TUF 13: Lesnar vs Dos Santos

[iamawesomewicked]

Its gonna be JDS vs Shane Carwin in June, could be a good fight. Man I hope Brock gets his stomach fixed. He says he's not done with MMA. So we'll see.

[D. S. Veteran]

Alright first fight: Clay Harvison vs Ramsey Nijem. Editing continues with the Chris Cope "drama" but it's of no importance.

Brock says that Clay doesn't have good grappling and that Ramsey is a very good wrestler. He should keep things standing. Cue obvious foreshadowing.

Gameplan for Clay was to keep it standing, defend the takedown and don't give up the back. He evens talks about defendind the RNC on camera. Fight starts, gets taken down in less than 30 seconds, immediately gives up the back and gets RNC. :rolleyes:

Way to go Clay.

[D. S. Veteran]

Second fight: funny how they try to "hype" the dislike between the fighters. So here we go: Shamar Bailey vs Chris Cope.

Shamar is a glaringly one-dimensional. Can't strike at all, always does the same combination before going for the single leg. Keeps the same system during both rounds. Putting Chris on the cage, getting punched in the head and not getting a single takedown. Shamar gassed like hell.

Chris on the other hand, spent the first round just jumping around. In the second round, when he finally throws some punches, he didn't cause any damage at all.

But... surprise!!! 20-18 Chris Cope! WHAT? Second round, sure. Could have gone either way. But the first round was all Shamar! Retarded judging even in TUF? Get out of here.

[D. S. Veteran]

Second half of the quarter finals.

First fight: Zach Davis vs Chuck O'Neil: Zach shows himself to be on a single track minding. Always trying for the takedown against the cage. Never a power double, just press against the cage and hope for the trip. Maybe he should see that it isn't working. Chuck is showing some good striking and cracking his face open at every chance he gets. Fight could have very well ended in the first round. We get to the 2nd round and Zach is gassed to all hell from all those failed takedowns. Chucks keeps the good striking and shows takedown defense by stopping any dangerous takedown. Zach did pretty close to nothing the whole fight. Loses the decision 20-18. In the end sequence, Zack throws a punch that smashes the door (what are those things made of anyway?). Great but a little too late. Doors don't punch back.

And add another to an already injury prone season, Zach Davis torn both retinas and won't be able to fight again or risks going blind.

[D. S. Veteran]

Second fight: Ryan McGillivray vs Tony Ferguson - Wow, what to say? One uppercut and Ryan was out on his feet. Two finishes for Tony. Let's see how things go for the semi finals.

Semi finals:

Ramsey Nijem vs Chris Cope - Top dog vs underdog

Tony Ferguson vs Chuck O'Neil - Top dog vs dark horse

Should be good.

And at the end there is some drama in the house but what else would you expect in a house full of fighters with a lot of booze? Not really interested. TUF 14 is rumored to be Michael Bisping vs Brian Stahn if he beats Jorge Santiago. UK vs USA again. Should be fun, especially if Bisping gets KO'ed again like in the Hendo fight.

[D. S. Veteran]

Final episode:

Ramsey Nijem vs Chris Cope - Ramsey Nijem is dominant since the start of the fight. Cope keeps doing his thing of light strikes while pressed against the cage. Ramsey makes the correct call after the first round and pushes the pace for a finish. No way he was going to let squeak by due to retarded judges that keep scoring those strikes. He keeps on striking and gets the TKO. Cope didn't have a chance.

Tony Ferguson vs Chuck O'Neil - Pretty lukewarm first round, just kickboxing basicly. No "Oh!" moments but good exchanges from either side with Tony delivering the strongest punches and winning the round in my opinion. Chuck showed he has a nice chin withstanding some heavy shots during the fight but ends up pretty bloody at the end of the 2nd. The semis are 3 rounds. Chuck starts the 3rd going back and Tony keeps pressing forward. This winner is already pretty clear but it's going to take 5 more minutes to be announced. Or not. After a few minutes of beating on Chuck, Tony punches him in the body, he falls down and covers up and Herb Dean puts a stop to the beatdown. Tony wins and the season is over. Bring on TUF 14.

Finale Card:

Anthony Pettis vs. Clay Guida

Tony Ferguson vs. Ramsey Nijem

George Roop vs. Josh Grispi

Scott Jorgensen vs. Ken Stone

Daniel Downes vs. Jeremy Stephens

Ed Herman vs. Tim Credeur

Fabio Maldonado vs. Kyle Kingsbury

Reuben Duran vs. Francisco Rivera

[D. S. Veteran]

So the Finale was yesterday. Nobody cared. LoL

Chuck O'Neil vs. Chris Cope: Cope showed some improvement since his time on the show. Chuck... not so much. He ate a ton of shots and was simply outmatched by Cope who showed good pacing, good cardio and nice striking to get the unanimous decision.

Kyle Kingsbury vs. Fabio Maldonado: There's a reason this won FOTN. Both guys showed impressive striking with Kingsbury throwing knees everywhere and Maldonado punishing the body. Both guys ended up pretty beaten up at the end of the fight with Kingsbury rightly taking the decision.

Ed Herman vs. Tim Credeur: 2 punches and Tim was out. Not much to say about this fight. No matter how much depth Herman tried to inject on it, it was pretty cut and dry.

Clay Guida vs. Anthony Pettis: Pettis got his ass handed to him. He has incredible ground game from the bottom I'll give him that but zero takedown defense. And with a guy like Guida on top, who's savy about submissions and grinds on you, Pettis was on track for losing a decision. He came close to finishing Guida at the end of the 2nd round but couldn't finish there. Got his back on the 3rd round and ended up being reversed. And Guida did what he does best: frenetic pace and non-stop attacking. Guida moves up for a possible title shot and Pettis loses all the momentum he had going for him coming out of the WEC.

Ramsey Nijem vs. Tony Ferguson: Surprises? Not really. Tony had KO'ed everyone he fought at the house so what's one more for the count? Welcome to the shark tank that is the UFC's WW division.

Scott Jorgensen vs. Ken Stone: A former challenger to the BW championship against a guy debuting in the UFC who also lost his first fight in the WEC? Wonder how that will go... Ken did put up some fight, throwing some good punches and showing his best atributes on the ground, throwing some triangles and then getting KO'ed to oblivion by punches from the guard. His eyes rolled to Narnia after the first punch.

Josh Grispi vs. George Roop: Grispi can't catch a break. First he fights Poirier instead of a title shot with Aldo and ends up losing. Shot goes to Hominick. And now fights against Roop who lost to Hominick for the title shot and gets KO'ed again. Maybe his nickname of The Fluke is way more accurate than we thought. Roop gave him quite a beating in the 3rd round, putting on a Muay Thay clinic. Grispi just couldn't take it anymore.