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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 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
Totally unrelated but Detroit Red Wings won the NHL’s Stanley Cup! Detroit 3 - 2 Pittsburgh
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 UFC’s Best Fights EVER!! [Part 1 of 2]
I’m going to tell you right now some of the fights I think deserve to be recognized as the best fights from the UFC. Don’t agree? Well Leave us a comment and put me in my place…
These fights are in no particular order and some of them will have videos so you can watch the fight if you happened to have missed it.
Matt Hughes vs. Frank Trigg II - UFC 52 on 4/16/05
For the welterweight championship. Matt Hughes the champion vs. Frank Trigg. A very short but action packed fight. Starts out with Frank Trigg striking Matt Hughes to the groin, Hughes looks across at referee Yamasaki to complain but Trigg keeps punching him to the head getting an advantage.
Trigg giving out some huge punches can’t finish the fight. He then gets into mount Hughes tries to escape and Trigg puts him in the choke. Could it be the end…. No, Hughes escapes picks Trigg up runs across the ring and slams him straight down! Then shortly after comes a rear naked choke from Hughes for the win.
To see all the drama of the fight unfold heres a link for a video
Tito Ortiz vs Frank Shamrock - UFC 22
Only the forth round is worth mentioning. Frank Shamrock is defending his title against Tito Ortiz. The fight stays standing for the first couple of minutes but Tito takes shamrock down midway through. This proves to be a bad move from him as he is slowly losing energy trying to hold Shamrock down. Shamrock escapes though and gets the best burst of energy I have ever seen. Then Shamrock tries the guillotine but fails, so what better way to win a fight than to get a TKO over your exhausted opponent?
Check this fight out here.
Stephan Bonnar vs. Forrest Griffin - TUF 1 FINALE
The current host of this seasons Ultimate Fighter took on Stephan Bonnar to see who would become The Ultimate Fighter. These two showed the most determination to win I have ever seen in a UFC fight before. The whole fight they looked like two untrained brawlers but that’s what makes the UFC.
This is one of my most favorite fights ever. Mainly due to the fact that never fighter wanted to give up. Forrest was rocked with a huge knee at one point but got right back in there even with all the blood dripping from his face.
Neither of the two wanted to give up and both were showing immense courage. Without a doubt the most entertaining round of fighting in UFC history. Forrest Griffin won the fight on decision, both fighters deserved it but Forrest emerged on top.
Heres the second round
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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