Fantasy TUF 8: The Finale

Here are the results of The Ultimate Fighter 8: Live Finale.

-(Team Steve's) Efrain Escudero def. (Team CJ's) Phillipe Nover via unanimous decision.
-(Team Jen's) Ryan Bader def. (Team Roxanne's) Vinny Magalhaes via TKO (strikes) in Round 1.
-(Team Maria) Junie Browning def. (Team Jon's) Dave Kaplan via submission (armbar) in Round 2.
-(Team Roxanne's) Krzysztof Soszynski def. (Team CJ's) Shane Primm via submission (kimura) in Round 2.
-(Team Brandon's) Eliot Marshall def. (Team Maria's) Jules Bruchez via submission (rear-naked choke) in Round 1.
-(Team Brandon's) Tom Lawlor def. (team Jen's) Kyle Kingsbury via unanimous decision.
-(Team Jon's) Shane Nelson def. (Undrafted) George Roop via split decision.
-(Undrafted) Roli Delgado def. (Team Steve's) John Polakowski via submission (guillotine choke) in Round 2.

Here are the final Fantasy TUF 8 scores:

Roxanne:50
Jen:48
Steve:43
Brandon:38
CJ:31
Maria:27
Undrafted:27
Jon:18

Grats to Roxanne for winning this season of Fantasy TUF! Enjoy the $140 and the very prestigious Wookie Cup.

TUF9 will premiere Wednesday April 1st, 2009. This season's format will feature USA fighters vs UK fighters. The US coach will be the winner of Rich Franklin vs Dan Henderson fight at UFC 93. The UK coach will be TUF3 winner Michael Bisping. Let me know if you are interested in fantasy TUF9.
Jon

Fantasy TUF 8: The Live Finale Card

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has released its full fight card for the Dec. 13 live finale of "The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir," and a total of 16 cast members have been slotted for the event. The event takes place at The Palms Las Vegas, and the main card airs live on Spike TV at 9pm EST.The finals for the show's lightweight and light-heavyweight tournaments were determined during Wednesday's back-to-back new episodes of the reality show. The two lightweight finalists are Phillipe Nover and Efrain Escudero. The light-heavyweight finalists include Vinny Magalhaes and Ryan Bader. Previously announced non-"TUF" bouts of Jason MacDonald vs. Wilson Gouveia and Kevin Burns vs. Anthony Johnson are also set for the main card. The final televised bout, perhaps non-surprisingly, goes to controversial cast member and semifinalist Junie Browning, who's been pitted against Dave Kaplan, in the live finale.

The full card includes:
Efrain Escudero vs. Phillipe Nover ("TUF8" lightweight finals)
Ryan Bader vs. Vinicius Magalhaes ("TUF8" light heavyweights finals)
Wilson Gouveia vs. Jason MacDonald
Kevin Burns vs. Anthony Johnson
Junie Browning vs. Dave Kaplan
Shane Primm vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Jules Bruchez vs. Eliot Marshall
Kyle Kingsbury vs. Tom Lawlor
Shane Nelson vs. George Roop
John Polakowski vs. Rolando Delgado

I have attached a spreadsheet that shows who has each fighter in the match up. Remember all fighters and coaches still earn points for the Finale (even the unaired fights), the the two tournament finals earn double points for the fighters and coaches.

Next week I will send out the fight odds for picks, and we will use those picks as a tie-breaker in case there is a tie.

I hope to see you next week, and good luck to everyone.
Jon

Fantasy TUF 8: Episodes 11 and 12

Last nights episodes saw the Semi-Finals play out. Here are the episode recaps:

http://mmajunkie.com/news/13390/episode-no-11-recap-the-ultimate-fighter-team-nogueira-vs-team-mir.mma

http://mmajunkie.com/news/13392/episode-no-12-recap-the-ultimate-fighter-team-nogueira-vs-team-mir.mma

Here are the updated scores:

Roxanne:36
CJ:26
Steve:24
Jen:23
Brandon:16
Maria:13
Undrafted:13
Jon:6

I'll send out the Finale Fight Card later.
Jon