Posts with the tag "Amir Sadollah"

Amir Sadollah once again proved that he is the best fighter from The Ultimate Fighter 7 house. Coming into the fight, he was the only fighter that hadn't lost and he had already defeated C.B Dollaway.

Much like the first fight between the two fighters, Sadollah was able to catch Dollaway in an arm bar. Although, this time the stoppage was questionable. At least that is what Dollaway will have you believe. In my opinion, he was tapping and the ref made the right decision.

Sadollah looked great in the fight and will prove to be a legitimate fighter in the UFC. I believe he will have a run much like Kendal Grove. He will win a few fights out of the gate and then lose a few as well.

Speaking of Kendall Grove, he looked like a completely different fighter. He was sharp and calculating with his strikes. He made the one time UFC champion Tanner look old and slow. Grove won the fight via a split decision, but he should have won unanimously.

The scores went 29-28-Tanner, 30-26-Grove, and 30-26-Grove. Wait a minute, how do two judges agree that a fighter dominated enough to warrant a 10-8 round and yet the other judge scores the fight in favor of Tanner? I imagine we will be hearing more about this.

Overall, the event was a B+ in my book and that isn't too bad. I will breakdown my Almost picks later this week, but I will say that I was dead wrong about Dustin Hazelett. In a huge upset, he was able to defeat Josh Burkman. That's what I love about the UFC, anybody can lose.

As we expected, this was a pretty crazy episode. If you didn't see the preview, check it out on YouTube.

The second semi-final fight takes place almost immediately after the show starts. The matchup puts the favorite C.B. Dollaway against Amir Sadollah. The fight starts and goes pretty much to script. Sadollah lands a few good punches and kicks before Dollaway is able to take him down. The fight makes it to the third round and once again we find Sadollah on his back. This time, Dollaway makes a mistake and leaves an arm out. Sure enough, Sadollah secures an arm bar and Dollaway is forced to tap out.

Since Sadollah wins the fight, we now know that either he or Jesse Taylor will be kicked off the show for their behavior. Judging from their prior actions on the show, it is easy to figure out that Taylor will be the one in trouble.

Eventually, we find out that Taylor was out on the town drinking heavily. As the preview video shows, we see him kicking out the limo window. He then goes into the casino and starts "terrorizing some female guests."

Sure enough, Dana White kicks him off the show. The best part was when the coaches, Dana White and Jesse Taylor all get together to discuss what happened. You can see Taylor squirming as White asks him some questions about what happened. He tries to blame his drinking, but White wants nothing to do with him and sends him home.

With Taylor out of the finale, Sadollah needs a new opponent. Logically, White brings back Tim Credeur and C.B. Dollaway to fight for the opening. The fight actually turns out to be pretty competitive. Dollaway eventually wins the decision and secures his spot in the finals.

So the live finale is set and it will be a rematch between Amir Sadollah and C.B. Dollaway. Don't forget to tune in Saturday for the live finale!

And then there were three... In the eleventh episode of the The Ultimate Fighter, Jesse Taylor was able to defeat Tim Credeur. With the win, Taylor cements his position in The Ultimate Fighter finale.

The episode primarily focused on the Taylor and Credeur. However, we also got to see the customary coaches challenge. As it turns out, Forrest Griffin is the "Larry Bird" of MMA. The editors chose to cut out most of the competition, but we did see enough to know Forrest easily won the competition.

Now, there is only one fight left before the finale. C.B Dollaway will look to continue his domination as he fights Amir Sadollah. I must admit that I never thought Sadollah would have made it this far. He has a decent chance to beat Dollaway, but the odds are definitely against him.

At the end of the show, the next weeks teaser proved to be quit interesting. They show a limo and one of the windows being smashed. After that, we see Dana white saying something about a fighter not being able to fight in the finale. My initial thoughts lead me to believe it was Taylor losing his temper again, but we will have to see.

I understand this is a little late, but still worthy of a post so here goes. The seventh episode of the Ultimate Fighter 7 was a good episode as fans were treated to two fights.

The first fight is between Gerald Harris and Amir Sadollah. In an upset, Sadollah is able to win the fight via TKO. Harris is obviously upset after the fight as he believes the ref stopped the fight early.

The second fight featured the contestants Patrick Schultz and Cale Yarbrough. This matchup goes the distance and Yarbrough wins the fight via majority decision. For more on the fights, see Five Ounces of Pain's episode recap.

The best part of the episode happens after the Schultz-Yarbrough fight. Rampage is obviously upset with the outcome of the fight and screams out to Forrest, “I bet our fight doesn’t go to decision. I’ll bet my whole purse on it.” This clearly upsets Griffin as the previews show him tearing apart a room in the gym.

The choice words from Rampage clearly show how much of a competitor he is. His frustration may have been directed at Forrest, but it should have been towards his team. Now, Rampage will have to deal with a fighter who tends to fight better when he is upset. And the drama grows...