Monday, December 10, 2007

TUF Finale: Hot and Cold

The overall tone of the fight wasn't set by the main events, as it usually is. The two main bouts between top lightweight contenders Clay Guida and Roger Huerta and Ultimate Fighter finalists Mac Danzig and Tommy Speer were interesting fights, but the rest of the card was, for the most part, not.

While I will say that I expected more from Tommy Speer than was displayed, I knew how the fight was going to end (though I hadn't anticipated it being so short). Danzig, the more experienced and more agile fighter, choked Speer out in about two minutes.

The fight between Huerta and Guida was the best fight on the card, and the two fighters went to war. Huerta eventually won with a choke in the third round.

While the card was full of exiting submissions, most were like the one in the Danzig fight, coming early and not really giving us the chance to see a war. Here are the results from the other fights:

Jonathan Goulet chokes out Paul Gorgieff in the first.
Roman Mitchyan finished Dorian Price with an ankle lock submission in the first.
Matt Arroyo submitted John Kolosci with an armbar in the first.
Troy Mandoloniz KO'd Ritchie Hightower in the first round.
Ben Saunders beat Dan Barerra unanimously on the judges scorecards.
Goerge Sotiropolous choked out Billy Miles in the first.
Jon Koppenhaver TKO'd Jared Rollins the third round.

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