Mixed Martial B0nes

Mac Danzig brought it to Tommy Speer last night on the Ultimate Finale.  It was a result that was hard to fathom going into the fight.  Tommy had shown no signs of giving up at all on The Ultimate Fighter.  That Mac was able to submit him shows that all the brooding talk (from Mac himself) of how he was better than everyone else was true after all.

The featured fight of the night was Roger (El Matador) Huerta vs. Clay (The Carpenter) Guida.  As predicted in my rant, The Carpenter hammered away at El Matador but in the end, Huerta won out.  It was a truly exciting match and from all appearances, Guida looked like he was going to win it all.  Huerta never lost composure, however, and came away with a victory by rear naked choke.

The fight between Ben Saunders and Dan Berrara didn’t match the bloodfest that was their fight in TUF6.  Both came back stronger and better trained but Saunders long legs helped to defeat Berrara in both the standup and ground games.  Ben didn’t finish it like he wanted but he got the decision which is really all that matters.

George Sotiropoulos completely outclassed Billy Miles with his ground game although he did a great job of trading punches.  Miles has a much better standup game and George was curious as to why Miles brought it to the ground.  Luckily for GeorgieBoy, Miles made that mistake.

Troy “Rude Boy” Mandaloniz vs. Richie Hightower:Upper-Decker Extreme Match1 2K7.  Rude Boy and Hightower traded some fierce blows in this mostly standup game.  Troy came out ahead with a great series of knees and punches.

Upper-Decker Extreme Match2 featured Jared (JRok) Rollins vs. Jon (Warmachine) Koppenhaver.  This was a truly bloody mess of a fight.  The ground and standup games of both of these guys were top notch.  JRok had Warmachine in submissions a number of times.  War just wouldn’t give up and a la Tommy Speers, came up with a bloody win.  Easily one of the best matches of the night.

All in all a great finale.  We got to see all of our favorites from TUF6 come back better and stronger.  We also saw a fantastic UFC match in Huerta vs. Guida.  Be on the lookout for all of these fighters.  They will be forces to be reckoned with for sure.

Click below for the official weights for The Ultimate Fighter Finale, which will take place on Saturday at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada (Spike TV 9pm ET / PT).

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