Two MMA up-and-comers will earn six-figure UFC contracts tonight in the finale of Season 8 of The Ultimate Fighter. We'll be providing live results and letting you know who won all the fights.In the lightweight finals, Efrain Escudero will fight Phillipe Nover, and in the light heavyweight finals, Vinny Magalhaes will fight Ryan Bader. Several other fighters from this season of The Ultimate Fighter are on the undercard, including, somewhat controversially, Junie Browning, who will take on Dave Kaplan.
The event takes place at The Palms in Las Vegas, with the early results starting to roll in a little after 6 p.m. Eastern and the televised portion of the card beginning on Spike at 9 p.m. Eastern.
UPDATE: Bader, Escudero Are Stars; Browning Stole the Show
Full results are below.
Efrain Escudero beat Phillipe Nover by unanimous decision
Ryan Bader beat Vinicius Magalhaes by first-round TKO (strikes)
Junie Browning beat David Kaplan by second-round submission (arm bar)
Rolando Delgado beat John Polakowski by second-round submission (guillotine)
Shane Nelson beat George Roop by split decision
Tom Lawlor beat Kyle Kingsbury by unanimous decision
Eliot Marshall beat Jules Bruchez by first-round submission (rear-naked choke)
Krzysztof Soszynski beat Shane Primm by second-round submission (kimura)
Wilson Gouveia beat Jason MacDonald by first-round TKO (elbows)
Anthony Johnson beat Kevin Burns by third-round KO (kick).
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-13-2008 @ 6:33PM
Frederick said...
From wikipedia
The winners of the first three seasons of The Ultimate Fighter competition, and certain runners-up depending on their performance in their competition finals, receive the touted "six-figure" contract to fight in the UFC. These contracts are specifically three-year contracts with a guaranteed first year. Each year consists of three fights, the first year's purse per fight consist of $12,000 guaranteed with a $12,000 win bonuses (a maximum of $24,000 per fight), the second year's purse per fight is $16,000 with a $16,000 win bonus (a maximum of $32,000 per fight) and the third year's purse per fight is at $22,000 with a $22,000 win bonus (a maximum of $44,000 per fight).
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12-13-2008 @ 7:28PM
Michael Espinosa said...
That Junie is a joke I would kick his tail that boy has some mental issues big time. Never seen a fighter loose his confidence so fast show's you that he is no is good at running his mouth but as a fighter not happening. Such a PUNK!
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12-14-2008 @ 4:05AM
Gym Bear said...
Junie is too weak mentally to advance in the UFC. The guy has issues and as Tyson and others have shown us-guys with issues eventually crack under the stress. Junie will be forgotten soon. Hope the kid gets his head together for his own sake. He's a mess. But doesn't look like that's happening soon. Bader has the heart and mind of a true fighter. I expect to see great things from him in the next few years.
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12-14-2008 @ 9:15AM
Macdaddy said...
Junie is a punk and people will always injoy watching a punk get his ass handed to him thats why Dana kept him everyone likes to see a train wreck !
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12-14-2008 @ 9:42AM
Omar said...
You guys are idiots and Haters. Instead of admitting that u wre wrong because he went out and stomped the dude this is all u can come up with? He WON there goes ur he sucks hes a meanie! Shut up and see what happends everything ive heard and every sign says hes gotten hes head in the game
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12-14-2008 @ 7:39PM
Cage Fighter said...
Kip Dynamite could waste all of those chumps!!!!! They would never be able to stop his deadly leg sweep.
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