Ultimate Fighter Season 13 Finale
June 4, 2011
The Pearl at The Palms Resort & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada
Main Bouts (On Spike TV):
Anthony Pettis (13-1) vs Clay Guida (28-11) A "Main Event" worthy to headline the awful UFC 130 card. This, is a much better and guaranteed exciting. Pettis comes in riding his "kick heard round the world," but what was more impressive, was besting former WEC Lightweight Champion Ben Henderson. Tony got the WEC gold for the last time and now makes his UFC debut. "Showtime" has only lost once and generally is able to finish opponents while Guida looks to work you to death. The "Carpenter" has been on a roll as of late finishing his last 3 opponents and has only lost to the best of the best in the UFC. Pettis is very well rounded and has the gas for days to combat the blitzkrieg style of Clay, but can he stop the non-stop juggernaut takedown attempts for 15 full minutes? I'm not so sure. He'll try to sprawl and cage kick you but I just seen Guida sticking to him like glue and exposes Tony's mistakes when he does go for the highlight reel moves. This bout could easily go either way but I'll roll with the lovable Winnebago living, hair flying, metal singing, wall of motion from the Jackson Camp.
UPSET PICK WINNER-Clay Guida by Decision
Ultimate Fighter 13 Welterweight Final:
Ramsey Nijem (4-1) vs. Tony Ferguson (10-2) Yawn, who cares? This was the absolute worst TUF season ever filled with average at best fighters and little actual training footage. Just a garbage show but the two best did make it to the finals. I personally don't care because neither guy will compete any where near the top of the thick and competitive Welterweight division. I suppose I would go with Tony because of his technical striking and the fact Nijem looks like he just runs at people throwing punches. Truthfully, I just hope this fight ends quick so we can see some prelims.
Ultimate Fighter 13 Welterweight Final:
Ramsey Nijem (4-1) vs. Tony Ferguson (10-2) Yawn, who cares? This was the absolute worst TUF season ever filled with average at best fighters and little actual training footage. Just a garbage show but the two best did make it to the finals. I personally don't care because neither guy will compete any where near the top of the thick and competitive Welterweight division. I suppose I would go with Tony because of his technical striking and the fact Nijem looks like he just runs at people throwing punches. Truthfully, I just hope this fight ends quick so we can see some prelims.
UPSET PICK WINNER-Tony Ferguson by whatever
Ed Herman (21-9) vs. Tim Creduer (12-3) Both of these men have been gone for 21 months each so expect a rusty fight. If, If Tim can keep this standing he will have a large advantage. My fear is that Ed takes him down and dry humps him for the full 15. Losing 3 of his last 4 doesn't exactly inspire you to pick Herman but he does have better ground. Both men have smallish gas tanks so lets hope "Crazy" gets it done but "Short Fuse" will probably hump his way to a win.
WINNER-Ed Herman by Decision
Kyle Kingsbury (10-2) vs. Fabio Maldonado (18-3) The king returns wearing his toe shoes and sporting his pink fannypack meeting the underrated boxer from Team Nogueira. I actually like Fabio to take this one though he has flown far under the radar for a while now. His boxing is leaps and bounds above most in the UFC and he should be able to contend with Kyle's ground game since he trains at such a great Jiu-Jitsu based camp.
UPSET PICK WINNER-Fabio Maldonado by Rd.3 TKO
Chuck O’Neil (8-3) vs. Chris Cope (4-1) Chuck was the decent fighter who came on late but lacked the skill to make the finals. Cope is an annoying ass. I'll go Irish for the sake of Irish here.
WINNER-Chuck O'Neil by Decision
Prelims (Non-Televised):
Jeremy Stephens (19-6) vs. Danny Downes (8-1) "Danny Boy" is a not yet ready for prime time player who is being thrown to the "Heathen." Jeremy simply throws to kill you and is a solid wrestler who reminds me of Rick Story. Nuff said.
Prelims (Non-Televised):
Jeremy Stephens (19-6) vs. Danny Downes (8-1) "Danny Boy" is a not yet ready for prime time player who is being thrown to the "Heathen." Jeremy simply throws to kill you and is a solid wrestler who reminds me of Rick Story. Nuff said.
WINNER-Jeremy Stephens by Rd.2 TKO
Josh Grispi (14-2) vs. George Roop (11-7-1) "The Fluke" had all the makings for a title run (and still does) before being inexplicably upset by Dustin Poirier in his UFC debut. Brush that aside because Josh gets back on track against the tall kid fighting above his pay grade.
WINNER-Josh Grispi by Rd.2 Submission
Shamar Bailey (11-3) vs. Ryan McGillivray (11-4-1) Shamar is going to hit takedown after takedown here en route to a boring judges nod. Shamone!
WINNER-Shamar Bailey by Decision
Clay Harvison (6-1) vs. Justin Edwards (6-0) I'm really getting bored picking these bouts with fighters that won't be any where near Zuffa by 2012.
WINNER-Clay Harvison by Decision
Scott Jorgensen (11-4) vs. Ken Stone (9-2) Zuffa stuck the "Vitiligo Warrior" waay to far down the roster on this one. Ken got the wrong kind of press getting slammed to hell in his UFC debut while Scotty just lost a title fight and has been solid for years. I really like Jorgensen and fully expect him to find another title shot at some point in his future. The only question is whether or not he gets the finish.
WINNER-Scott Jorgensen by Decision
Reuben Duran (7-3-1) vs. Francisco Rivera (5-1) Yet another bout that should be higher on the pecking order, we have two upstarts looking to make a spot in the Featherweight division. Duran is a far superior grappler but Rivera has the edge on the feet though not enough of an advantage to steal the fight.
WINNER-Reuben Duran by Decision
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