MMA - The Ultimate Fighter Episode 7 Recap
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MMA: The Ultimate Fighter Episode 7 Recap
Last week's episode gave us two exciting finishes and the match up for the wildcard. This week we saw the wildcard match up play out and also the annual $10,000 Coaches Challenge.
Javier Torres and Chuck O'Neil were chosen for the wildcard matchup last week, and this show started off with Len Bentley voicing major displeasure over the announcement. He wasn't backed as a choice by Brock Lesnar because of the knee injury he suffered in training, and Lesnar thought he would use that as an excuse if the fight wasn't going his way.
Bentley found his way to UFC president Dana White and asked for consideration for a fight in the finale. White balked at the fact that Bentley barely campaigned to fight in the next round, yet he asked to fight in the finale. Needless to say Bentley's campaign didn't go very well with the man upstairs.
Bentley then took his cry baby act to the house with the rest of the fighters and that went just as poorly. Bentley then found out that Lesnar didn't back him up in the selection process and the tough talk began. He boasted how he'd beat Lesnar himself for such a "disrespectful" act despite being outweighed by roughly 100-plus pounds and giving up four or five inches. Hey, we can all dream can't we?
Bentley finally approached Lesnar about the situation, much less hostile than he had boasted about, and Lesnar was straight forward with him. Lesnar explained that the knee injury that Bentley sustained during training was the reason he didn't get chosen. Disappointed, Bentley accepted the explanation and they moved on. No dramatics here.
Every year during the season, the coaches challenge is a random sport played between the two coaches for $10,000 and $1,500 for each fighter on the winning team. This year's challenge is a game of football mixed with a sort of skills test like throwing a football through a hoop and kicking a field goal all in race format. It's strange, but it should favor Lesnar who has football experience. Somehow, the Brazilian who's never even played the sport came out on top and won the $10,000 in an impressive show of athleticism for such a big man. As a gesture we've never seen before, Junior Dos Santos decided to give some of his money to the fighters on the other team so that everybody won except Lesnar. Again, this dude is just too nice.
With the fight underway, both men used accurate strikes to start the bout off before clinching and grappling for position. The fighters broke away only momentarily before clinching back up for another dancing session against the cage. O'Neil fought hard for a takedown but was shut down on a couple occasions by Torres. Torres then landed a knee to the O'Neil's Florida Panhandle and the two men were separated as O'Neil got a breather. After the rest, O'Neil came out like a wild man with spinning kicks but nothing connected. O'Neil began to get the better of the standup exchanges before more clinching and the end of the round. If I had to guess, I'd say O'Neil took the first round.
Lesnar offered some advice for O'Neil in between rounds. It went "punch, kick, punch, kick." Wiser words had never been spoken. As the two men exchanged wildly, Torres fought his way inside and got a nice trip takedown on O'Neil, but O'Neil stood up and got an impressive takedown of his own. From top control, O'Neil fought hard for position and even tried to lock up a kimura but Torres fought it off until it was given up. Torres eventually got O'Neil off of him, only to expose his neck and O'Neil quickly applied an absolutely text book D'Arce choke that coaxed the tapout from Torres with a little over a minute left in the second round. That fight showed great determination by O'Neil and vindication for Lesnar's choice as the wildcard.
In the next round, each coach will have four fighters involved. The first fight announced for the next round is Clay Harvison versus Ramsey Nijem. The next fight will be Chris Cope against Shamar Bailey. This fight is intriguing to me because these two have had some run-ins in the house and have both expressed interested in fighting each other based off personal hate alone. The third fight will be Chuck O'Neil versus Zach Davis in a rematch of a fight that took place in the preliminaries where Davis came away with a submission victory. The final fight is Tony Ferguson against Ryan McGillivray in a matchup between both coaches' favorite fighters.
Next week we'll see two more fights and the action should pick up even further. Stay tuned.
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MMA: The Ultimate Fighter Episode 7 Recap
Last week's episode gave us two exciting finishes and the match up for the wildcard. This week we saw the wildcard match up play out and also the annual $10,000 Coaches Challenge.
Javier Torres and Chuck O'Neil were chosen for the wildcard matchup last week, and this show started off with Len Bentley voicing major displeasure over the announcement. He wasn't backed as a choice by Brock Lesnar because of the knee injury he suffered in training, and Lesnar thought he would use that as an excuse if the fight wasn't going his way.
Bentley found his way to UFC president Dana White and asked for consideration for a fight in the finale. White balked at the fact that Bentley barely campaigned to fight in the next round, yet he asked to fight in the finale. Needless to say Bentley's campaign didn't go very well with the man upstairs.
Bentley then took his cry baby act to the house with the rest of the fighters and that went just as poorly. Bentley then found out that Lesnar didn't back him up in the selection process and the tough talk began. He boasted how he'd beat Lesnar himself for such a "disrespectful" act despite being outweighed by roughly 100-plus pounds and giving up four or five inches. Hey, we can all dream can't we?
Bentley finally approached Lesnar about the situation, much less hostile than he had boasted about, and Lesnar was straight forward with him. Lesnar explained that the knee injury that Bentley sustained during training was the reason he didn't get chosen. Disappointed, Bentley accepted the explanation and they moved on. No dramatics here.
Every year during the season, the coaches challenge is a random sport played between the two coaches for $10,000 and $1,500 for each fighter on the winning team. This year's challenge is a game of football mixed with a sort of skills test like throwing a football through a hoop and kicking a field goal all in race format. It's strange, but it should favor Lesnar who has football experience. Somehow, the Brazilian who's never even played the sport came out on top and won the $10,000 in an impressive show of athleticism for such a big man. As a gesture we've never seen before, Junior Dos Santos decided to give some of his money to the fighters on the other team so that everybody won except Lesnar. Again, this dude is just too nice.
With the fight underway, both men used accurate strikes to start the bout off before clinching and grappling for position. The fighters broke away only momentarily before clinching back up for another dancing session against the cage. O'Neil fought hard for a takedown but was shut down on a couple occasions by Torres. Torres then landed a knee to the O'Neil's Florida Panhandle and the two men were separated as O'Neil got a breather. After the rest, O'Neil came out like a wild man with spinning kicks but nothing connected. O'Neil began to get the better of the standup exchanges before more clinching and the end of the round. If I had to guess, I'd say O'Neil took the first round.
Lesnar offered some advice for O'Neil in between rounds. It went "punch, kick, punch, kick." Wiser words had never been spoken. As the two men exchanged wildly, Torres fought his way inside and got a nice trip takedown on O'Neil, but O'Neil stood up and got an impressive takedown of his own. From top control, O'Neil fought hard for position and even tried to lock up a kimura but Torres fought it off until it was given up. Torres eventually got O'Neil off of him, only to expose his neck and O'Neil quickly applied an absolutely text book D'Arce choke that coaxed the tapout from Torres with a little over a minute left in the second round. That fight showed great determination by O'Neil and vindication for Lesnar's choice as the wildcard.
In the next round, each coach will have four fighters involved. The first fight announced for the next round is Clay Harvison versus Ramsey Nijem. The next fight will be Chris Cope against Shamar Bailey. This fight is intriguing to me because these two have had some run-ins in the house and have both expressed interested in fighting each other based off personal hate alone. The third fight will be Chuck O'Neil versus Zach Davis in a rematch of a fight that took place in the preliminaries where Davis came away with a submission victory. The final fight is Tony Ferguson against Ryan McGillivray in a matchup between both coaches' favorite fighters.
Next week we'll see two more fights and the action should pick up even further. Stay tuned.
MMA Home
MMA: UFC Whom to Watch For - 6/19
MMA: The Ultimate Fighter Episode 8 Recap - 5/20
MMA: The Ultimate Fighter Episode 7 Recap - 5/13
MMA: The Ultimate Fighter Episode 6 Recap - 5/6
MMA: The Ultimate Fighter Episode 5 Recap - 5/1
MMA: UFC 129 - 4/27
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MMA: The Ultimate Fighter Episode 3 Recap - 4/14
MMA: The Ultimate Fighter Episode 2 Recap - 4/7
MMA: Strikeforce - Diaz vs. Daley - 4/6
MMA: The Ultimate Fighter Episode 1 Recap - 3/31
MMA: Bellator 39 - 3/30
MMA: UFC Fight Night 24 - 3/25
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Joe
04-07-2011
11:30 am
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Luke, I only knew of Aoki and Diaz having won by gogo. Thanks for the info. And JV, I'm not asking people to put money on these fights. It's just predictions man... predictions.
JV
04-06-2011
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Luke beat me to it. Walter, get someone better for MMA picks. If you want someone that puts his own money into MMA bets, and is pretty damned good at it, get Ravishing Red Schafer.
Luke
04-06-2011
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There has been four fighters to pull of gogoplata's in MMA FYI:
Ryusuke "Jack" Uemura Win Isao Terada Submission (Gogoplata) Zst - Grand Prix 2 Final Round 1/23/2005 1 2:06 Shinya Aoki Win Joachim Hansen Submission (Gogoplata) PRIDE - Shockwave 2006 12/31/2006 1 2:24 Win Katsuhiko Nagata Submission (Gogoplata) Dream 4 - Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Quarterfinals 6/15/2008 1 5:12 Nick Diaz NC Takanori Gomi No Decision - Overturned by NSAC PRIDE 33 - Second Coming 2/24/2007 2 1:46 Brad Imes Win Zak Jensen Submission (Gogoplata) WFC - Downtown Throwdown 9/14/2007 1 1:31 Win Bo Cantrell Submission (Gogoplata) KOTC - Arch Rivals 10/27/2007 1 0:55
ARW
03-27-2011
12:00 am
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Davis is showing Lil Nog too much respect.. ( like Pat Berry vs Cro Cop) ... I might drop to 68.9 %. Ha!
ARW
03-26-2011
11:33 pm
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Anthony "lay on top of me" Johnson. Man, I forgot how huge he is for 170lbs.
ARW
03-26-2011
10:44 pm
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HA! Nice! You're batting 1000.
Stoner Simpson
03-26-2011
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so far im 1-0 exactly
ARW
03-26-2011
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Nice!!! Love the new mma section. I've had so much success over the years betting on mma.. First bet I ever made was Griffin over Shogun And I've been about 70% since then. The key, I've found- Is being really picky and lots of research.. That being said: Tough picks tonight Small bet on Davis and small bet on Hardy.. Not touching anything else.. Good luck all.
Joe Lash
03-25-2011
11:20 am
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Yes Jesse you're right, great catch.
Jesse Randel
03-25-2011
09:18 am
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I think you mean Gerald Harris, not Gerald Henderson. Other than that, well written and thought out analysis. Good to see an MMA component on Walterfootball!
Sam the man
03-25-2011
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Good writing. I can't wait to see this phil davis guy.
Joe Lash
03-25-2011
06:59 am
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Stoner, a main card with all finishes would make for some happy fans!
Stoner Simpson
03-25-2011
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Hell yeah my man walt is gettin down with the MMA too thats right i got
Davis via 1st rd. sub A. johnson via 1st rd. KO D. johnson via 2nd rd. TKO Korean Zombie via 3rd rd. Sub
Walter
03-25-2011
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First comment... we're going to have comment boards like this all over the site soon. We're still working out the kinks, so this is not the finished
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