Thursday, May 7, 2009

Fantasy TUF 9: Episode 6

MMA. Where spitting up your teeth happens.

Martin Stapleton vs. Cameron Dollar will be the first fight of the night. Dollar does not look happy about the match-up, and says that he got himself into this situation, and he is going to get himself back out. That isn't exactly the same confident trash he's been spewing thus far.
Cameron starts with sloppy stand-up, including a kick that nearly gets him taken down. Seconds later, Martin does drive a double leg, pushing Cameron into the cage, and eventually taking him down. Cameron gets Stapleton's back and tries for a rear naked choke. When that doesn't work, he stays on Stapleton's back and throws punches until he gets another shot at a rear naked choke. This time, it works. Dollar is the winner, mostly because he listened to his coaches. After the win, Henderson said that the look on Bisping's face was as shocked as he expected it to be.

We head directly into the next fight announcement, with Team USA in control. Hendo says that it will be Frank Lester vs. James Wilks . Lester really doesn't like Wilks. Damarques Johnson doesn't help in settling down Lester, as he offers $100 for every tooth that Lester knocks out of Wilks' mouth.
About a minute and a half into the fight, Lester knocks Wilks down, but then nearly gets caught in an ankle lock, and then ends up on his back with Wilks having side control. They finally end back up on their feet, where Wilks connects on some wicked knees. They clinch, and both land knees.
Between rounds, when Steve Mazzagatti calls the fighters back to the center of the cage, Lester doesn't come right back. Bisping goes crazy, yelling, "If he can't fight, he can't fight!"
It turns out that Lester's tooth has been knocked out and is stuck in his mouthguard. Mazzagatti gives Lester's corner time to work on the mouth guard, and both Bisping and Wilks are pissed. Finally, the tooth is extracted, and Mazzagatti says to put the tooth on ice. Is he a dentist on the side? Does he plan on reattaching a tooth?
Lester fights much more tentatively as the second round starts. Wilks lands a few kicks, some knees while in the clinch, and a few punches. Lester's nose is bleeding badly, and Wilks has full control of Lester. Wilks gets side control and executes a perfect armbar, which makes Lester submit verbally.
Later, we find out that it's all of Lester's four front teeth that were knocked out. They were fake teeth, but nonetheless, wow. One knee knocked out all four teeth. As the episode ends, Lester spits into the garbage and says, "Oh, there's a tooth!"

-(Team Tommy's) Cameron Dollar def. (Team CJ's) Martin Stapleton via submission (rear naked choke) in Round 1 for 10pts.
--Team Alli & Mike, Team Dan, Team Maria, Team Roy, and Team Steve each receive 1pt for having Dan Henderson as their coach.

-(Team Jon's) James Wilks def. (Team Roxanne's) Frank Lester via submission (arm bar) in Round 2 for 9pts.
--Team CJ, Team Jen, Team Jon, Team Roxanne, and Team Tommy each receive 1pt for having Michael Bisping as their coach.


-Episode Recap

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