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Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale Aftermath: Bonuses, Undercard Results + More


(Diaz and Stevenson earned $25,000 Fight of the Night bonuses and contracts with Cirque Du Soleil. Photo courtesy of UFC.com.)

For the first time in the organization’s history, the UFC handed out three Fight of the Night bonuses for last night’s Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale show, giving $25,000 bumps to Joe Stevenson, Nate Diaz, Chris Lytle, Kevin Burns, Diego Sanchez and Clay Guida for their thrilling three-rounders. But that doesn’t mean the UFC skimped on its other traditional bonuses: Tomasz Drwal pocketed the $25,000 Knockout of the Night bonus for his knee-and-punches KO of Mike Ciesnolevicz during the undercard, and TUF 9‘s Jason Dent scored the Submission of the Night bonus for sinking on an anaconda choke at the end of the first round of his fight with Team U.S.A. rival Cameron Dollar, after getting beaten up standing for much of the round. Speaking of the prelims, here’s how they turned out:


- Jason Dent def. Cameron Dollar via submission (anaconda choke), 4:46 of round 1
- Nick Osipczak def. Frank Lester via submission (rear-naked choke), 3:40 of round 1
- Tomasz Drwal def. Mike Ciesnolevicz via TKO, 4:48 of round 1
- Brad Blackburn def. Edgar Garcia via split-decision
- Melvin Guillard def. Gleison Tibau via split-decision

Blackburn’s questionable decision win was booed by the 1,800 fans in attendance at the Pearl, and Guillard’s win was even harder to figure out, as he spent most of his fight against Tibau getting taken down.

— During an "Inside the Octagon" segment on last night’s TUF 9 Finale broadcast, Dana White mentioned that he’d like to set up a middleweight title fight between Anderson Silva and former UFC light-heavyweight champ/current Affliction middleweight Vitor Belfort. Affliction boss Tom Atencio has confirmed that Belfort’s upcoming clash with Jorge Santiago at "Trilogy" is the last fight on his contract.

— BloodyElbow has collected some of the TUF 9 Finale post-fight interviews here. Check out what new Ultimate Fighters James Wilks and Ross Pearson had to say below…

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ArmFarmer- June 22, 2009 at 6:01 am

Sheps says:
“fans of both like myself would evaluate the cards and watch the better one. There is no competition, they are targetting two different audiences… ya tard.”

Anyone else notice how incredibly fucking retarded this statement is? Someone hand this dude a dictionary and help him look up the word competition.

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BackbaconBilly- June 22, 2009 at 12:36 am

Lytle tapped,lol NOT!

Good night of fights, glad to see Vitor may be coming back to the UFC, he doesn’t deserve a shot right away at Silva but he isn’t far away either.

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NECROPHYTE- June 21, 2009 at 11:44 pm

So wtf? All of a sudden Vitor’s back in the UFC ready to compete with the likes of Spider Silva? What’s going on with that?

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One Two- June 21, 2009 at 10:29 pm

so whos up first to take andersons belt hendo or vitor?

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reddog- June 21, 2009 at 7:18 pm

i never knew my dick would be a topic of interest on CP.

its a lengthy subject

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831 Son- June 21, 2009 at 5:26 pm

WOW. You guys are fucking morons. It wasnt a tap or even an attempt of a tap. You idiots he didnt even put his hand to the ground. He waved his hand in front of his face to block punches then he got up. In no way, shape or form did he tap. So glad you guys arent gonna be a ref.

Retards.

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Judo Im Right- June 21, 2009 at 5:14 pm

Check for yourself, Tapped at 55 seconds left.

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mmashare.com/ufc-video-chris-lytle-vs-kevin-burns—tuf-9-finale-t7181.html

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TheZa- June 21, 2009 at 5:04 pm

I also saw that shit. It looked like he was trying to tap but then he got hit and his hand flew through the fucking air.

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Meohfumado- June 21, 2009 at 5:03 pm

Seriously, I thought the Stevenson v Diaz fight was awesome. Didn’t look like lay and pray to me…but I don’t mind technical grappling so whatever…

As far as promoting Fight Night…its a video game. Video game publishers like EA are dying to get ads in UFC shows because its their core demographic (18-35 year old males with discretionary income). The UFC/Spike have no reason to try to stifle the advertising. One…UFC Undisputed has already made bank (top seller in May, and vid-game sales rarely have longevity…sales drop 70% or more in the second month usually), and two…it’s MONEY!!! They don’t have a habit of turning those ad dollars down, particularly when it is usually a bidding war between video game companies to get those ads (Activision had Prototype ads for UFC 99…so EA stepped up here and laid down the cash for Fight Night).

In addition, most surveys have shown that the majority of players who are into the fighting-game genre are going to buy both games…so the direct competition vs the UFC game isn’t exactly an issue either.

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Judo Im Right- June 21, 2009 at 5:00 pm

Yea, 55 seconds left in the first Lytle taps. Glad my man Herb missed that, cause that was a war! and I don’t know if I could have handled another wrong pick after going with Diaz and Winner. Pretty cool Dana gave all of the some extra scratch with FoN bonuses

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prodigy2k7- June 21, 2009 at 4:49 pm

I thought I saw that to. Wanted to rewind it but the fight was to fuckin good.

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Judo Im Right- June 21, 2009 at 4:45 pm

Am I the only one that saw Lytle tap in the first round?! He clearly tapped. O Well, he’s still the man and I did pick him to win. So, I’m glad Herb let it go, even though he clearly wanted out of that fight at the end of the first.

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prodigy2k7- June 21, 2009 at 4:44 pm

Wow, those were some impressive fights. I was way off on some picks, not so much on others. Stevenson looked really good. I would like to see him fight Guida now. The first min of the Sanchez fight is one on the best opening min I have ever seen. Can he beat Kenny again?

Also just finished watching the undercard. I think Tibau was robbed. Even if you lose the first two rounds, a third round domination like Tibau gave Melvin should have one the fight. Melvin looked a lot more focused though. Also, I thought Cameron Dollar looked really sharp. His striking is sick. Why did he shoot? Why did he shoot?

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831 Son- June 21, 2009 at 2:35 pm

You guys wanna fight? That will settle it.

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just some dong- June 21, 2009 at 2:13 pm

Kenny beating up BJ… hahaha never.

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Than- June 21, 2009 at 2:09 pm

The move Stevenson has Diaz in is called a spladle. It’s a wrestling move, but to really complete the move he would have needed to trap Nate’s other arm (obviously because he didn’t because he was throwing strikes). It is one of the most demoralizing positions to put someone in.

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mayhem- June 21, 2009 at 2:08 pm

3 Awesome fights!
Joe Daddy and Nate put on a BJJ clink with that fight.
Clay shut down all of Diego’s sub attemps which is why he couldnt do much from the top… stop saying it was lay and pray cause it wasnt. Deigo owned him on the stand up, which is why he won the fight. Tuff one to score thats for sure.
Chris Lytle is just at the point were he wants to put on exciting fights, which he is doing just that!
I see alot of lay and pray comments… none of those fights had it. I mean lay and pray is just holding one dude down while doing nothing else. I didnt see that at all last night. Clay was throwing elbows and punches while shutting down Deigo’s subs. Joe Daddy was doing the same thing and trying to sub Nate at the same time. Glad they all got fight of the night bounses!

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Dana White- June 21, 2009 at 2:06 pm

The return of LNP gg the fighters think just cuz they get the WIN think they can keep there jobs in the UFC NOT.

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Sho Nuff- June 21, 2009 at 1:57 pm

If you weren’t entertained by Stevenson/Diaz, you are watching the wrong sport. Boxing is more your speed. You see, in MMA, fighters can grapple. And fans of MMA enjoying watching two highly skilled grapplers/jits fighters going at it in a technical match.

Despite the way the decision went, can Diego really become more of a douchebag? Is it possible? Or has his total douchebaggery peaked? From his ridiculous entrance rituals, to his stupid destiny/jesus interviews, to his choice of entrance music (who the fuck are you to come out to We Will Rock You? You’ve never even been champion, you fucking egomaniac) – someone needs to beat him badly. Maybe Kenny can get his revenge after beating up BJ.

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CreamyTitties- June 21, 2009 at 1:44 pm

I became a stevenson fan after this fight. His repeated flip takedown with the kimura locked on was great (adding that to my game), and the crucifix was great he almost pulled off the one handed choke from there. Diaz played a smart game taking a knee so he couldn’t get hit in the head, but that was a major strike of intentional inactivity against him. Great technical JJ fight

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lilgary- June 21, 2009 at 1:42 pm

Nate Diaz needs to spend less time trying to be a thug and more time getting strong because he gets manhandled by stronger fighters. The last two fights have proven that he has a lot of work to do before being considered an elite fighter. Better win your next fight, son.

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PaulO- June 21, 2009 at 1:17 pm

They need to redo the judge’s scoring. They need to change it to:

- Damage (Marcus Davis should not have had it in his head he might have won that fight vs Hardy)
- Continued aggression (Screw feeling out and elusive)
- Attempts to finish (takedowns are worthless if you don’t attempt to submit or do damage which can also be done from the bottom)

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PurplePickle- June 21, 2009 at 1:13 pm

Vitor Muthafuckin’ Belfort! I was hoping his run in Affliction would get him back in the UFC. I have been a big fan of his since his destruction of Ferrazo and Tank way back. Belfort probably won’t dethrone the Spider, but it will be cool to see him in the UFC MW mix. Wanderlei, Bisping, Leben would all make for good fights with Vitor.

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ReDx- June 21, 2009 at 1:13 pm

So its bad that I say he works at Burger King but its not bad that he calls me a “tard” because I think its odd that UFC would advertise a boxing game? Also look at your reply to reddog, just because he voiced his opinion, you say he can suck his own dick, that’s real grown up, if you’re so concerned about how other people are why don’t you grow up also? Little bit of a double standard there.

I also have no problem with people in fast food, I worked in fast food when I was in high school when I was young and dumb, then I went to college to better myself. Shep was giving his one sided opinion and showing how much a child he was by insulting to try to prove his point so I just went down to his level.

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ScrambledEggs- June 21, 2009 at 12:52 pm

ReDx must feel better now that he’s so brilliantly revealed to everyone that he thinks you’re a piece of shit if you go to work and make an honest living.
So many people think how much money someone has defines who they are as a person.
Know Wonder society is in the shitter.

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