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After a long, arduous, bodily-fluid-filled season of The Ultimate Fighter, we’ve finally made it to the end. It’s time to see who’s worthy of the hype, who’s ready for the big show, who’s taking home the six-figure contracts. If you’re not psyched for this, go watch Bromance you freakin’ fairy. For everyone else, hit that "Read More" link and refresh the page every few minutes for live round-by-round updates and commentary.
SPOILER ALERT: This liveblog kicks off at 9 p.m. ET, but the broadcast is tape-delayed on the West Coast (and possibly other parts of the country). Check your local listings, and keep in mind that we may be writing about things you haven’t seen yet. So if you’re coming in, scroll carefully.
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IN! TO! PIE! CES! Man, that never gets old.
Junie Browning vs. Dave Kaplan
Junie is working the focus gloves backstage with Shawn Tompkins. And doesn’t seem to be gassing. A good sign for the Lunatic. Kaplan neds to fire his stylist. Okay, that’s the fifth time they’ve called Junie "controversial." And Goldberg just called him "the ultra-talented pride of Lexington, Kentucky." Ultra-talented? Pride? And Diamond Dave comes out swingin’ to some 80s jam. The name escapes me, but oh man he is doomed. Fun fact, in case you didn’t know: Kaplan won an episode of The Singing Bee. Junie, fittingly, comes out to Eminem’s "Without Me." Nobody wants to see Browning no more, they want Junie, he’s chopped liver.
Round 1: Leg kick Junie, directly to Kaplan’s nuts, and we get an early break in the action. Nice leg kick from Kaplan, and Junie gives it back. Sharp punches and kicks from Junie. Kaplan comes in and gets a right straight in the face, and a flying knee, but Junie falls down and Kaplan tries for an ankle lock. Kaplan is cut already. Junie gets on Kaplan’s back, trying for the choke. Kaplan escapes and gets to his feet. Junie slowing down, but lands a three punch combo. A leg kick and body kick from Junie. Kaplan scores some punches and gets a takedown. Kaplan again with the leglock and fails, and Junie gets up. They go to the ground with Junie in side-control, dropping elbows to Kaplan’s body. Junie gets Kaplan’s back and nearly sinks in the rear-naked choke. Somehow Kaplan escapes and tries to get on top. They get to their feet and start slugging. Nice elbow Junie. The horn sounds with both men clinching on the cage.
Round 2: Junie shoots and gets Kaplan down. Kaplan has Junie locked up, preventing Junie from posturing or passing. But Junie eventually does move into half guard, and quickly snatches an armbar. Junie puts in an impressive effort for his first pro UFC appearance. Browning def. Kaplan via armbar, 1:32 of round 2.
Junie apologizes to Mir and his team after the fight. Maybe we were wrong about this dumb alcoholic after all?
This Kevin James segment is brutal. Who fucking cares about mall cops? Nobody, Kevin. Nobody cares about mall cops. Mask from TapouT is sitting behind him looking as bored as I am.
Eliot Marshall vs. Jules Bruchez (from the undercard)
Marshall lights Jules up right away with punches. He locks Bruchez up and slams him to the ground, landing in side control. Marshall looks for the arm-lock, then gets mount. Bruchez gives up his back. Hmm, I wonder what’s going to happen next? Bruchez hangs on for about 15 seconds, then taps. Marshall def. Bruchez via rear-naked choke, 1:27 of round 1.
Oh, so Stephan Bonnar works at Dave & Buster’s now? Makes sense.
Jason MacDonald vs. Wilson Gouveia
Round 1: MacD shoots for the single-leg after some circling and gets Gouveia down after some effort. But Gouveia pops up. MacD with some foot-stomps against the cage. They separate. Gouveia pops the jab, and lands a leg-kick. Gouveia lands some hard punches and MacD goes down. Wilson Gouveia Lesnars the fuck out of Jason MacDonald with hammerfists and elbows until the ref stops it. Gouveia def. MacDonald via submission (strikes), 2:18 of round 1. Gouveia says he’s staying at middleweight, and promises he’ll never miss weight again. Whatever bro, you sound like my girlfriend.
Anthony Johnson vs. Kevin Burns
Hey, it looks like those "Whopper Virgins" prefer Burger King. Good times.
Round 1: Both men exchange leg kicks. Joe Rogan clarifies that Anthony Johnson is the black guy. Good body kicks by Burns, then a solid straight right. Johnson answers with his own strikes, then takes Burns to the mat. Burns tries for an armbar, but Johnson avoids, and comes down with a hard punch. Johnson moves to side-control. Burns locks on a triangle from the bottom, but Johnson escapes and goes back to Burns’s guard. Johnson slips in some nice punches from the top. Elbows from Burns from the bottom. Yamasaki stands ‘em up. Good leg kick Johnson, who then catches Burns’s kick and tosses him to the ground. Johnson kicking Burns’s legs. Yamasaki lets Burns stand after a stalemate and they both throw leather until the round ends.
Round 2: High kick Johnson. Rumble shoots for the single leg and gets Burns down. Burns working for the kimura from the bottom, but Johnson gets out and settles into half-guard. Johnson’s blackness reminds Goldberg to send some get-well wishes to Corey Hill. Johnson lands some punches from the top. Hard elbows from Burns from the bottom. Johnson in Burns’s full guard, throwing body-punches. Burns is stuck on his back. This would be a good time to try for some eye-pokes. Burns rolls looking for an armbar, but Johnson keeps out of danger and goes back to guard. The horn sounds. That’s two rounds for Rumble.
Round 3: "Great explosiveness," says the race-obsessed Mike Goldberg. Anthony Johnson with the head-kick knock out! Burns goes comatose. Goldberg, you forgot to mention athletic! Johnson def. Burns via KO, 0:28 of round 3. Johnson is tongue-tied. He just started working on his kicks two months ago. They show the replay and the crowd lets out a collective "OOOOOOOOOH!" Johnson can start counting his bonus money.
Rogan is hangin’ with Forrest Griffin and Frank Mir. I have a DVR…can I fast-forward live television? Mir acknowledges that Nogueira is unsubmittable and can’t be knocked out. Maybe he’ll succumb to flattery. Mir knows Nog better than he knows his own wife at this point, because of all the video he’s watched on him. As it happens, I’ve watched a lot of video featuring Mir’s wife lately, and I can comfortably say I know her better than Nog at this point.
Ryan Bader vs. Vinny Magalhaes
Oh yeah, baby! You can hate Vinny now, but he won’t stop now! Dude does some hardcore stretching after entering the cage. Bader enters to a rock remix of the Darth Vader theme from Star Wars. [Golf clap] Buffer: "Vinicius, Pezao, MAGALANUS!!!"
Round 1: Leg kick Bader. Body kick Vinny. Both throw some punches. Another body kick from Vinny, but Bader answers with a punch, then shoots in with a flying knee. Vinny avoids being taken down afterward. Bader lands a body kick, slips, and gets up, escaping punishment. Bader slips in a right straight. Bader NAILS Vinny with a right hand, and pounds Vinny out on the ground. Dunzo. Ryan Bader is the light-heavyweight Ultimate Fighter. Bader def. Magalhaes via KO, 2:18 of round 1. Shoulda used that jits, Vin.
K-Sos vs. Shane Primm (from the undercard)
Round 1: Primm takes K-Sos after absorbing some punches to the face. And then I got distracted talking to my fiance. But this fight already happened, so no biggie. K-Sos is on top after a slam, but lets Shane Primm up. Primm with some knees from a clinch. Primm looks woozy after getting cracked by K-Sos. K-Sos finds his way back on top. Sos works for an armlock, but loses it. K-Sos gets up, but divebombs with a heavy punch as the round ends.
Round 2: High kick Primm. K-Sos swingin’ some punches, and connects in the clinch. Sos looking for a standing guillotine but Primm slips out. Primm chases with punches, then shoots for a takedown and K-Sos sprawls. K-Sos on top. Hey, he’ll be on CSI with Sokoudjou! Anyway, he has side control now, working for the kimura. He locks it and Primm taps, in visible agony.
Sorry, apparently we had technical difficulties during the last fight of the night. But by now you all know that Efrain Escudero is the new lightweight Ultimate Fighter after controlling Phillipe Nover with wrestling for two rounds, then surviving an omoplata attempt in the third. (All judges scored it 29-28 for Escudero.) Big congrats to our lovable guest blogger. La Raza, baby.
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Comments
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:00
fuckin Bromance? BROMANCE??? fuck
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:08
Time for the obligatory...where can I stream this online?
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:09
or did they have to string together the same punch three times for the Junie Browning highlights at the beginning of the show?
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:10
hope junie gets knocked out arm up style like Matua in UFC 6
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:11
Junie the "UberDouche" Browning
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:12
Anyone know where I can stream the fight using a mac? Yes, I already checked up Steve Jobs' ass.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:12
I'm hyped up man! That UFC theme song is so manly! The testosterone is flowing now! YEAH!!! LET'S DO THIS SHIT!!! RIPPING IT INTO PIECES!!!!!!!!!!!
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:13
Are you trying to convince me your beard grows in a different color than your eyebrows and beard?
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:15
Kaplan looks like the guy that always asks me for some change or a smoke when I leave the gas station I hate both these guys "I wasn't knocked out" remember that one?!
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:16
ya know the ufc really needs a new intro song dave kaplan comes out to tenderness lol
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:17
Kaplan's using the terrific "deflect punches with my face" tactic again.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:17
why this doesn't suck?
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:17
the two gayest and most awkward entrance song in MMA SMH
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:25
i hate junie
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:27
look at his friggin ear
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:36
Oh wow. Stephan Bonnar is such a natural in front of the camera.......
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:37
My dad is watching Transformers right now, admiring his new HDTV and HDbroadcasting... pretty robots... pretty Megan Fox... But anyways I've got this set up on DVR, so I guess I'll get to watch later. Too bad Spike isn't broadcast in HD.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:39
lots of asian chicks in the background.. :D
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:39
stephan bonnar loves doin huge rails in chicago bars.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:40
wow .. is that what bonnar does for the ufc now ... its not like he fights
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:41
buffer's spin gets sweeter every time
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:44
btw you can go to channelsurfing.net to watch this on your computer
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:46
I think Josh Rosenthal is a pretty good ref. He should be given some higher profile fights, maybe in place of... oh I don't know... Steve Mazzagatti???
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:47
I get spikeHD here in New York free with cablevision
Sat, 12/13/08 - 06:57
I think Donnie Jessup should have been bought in to ref
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:00
Where is everybody? What, do people have better things to do on a Saturday night than watch a TUF finale and comment on the liveblog? Losers.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:01
he has his double chin. i'll just make him double ugly.... awesome
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:14
ouch, his breath will smell like ankle for a week!
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:20
POW right in the kisser!
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:25
Ha! Johnson fucking predicted the knockout
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:27
Rumble young man Rumble!
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:28
Frank Mir's sounding a little crazy.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:28
I hope we never see Donnie Jessup in MMA again. Please God... never again.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:33
this is really boring after the fight for the troops
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:33
You know that commercial where the dude benchpresses a Harley? It makes me hate life.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:34
After listening to Mir, Im not sure if he wants to fight or fuck
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:35
Poor Kevin Burns...its bad enough he fights with a gimp hand Looks like Johnson perfected the foot-to-face technique
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:39
Although I do like how his girlfriend slaps the shit out of him first.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:40
that dudes girlfriend in the blue jersey is creamin all over these fighters, her BF should be pissed
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:41
Vinny. first round!
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:42
i got vinny too
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:43
these guys are phenomenal!....can you say it again Joe?
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:44
haha
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:48
rubber guard's the opposite of bareback.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:51
Damn near knocked his head off.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:52
LOL at the Matt Serra/Motor Storm commercial. Intensity!
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:52
oops
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:52
does anyone know how the undercard went...and wat's rubber guard?
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:53
thanks poopchute...nd i kinda hope that roli got bead bad enough to know that he should find a new profession...maybe a T-ball coach
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:53
wow
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:54
after seeing that old guy train them on the show they DEF. need to start a senior citezen division! come on spark it up a little bit, maybe throw some weapons in the octagon, make the fence electric, how about some midgets?! Can i get a celebrity ufc fight? Dana i got some ideas holler at me my # is (309)gof-uckurself
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:55
wow.... bader?
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:57
why do they keep showing the slut in the blue shirt w/ the 80's hair? i bet she jerked off that cameraman earlier!
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:58
what the hell was vinny doing when he hit the ground? nice chin dick
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:58
noguera couldnt be happier, it would have been awkward for him if vinny had won
Sat, 12/13/08 - 07:59
yeah that wasn't such an awesome vinny perfomance, btw this spirit movie looks really gay
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:02
kryszstov will take this one
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:06
holy shit dan henderson
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:07
looked dislocated to me
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:12
kryszstzoszsovysov szozszynsyzszkii wins.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:12
The funniest thing about the "explosive " comment is that he said it as the round was starting. Dont get me wrong, Johnson got off the stool fast, but "explosive" might be pushing it.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:13
kryszstzoszsovysov szozszynsyzszkii's earnings will go to his tattoo artist so he can get the one he has on layaway on his back finished!
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:13
Nover by triangle at 3:41 of the 2nd.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:14
escudero will win
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:15
Vinny does have a chin dick, his dad is brothers with Urijah's have ballchinian mom. Lets just all be happy the didnt have any incest babies or it would be ugly.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:16
Haha apparently Rogan hasn't seen Talladega Nights.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:17
yeah that back piece looks like a two-face gargoyle. or two-back. whatever.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:17
reply works for shit.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:19
well, money is tight
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:26
Bruce Buffer is awesome!
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:26
They should make bruce buffer an unlockable fighter in ufc 2009
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:28
fuck Bruce Buffer LOVES this shit
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:29
ALL Efrain so far! Keep it up!!
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:29
you gotta do what you gotta do
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:34
Tonights fights are great, ton's of action. Oh and by the way, Joe Rogan should go back to Fear Factor.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:38
Corey Hill breaking his leg was the nastiest thing I've seen in a long time!!
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:39
you should search the internet more then
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:42
you have to remember, boxing judges. nover def lost
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:45
fucking lame, i wanted phillipe to win
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:46
Pretty good fight but Escudero clearly won the 1st two...
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:46
i actually think felipe won, escudero is a boring wrestler he did no damage he whole fight he just sat on top of him, felipe definitely did more damage
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:48
joe is awsome, who you want in there? bas? heh
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:49
Joe is the perfect guy for the job. There's no replacing him. Plus he hated doing that show.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:50
that was a boring fight but Efrain won. 2-1
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:51
holy shit i'm always stunned at how hot Arianny is.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:52
aw man..phillipe just lost
Sat, 12/13/08 - 08:59
do a top 10 cliche things said my mike goldberg!
Sat, 12/13/08 - 09:05
Junie said the UFC needed more wrestlers.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 09:07
Joe rogan dicked on goldie soooo bad!!!!!!! hahah when he left him hanging after he made that statement "its like them saying im as good as joe rogan" hahahahah
Sat, 12/13/08 - 09:24
Junie said that was the last thing the UFC needed.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 09:46
confucius say: the face of the ufc has two heads, bald and pot
Sat, 12/13/08 - 10:05
no integrity
Sat, 12/13/08 - 10:48
wow that didn't go at all like I expected. Vinny you're the jitz guy remember... Nover is the second coming of Anderso... nevermind. Junie fucking Browning you've got to be shitting me. They should make him fight midgets one by one untill he succombs to the ol testacle in the stomach.
Sat, 12/13/08 - 10:59
fuck that spick repping the flag like a typical fence hopper, can't believe nover lost to a dirty mex
Sat, 12/13/08 - 11:35
THAT'S RIGHT BITCHES! HECHO IN MOTHERFICKING MEXICO JUST FUCKED PHILIPES OVERFUCKINGRATED BITCH ASS!!! THATS THE HEART OF MEXICAN FIGHTERS BABY!!!! Escudero Torres Huerta Velazques Garcia Villasenor Ortiz (lol) WHY AM I YELLING??!!!! BECAUSE I'M BUZZING! Anyway, CONGRATS to Ee-fra-een (thats how its pronounced you fucking crackers) lol jk, great match, great show. BTW, dont know why I can only see the liveblog up to the K-sos fight. What happened CP? Congrats to Efrain and Bader, and yeah I guess Junie too. He really surprised me with that apologie to Mir. Good shit UFC!
Sat, 12/13/08 - 11:49
Wait, so dave and buster's doesn't drug test its employees? stephan bonnar lucked out...
Sat, 12/13/08 - 11:59
television has come to a new all-time low. bromance- are you fucking serious? ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS???
Sun, 12/14/08 - 12:40
ur a disgrace to the wetback community effrain!!! we are checpecting toe to toe fight like delahoya dream match!!!
Sun, 12/14/08 - 01:30
hop your ass back over the fence you dirty spic... don't you have some standing outside of home depot to do?
Sun, 12/14/08 - 01:56
I enjoyed this UFC event t the fullest extent of the law. Great show they put on; I look forward to more.
Sun, 12/14/08 - 02:13
where can i download the event?
Sun, 12/14/08 - 03:13
Uh.. no summary of the lightweight fight yet? Its been over for a solid 5 hours. I hope this is just some sort of server glitch, but i fear that this is more of the lazy-potato blogging that keeps this site begging for diggs.
Sun, 12/14/08 - 06:19
HELLO.......there were more matches than that. You are aware of that right? Hello?........ Anyone?.... Bueller?.................................Ferris.........Bueller?............................Anyone?
Sun, 12/14/08 - 06:30
You think Mir started crying again in the back after Kaplan lost this time?
Sun, 12/14/08 - 06:34
what was vinny's entrance song, i thought it was pretty cool.
Sun, 12/14/08 - 07:25
don omar - los bandeleros i believe.
Sun, 12/14/08 - 07:47
cant chop back my saokin big ass ich chu heavy cabron! Home depot chu hard a work fo me eze!
Sun, 12/14/08 - 08:35
Ben... are you ok?
Sun, 12/14/08 - 08:37
Really a good night of fights. Still a Junie Hater but he at least opened the door a crack...the back door....no not that back door. I just don't want the neighbors to see him at my front door...oh and during the fights I had two 14 year oldish kids singing Christmas carols at my front door and they were bad...real bad, so I gave them 2 bucks to go away.
Sun, 12/14/08 - 09:15
Wow- Junie was almost tolerable once detoxed from booze and Kentucky. He looked much better and is on his way to becoming a man. Bader had a really good game plan that worked to his strengths. Phillipe was exposed... needs some answers for wrestlers. Efrain worked had the good game plan too. Kevin "the fire" Burns got extinguished by a CroCop head kick by Rumble. Nice! Burns is an entertaining fighter though. I hope he gets a couple more looks from the UFC. Really fun fight night. Ben must have passed out during his live blogging session.
Sun, 12/14/08 - 09:59
efrian sounded extra mexican tonight. phillipe lost that fight. efrian only used his mediocre wrestling and didn't do anything else.
Sun, 12/14/08 - 10:09
I thought most of the fights were decent. Junie finally showed up to fight...his cardio was alot better though he has a ways to go. Definitely turned a 180 from his TUF performance. Bader looked alot better, his standup wasnt too shabby against Vinny and he made it a more exciting fight than the last one. Kinda reminds of a bigger version of matt hughes with knockout power. Phillipe although my in-laws are filipino and we are all rooting for this guy....I think is definitely overrated. Those comments with him in the likes of Silva and GSP....ehh...he has alot to work on still. He has good power and decent jiujitsu..but he got manhandled by "F-ing-rain." almost every time while standing. So I suggest maybe a good wrestling/grappling camp against bigger opponents would help him tremendously. Also, he did not adjust his strikes when effrain started to duck and avoid alot of his punches. He could have thrown some nasty uppercuts every time effrain ducked after throwing a feint. Seems like Effrain was very well prepared for Phillipe. Does anyone think Phillipe should switch camps to maybe Extreme Couture or another well known camp?
Sun, 12/14/08 - 01:05
C'mon no one has mentioned when Goldie said he couldn't compare to a joe rogan! HAHA
Sun, 12/14/08 - 02:01
is that a wax statue of dana white in those pictures?
Sun, 12/14/08 - 08:20
vinny's song NAS-Hate me now
Mon, 12/15/08 - 09:19
"Oh Philippe, the things I will do to you if you win(I mean with you). S#it that sounded very gay"- Dana W.
Mon, 12/15/08 - 03:07
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Tue, 12/30/08 - 08:05
what song did vinny come out in???? plz respond
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PLZZZZZZZZ ANY 1 KNO THE NAME OF VINNY'S SONG HE WALKED OUT 2???
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