKO in round two, taking the $10,000 fight purse home.
“Amir never said die” - Dana White
“I wanted to drink myself into depression” - Rampage