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Ultimate Fighter 8 Discussion & Results!
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The show will premiere on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 11:00 p.m. ET immediately following UFC Fight Night 15 from Omaha, Nebraska.
The full cast of 32:
Light Heavyweight:
Ryan Bader: 24-years old; 7-0; Arizona Combat Sports
Antwain Britt: 29-years old; 4-0; Bombsquad MMA
Jules Bruchez: 30-years old; 3-2; Ronin Dojo
Lance Evans: 30-years old; 4-2; TKO MMA
Karen Grigoryan: 26-years old; 5-0; RusFighters Sports Club
Jason Guida: 30-years old; 26-13; Hellhouse Gym
Ryan Jimmo: 26-years old; 6-1; Titans MMA
Kyle Kingsbury: 26-years old; 7-1-1; American Kickboxing Academy
Tom Lawlor: 24-years old; 6-2; American Top Team
Ryan Lopez: 25-years old; 5-3; no gym affiliation
Vinicius Magalhaes: 23-years old; 2-2; Team Quest (Temecula)
Eric Magee: 23-years old; 3-1; South Shore Sport Fighting
Eliot Marshall: 27-years old; 5-1; Easton Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Sean O’Connell: 24-years old; 1-0; no gym affiliation
Shane Primm: 23-years old; 1-0; Gracie Tampa
Krzysztof Soszynski: 30-years old; 16-8-1; Team Quest (Temecula)
Lightweight:
Jose Aguilar: 25-years old; 17-3; Grapplers Edge
Fernando Bernstein: 25-years old; 2-0; Progressive Martial Arts
Junie Allen Browning: 22-years old; 2-0; Four Seasons Martial Arts
Rolando Delgado: 26-years old; 7-3-1; Westside Fight Team
Joseph Duarte: 24-years old; 3-0; Unleashed Training Facility
Charles Diaz: 30-years old; 14-4; Team EFX
Efrain Escudero: 22-years old; Southwest Martial Arts
Brandon Garner: 26-years old; 4-1; Team ROC
David Kaplan: 28-years old; 3-1; Team Lloyd Irvin
Brian McLaughlin: 23-years old; 5-0; Gracie Tampa
Wesley Murch: 25-years old; 4-2; Trojan Gym
Shane Nelson: 24-years old; 11-3; B.J. Penn’s MMA Academy
Phillipe Nover: 24-years old; 5-0-1; Team Renzo Gracie
Ido Pariente: 30-years old; 13-4; no gym affiliation
John Polakowski: 26-years old; 3-1; The Pit
George Roop: 26-years old; 7-3; Ultima MMA
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The full cast of 32:
Light Heavyweight:
Ryan Bader: 24-years old; 7-0; Arizona Combat Sports
Antwain Britt: 29-years old; 4-0; Bombsquad MMA
Jules Bruchez: 30-years old; 3-2; Ronin Dojo
Lance Evans: 30-years old; 4-2; TKO MMA
Karen Grigoryan: 26-years old; 5-0; RusFighters Sports Club
Jason Guida: 30-years old; 26-13; Hellhouse Gym
Ryan Jimmo: 26-years old; 6-1; Titans MMA
Kyle Kingsbury: 26-years old; 7-1-1; American Kickboxing Academy
Tom Lawlor: 24-years old; 6-2; American Top Team
Ryan Lopez: 25-years old; 5-3; no gym affiliation
Vinicius Magalhaes: 23-years old; 2-2; Team Quest (Temecula)
Eric Magee: 23-years old; 3-1; South Shore Sport Fighting
Eliot Marshall: 27-years old; 5-1; Easton Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Sean O’Connell: 24-years old; 1-0; no gym affiliation
Shane Primm: 23-years old; 1-0; Gracie Tampa
Krzysztof Soszynski: 30-years old; 16-8-1; Team Quest (Temecula)
Lightweight:
Jose Aguilar: 25-years old; 17-3; Grapplers Edge
Fernando Bernstein: 25-years old; 2-0; Progressive Martial Arts
Junie Allen Browning: 22-years old; 2-0; Four Seasons Martial Arts
Rolando Delgado: 26-years old; 7-3-1; Westside Fight Team
Joseph Duarte: 24-years old; 3-0; Unleashed Training Facility
Charles Diaz: 30-years old; 14-4; Team EFX
Efrain Escudero: 22-years old; Southwest Martial Arts
Brandon Garner: 26-years old; 4-1; Team ROC
David Kaplan: 28-years old; 3-1; Team Lloyd Irvin
Brian McLaughlin: 23-years old; 5-0; Gracie Tampa
Wesley Murch: 25-years old; 4-2; Trojan Gym
Shane Nelson: 24-years old; 11-3; B.J. Penn’s MMA Academy
Phillipe Nover: 24-years old; 5-0-1; Team Renzo Gracie
Ido Pariente: 30-years old; 13-4; no gym affiliation
John Polakowski: 26-years old; 3-1; The Pit
George Roop: 26-years old; 7-3; Ultima MMA
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Gary Ibarra: This season I’m sure there are several fighters who you saw that have the potential to make a a career in MMA. But was there any one fighter that you can talk about who you saw that you thought immediately “That guy is going to make it”?
Frank Mir: That’s what I would say is the difference between this season’s cast and the previous casts: the talent level; there is a lot of depth here this season. So much so that I’ve even pulled training partners to help me prepare for my fight with Noguiera. The number of guys that you’ll see on undercards and prelims in the UFC is a definitely high with this group. I would go as far as to say its actually easier for me to pick out the guys who won’t make it just because there were so few of them, I would definitely put this season’s 16 guys against any of the other 16 from previous seasons.
Gary Ibarra: This season I’m sure there are several fighters who you saw that have the potential to make a a career in MMA. But was there any one fighter that you can talk about who you saw that you thought immediately “That guy is going to make it”?
Frank Mir: That’s what I would say is the difference between this season’s cast and the previous casts: the talent level; there is a lot of depth here this season. So much so that I’ve even pulled training partners to help me prepare for my fight with Noguiera. The number of guys that you’ll see on undercards and prelims in the UFC is a definitely high with this group. I would go as far as to say its actually easier for me to pick out the guys who won’t make it just because there were so few of them, I would definitely put this season’s 16 guys against any of the other 16 from previous seasons.
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While UFC President Dana White explained this to the 32 hopefuls to kick off the season, lightweight Phillipe Nover was an early casualty, as he fainted due to the Nevada heat. Nover recovered quickly though, and he and his 31 colleagues then got down to the business of making weight for their first fights.
24 hours to make the light heavyweight limit wasn’t going to be enough for Jason Guida though, and the brother of lightweight contender Clay Guida checked in at 207 pounds, just one pound over. The Nevada State Athletic Commission wouldn’t allow Guida to attempt to shed the pound though, citing that in his dehydrated state, it wouldn’t be safe. Guida was distraught over this decision, but White agreed with it, saying “The commission made the right call.”
With Guida out, New Rochelle, New York’s Mike Stewart was brought in, but in his opening bout, he was quickly TKOed by Team Quest standout Krzysztof Soszynski.
The first lightweight bout of the tournament saw Washington, DC’s Dave Kaplan score a first round rear naked choke submission win over California’s Fernando Bernstein.
In another 155-pound scrap, unbeatens Joe Duarte and the aforementioned Nover locked horns, and though Duarte’s power seemed to be controlling the action early, Nover wouldn’t give in to his foe, and by the second round, the Brooklynite was ready to make his move, and he did, submitting Duarte with a rear naked choke.
Back in the light heavyweight division, Lafayette, Louisiana’s Jules Bruchez made short work of Eric Magee, submitting him with a rear naked choke in the first round.
Soszynski’s Team Quest squadmate, light heavyweight Vinny Magalhaes also earned a spot in the Ultimate Fighter house with a first round stoppage of Lance Evans. The brother
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of light heavyweight contender Rashad Evans was forced to retire from the fight and the competition with a rib injury.
Magalhaes was joined in the house by Antwain Britt, who decisioned Ryan Jimmo.
Lightweight Brian McLaughlin moved on in the competition in an odd fashion when he took a knee to the head from Brandon Garner while down and was ruled unable to continue. The bout was then declared a no contest, but since it was Garner who threw the knee, he was eliminated, allowing McLaughlin to get into the final 16.
Lexington, Kentucky’s Junie Browning moved on in less controversial circumstances, and if you heard him talk about his fight with New Mexico’s equally loquacious Jose Aguillar, it was like he knew it all along.
“Do I think Jose Aguillar can beat me,” asked Browning. “He has a better chance of getting me pregnant.”
It will be tough to top that classic line, but with a first round stoppage of Aguillar, who retired in his corner, it looks like Browning may have the goods to make some noise over his next six weeks in the house, as he impressed White, Nogueira, and Mir with his first fight.
There will more fights though before a winner will be crowned on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir, and next week’s episode will determine who will join the eight fighters below in the final 16.
After one week of action, the following fighters have earned a spot in the Ultimate Fighter house for this season:
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
Krzysztof Soszynski
Jules Bruchez
Vinny Magalhaes
Antwain Britt
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Dave Kaplan
Phillipe Nover
Brian McLaughlin
Junie Browning
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24 hours to make the light heavyweight limit wasn’t going to be enough for Jason Guida though, and the brother of lightweight contender Clay Guida checked in at 207 pounds, just one pound over. The Nevada State Athletic Commission wouldn’t allow Guida to attempt to shed the pound though, citing that in his dehydrated state, it wouldn’t be safe. Guida was distraught over this decision, but White agreed with it, saying “The commission made the right call.”
With Guida out, New Rochelle, New York’s Mike Stewart was brought in, but in his opening bout, he was quickly TKOed by Team Quest standout Krzysztof Soszynski.
The first lightweight bout of the tournament saw Washington, DC’s Dave Kaplan score a first round rear naked choke submission win over California’s Fernando Bernstein.
In another 155-pound scrap, unbeatens Joe Duarte and the aforementioned Nover locked horns, and though Duarte’s power seemed to be controlling the action early, Nover wouldn’t give in to his foe, and by the second round, the Brooklynite was ready to make his move, and he did, submitting Duarte with a rear naked choke.
Back in the light heavyweight division, Lafayette, Louisiana’s Jules Bruchez made short work of Eric Magee, submitting him with a rear naked choke in the first round.
Soszynski’s Team Quest squadmate, light heavyweight Vinny Magalhaes also earned a spot in the Ultimate Fighter house with a first round stoppage of Lance Evans. The brother
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of light heavyweight contender Rashad Evans was forced to retire from the fight and the competition with a rib injury.
Magalhaes was joined in the house by Antwain Britt, who decisioned Ryan Jimmo.
Lightweight Brian McLaughlin moved on in the competition in an odd fashion when he took a knee to the head from Brandon Garner while down and was ruled unable to continue. The bout was then declared a no contest, but since it was Garner who threw the knee, he was eliminated, allowing McLaughlin to get into the final 16.
Lexington, Kentucky’s Junie Browning moved on in less controversial circumstances, and if you heard him talk about his fight with New Mexico’s equally loquacious Jose Aguillar, it was like he knew it all along.
“Do I think Jose Aguillar can beat me,” asked Browning. “He has a better chance of getting me pregnant.”
It will be tough to top that classic line, but with a first round stoppage of Aguillar, who retired in his corner, it looks like Browning may have the goods to make some noise over his next six weeks in the house, as he impressed White, Nogueira, and Mir with his first fight.
There will more fights though before a winner will be crowned on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir, and next week’s episode will determine who will join the eight fighters below in the final 16.
After one week of action, the following fighters have earned a spot in the Ultimate Fighter house for this season:
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
Krzysztof Soszynski
Jules Bruchez
Vinny Magalhaes
Antwain Britt
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Dave Kaplan
Phillipe Nover
Brian McLaughlin
Junie Browning
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Evans and Duarte latest ex-TUF 8 contestants to find work
Evans and Duarte latest ex-TUF 8 contestants to find work
After having been shown during last night’s season premiere for the eighth season of “The Ultimate Fighter” as failing to make it past the qualifying round and into the TUF mansion, eliminated contestants Lance Evans and Joe Duarte have already surfaced with other promotions.
Evans, the older brother of TUF 2 heavyweight winner Rashad Evans, has been announced as the opposition for former minor-league hockey enforcer Steve Bosse during TKO 35 on Oct. 3 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
Evans was one of 16 light heavyweight fighters invited to Las Vegas earlier this year to fight his way onto the show. Facing jiu-jitsu black belt Vinicius Magalhaes, he elected to withdraw from the fight following the completion of the first round after complaining of a rib injury.
Duarte, a lightweight competitor, lost a closely contested qualifying bout against FiveOuncesOfPain.com guest blogger Phillipe Nover after he submitted to a rear naked choke in round 2. He has been announced as having signed a contract with the Calgary, Alberta-based Colloseo Championship Fighting promotion. A debut date has not been determined.
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After having been shown during last night’s season premiere for the eighth season of “The Ultimate Fighter” as failing to make it past the qualifying round and into the TUF mansion, eliminated contestants Lance Evans and Joe Duarte have already surfaced with other promotions.
Evans, the older brother of TUF 2 heavyweight winner Rashad Evans, has been announced as the opposition for former minor-league hockey enforcer Steve Bosse during TKO 35 on Oct. 3 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
Evans was one of 16 light heavyweight fighters invited to Las Vegas earlier this year to fight his way onto the show. Facing jiu-jitsu black belt Vinicius Magalhaes, he elected to withdraw from the fight following the completion of the first round after complaining of a rib injury.
Duarte, a lightweight competitor, lost a closely contested qualifying bout against FiveOuncesOfPain.com guest blogger Phillipe Nover after he submitted to a rear naked choke in round 2. He has been announced as having signed a contract with the Calgary, Alberta-based Colloseo Championship Fighting promotion. A debut date has not been determined.
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