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The Ultimate Fighter 7: Team Rampage vs. Team Griffin Finale
Saturday, June 21, 2008
The Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas, NV

FIGHT CARD:

Middleweight Finals: Finalist #1 vs. Finalist #2
Evan Tanner vs. Kendall Grove
Diego Sanchez vs. Luigi Fioravanti
Spencer Fisher vs. Jeremy Stephens
Josh Burkman vs. Dustin Hazelett
Marvin Eastman vs. Drew McFedries
Dean Lister vs. Jeremy Horn

looking forward to seeing Grove and Lister v. Horn is two great ground guys but Eastman... is he still fighing and Tanner- when was the last time he won?

Tanner fought and beat Justin levens in his last win.

also you notice there arn't any main car dbouts with tcast of the show other then the final?

can't say I've been to impressed with anyone so far. some of them are competitive fights but just because both fighters have suspect skills...
if they are not good enough for the finale you probably won't see them in the UFC anytime soon!

agreed UFC is cutting s hit load of people, so you have ot have what it takes, but I do like this season so far, guys are bringing it in there, and trying.

Of course they aren't announcing any of the TUF guys that will be on the card. The dude that just lost, Chipper confirmed he is on the card. My guess is he is fighting that cat that was going back and forth with him on the last show, Rivera.

yeah but usually there are only 1 or 2 non TUF fights on a card.

Glad to hear that "chipper" is getting another shot- seemed like a young hard working kid with some potential. Definately not there yet but with potential, agian the a good fight most time depends on the match up!

yeah me too....I was reading Forrest's blog about that episode and he was real impressed as well. Part of the strategy was to get him early because they figured that since he came from a no name gym he might be a beast once he trained with some quality guys.

Yeah I liked seeing skilled dues who are hungry on teh show. People bicth sometimes about fighters having a 1-0 record and being on the show, but if they show potential, then more power to them.

I really think Camozzi could have done well on the show, at least as one of the 32 and then let him earn his way on. From the 16 prelims I think he could have made it in the house.

yeah, who knows, maybe it was a good thing he did not get on, with all the cuts going on in the UFc. It sounds liek they are not signing a lot of guys fromTUF anymore, unless they really really (yeah two reallys) stand out.

also in the first fights it seems like they tried to match up records so the 0-0 or 1-0 guys fought guys with similar experience and guys with better records fought better guys. A fighter like Camozzi could have had a tough fight just to get in while some of the other guys got easier fights just because they lacked experience- not sure the thinking there, guess they were trying to make those first fights more exciting with better match-ups?

I think its to see what newer guys belong, and who has legitamate skills.

You see if they find a diamond in the rough, like smiley boy, you can slowely build him up, an done day he could be a star, if built up right.

Also remember that a 1-0 record is their pro record. they make 20+ am. fights

yup yup

even a good pro record might not mean much, it all depends on where and who you have fought.

tahts why I think they have teh pre fights, if they woudl of done taht in season 3 , kalib would of never of been on the show.

from www.mmajunkie.com

Hard-hitting Alessio Sakara (12-7 MMA, 3-4) will look to push his UFC record to .500 when he meets fellow middleweight Rob Yundt (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale.

A member of Sakara's camp confirmed the rumored bout with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) over the weekend.

The event, which will also crown a champion from "The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest," takes place June 21 at The Palms Las Vegas and airs live on Spike TV. Evan Tanner meets Kendall Grove in the night's main event.

Sakara, who will fight for the ninth time in the UFC, debuted with the organization at UFC 55. The fight was ruled a no-contest after Ron Faircloth tagged Sakara with an inadvertent kick to the family jewels. Since then, it's been an up-and-down ride in the UFC as Sakara has posted victories over Elvis Sinosic, Victor Valimaki and James Lee -- with losses to Dean Lister, Drew McFedries, Houston Alexander and, most recently, Chris Leben at UFC 82.

Despite the mixed results, Sakara usually provides entertaining performances. All but one of his fights -- a unanimous-decision win over Sinosic -- concluded in the first round.

Yundt, meanwhile, hopes to shake off the effects of his first career loss. After a successful career with the Alaska Fighting Championship, Yundt replaced an ill Alan Belcher at UFC 81 and suffered a first-round submission loss to Ricardo Almeida.

For the latest fight card from The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale, check out the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.

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