Ultimate Fighter Season 14 Discussion, Rumors & Results

[Keithlewis]

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller cast, whose hometowns range from Gothenburg, Sweden to Winnipeg, Manitoba to Glasgow, Scotland to Yonkers, N.Y. include the following:


BANTAMWEIGHTS

JOHN ALBERT
Fighting out of: Puyallup, Wash. / Victory Athletics
Record: 6-1-0
Age: 24

JOHNNY BEDFORD
Fighting out of: Watuga, Texas/ F3 Alliance
Record: 17-9-1
Age: 28

CARSON BEEBE
Fighting out of: Western Springs, Ill. / Gilbert Grappling
Record: 6-1-0
Age: 22

ROLAND DELORME
Fighting out of: Winnipeg, Manitoba / Winnipeg Academy of MMA
Record: 6-1-0
Age: 27

TJ DILLASHAW
Fighting out of: Sacramento, Calif. / Team Alpha Male
Record: 4-0-0
Age: 25

JOHN DODSON
Fighting out of: Albuquerque, N.M. / Jackson’s Mixed Martial Arts
Record: 11-5-0
Age: 26

CASEY DYER
Fighting out of: New Castle, Ind. / No Affiliation
Record: 6-1-0
Age: 21

BJ FERGUSON
Fighting out of: Louisville, Ky. / All-American MMA
Record: 6-2-0
Age: 29

JOSH FERGUSON
Fighting out of: Louisville, Ky. / All-American MMA
Record: 7-3-0
Age: 22

LOUIS GAUDINOT
Fighting out of: Yonkers, N.Y. / Team Tiger Schulmann
Record: 5-1-0
Age: 26

MATT JAGGERS
Fighting out of: Connersville, Ind. / Team Wolfpack
Record: 20-7-0
Age: 25

TATEKI MATSUDA
Fighting out of: Boston, Mass. / Team Sityodtong
Record: 6-2-0
Age: 25

PAUL MCVEIGH
Fighting out of: Glasgow, Scotland / Dinky Ninjas
Record: 18-6-0
Age: 29

BRANDON MERKT
Fighting out of: New Richmond, Wisc. / The Academy
Record: 11-0-0
Age: 27

DUSTIN PAGUE
Fighting out of: Centreville, Va. / MASE MMA
Record: 9-4-0
Age: 23

ORVILLE SMITH
Fighting out of: Indianapolis, Ind. / Integrated Fighting
Record: 11-3-0
Age: 30



FEATHERWEIGHTS

STEPHEN BASS
Fighting out of: Savannah, Ga. / Lloyd Irvin MMA
Record: 10-0-0
Age: 28

DENNIS BERMUDEZ
Fighting out of: Massapequa, N.Y./ Long Island MMA
Record: 7-2-0
Age: 24

DIEGO BRANDAO
Fighting out of: Albuquerque, N.M. / Jackson’s Mixed Martial Arts
Record: 13-7-0
Age: 23

MARCUS BRIMAGE
Fighting out of: Coconut Creek, Fla. / American Top Team
Record: 3-1-0
Age: 31

BRYAN CARAWAY
Fighting out of: Sacramento, Calif. / Team Alpha Male
Record: 15-5-0
Age: 26

JOSH CLOPTON
Fighting out of: San Francisco, Calif. / Skrap Pack
Record: 4-0-1
Age: 29

AKIRA CORASSANI
Fighting out of: Gothenburg, Sweden / Team Kaobon
Record: 9-3-0
Age: 28

KARSTEN LENJOINT
Fighting out of: Nottingham, United Kingdom / Wolfslair Academy
Record: 7-1-0
Age: 30

ERIC MARRIOTT
Fighting out of: Independence, Mo. / Grindhouse MMA
Record: 20-5-0
Age: 25

MICAH MILLER
Fighting out of: Coconut Creek, Fla. / American Top Team
Record: 17-4-0
Age: 24

DUSTIN NEACE
Fighting out of: Granite City, Ill. / Hit Squad
Record: 22-17-1
Age: 24

JESSE NEWELL
Fighting out of: Ventura, Calif. / Knuckleheadz BoxingRecord: 6-1-0
Age: 24

BRIAN PEARMAN
Fighting out of: Springfield, Mo. / Springfield Fight Club
Record: 7-1-0
Age: 26

JIMMIE RIVERA
Fighting out of: Elmwood Park, N.J. / Team Tiger Schulmann
Record: 8-1-0
Age: 21

STEVEN SILER
Fighting out of: Ogden, Utah / Riven Academy
Record: 18-9-0
Age: 24

BRYSON WAILEHUA-HANSEN
Fighting out of: Honolulu, Hawaii / MMA Development
Record: 5-1-0
Age: 24

[NWOWolfpack]

Micah Miller has to be the favorite at featherweight............

[Keithlewis]

http://www.ufc.com/news/Heating-Up-Bisp ... m-Talk-TUF

When middleweight contenders Michael Bisping and Jason “Mayhem” Miller were announced as coaches for the 14th season of The Ultimate Fighter reality series, you had a feeling that the two polarizing personalities weren’t going to exactly become kindred spirits by the end of six weeks of taping in Las Vegas.

Well, judging by the first shots the two fired at each other Wednesday during a media conference call to discuss the upcoming season, which premieres on Spike TV with a two-hour show on Wednesday, September 21st (10pm ET / 7pm PT), neither is about to disappoint when it comes to verbal fireworks.

“I’ll say this about Michael,” began Miller. “He is a complex character, an individual that you could write many tomes of knowledge on, and as the season wore on, yes, I hated his guts. And then I didn’t mind him so much, and now I’m back to hating his guts.”

“If you’re saying I’m a complex character, you have about 15 different personalities,” countered Bisping. “Jason is one of those guys, you either love him or you hate him. I definitely hate him; I think most people around him find him very, very annoying. I know the people on The Ultimate Fighter did, and I was no different. At the start of the show I hated him, during the show I hated him, and at the end of the show I hated him. December 3rd I’m gonna kick his ass, so it’s all good.”

Bisping would soften his tone on his antagonist later in the call, but it’s clear that once the series airs, it’s going to have plenty of back and forth between the two, and that’s just what the doctor ordered for a must see season.

Then again, with 16 bantamweights and 16 featherweights fighting first for 16 overall spots in the Las Vegas house and then going on to compete for a UFC contract in each division, there should be more than enough action to keep fans tuning in weekly.

“The fighters were very dedicated, they trained very, very hard, they listened to everything we had to say, they wanted to improve and they weren’t there for airtime,” said Bisping. “They were all real fighters, and when you see the fights this season, you’ll know what I mean. The fights were absolutely incredible.”

“Ultimately, that’s what The Ultimate Fighter is about,” he continued. “It’s not about me or Jason. It’s not about the coaches, it’s about the contestants on the show and trying to give these guys a break into the big time.”

“(UFC President) Dana White, the man who’s watched more fights than anyone that I can think of, has exclusively put a stamp up that these are the best fights to get into the house, ever,” added Miller. “Once he said that, I said ‘that’s my tagline right there.’ If he said these are the best fights to get in, then these are the best fights. But aside from the excellent fights and the very talented group of guys that came into the show, me and Mike’s personality clash put a damn good show on. There’s no way around it.”

And as a bonus, the two will fight in the main event of the season finale card on December 3rd, with Bisping risking his three fight winning streak against Miller, who is returning to the Octagon for the first time since a UFC 52 loss to Georges St-Pierre back in April of 2005. Since then, the 30-year old “Mayhem” has been in with the likes of Jake Shields, Tim Kennedy, Robbie Lawler, Frank Trigg, and “Jacare” Souza, going 12-3 with 1 NC in the process. In his most recent bout, in September of 2010, Miller submitted Japanese great Kazushi Sakuraba in the first round, and if newer fight fans haven’t seen him compete yet, they certainly saw him as the host of MTV’s “Bully Beatdown” series.

As for Manchester’s Bisping, the winner of The Ultimate Fighter’s third season, his last three wins have come against Dan Miller, Yoshihiro Akiyama, and Jorge Rivera, and while he doesn’t believe a win over Miller in December will earn him a shot at UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, returning to coach on TUF for the first time since leading the UK to victory on season nine was an offer too good to refuse.

There was never any hesitation in accepting the role of coach,” said Bisping. “In my opinion, to be offered it is very prestigious and I thank for the UFC for the opportunity. The reality is that there is a downside that it means almost 10 months out of the game, and I like to stay active; it means taking a fight against Jason Miller, which, with respect, probably doesn’t get me a title shot by beating him. So those are the downsides, but obviously it’s a great opportunity and it shows the UFC holds me in high regard to offer me something like that, so I never wondered for a second whether or not I’d take the job.”

And while the UFC jobs of Bisping and Miller are secure, it’s the journey of the 32 hopefuls to get to that place that Spike hopes will have everyone tuning in beginning next week. Miller doesn’t believe getting viewers will be an issue once September 21st rolls around.

“It wasn’t the normal TUF crowd where it was a bunch of guys that were 2-0 coming in,” he said. “Some of these guys had 30 fights. These were developed, excellent athletes and great fighters already that me and Mike had the pleasure of gameplanning with and giving our view on how they should fight. That made this season of The Ultimate Fighter complete because these guys already were great fighters, and now it was all about the competition. We didn’t have one lackluster fight the entire season, and that’s including all the fights to get into the house. Those alone were worth the price of a DVD box set.”

[Keithlewis]

[Keithlewis]

[Keithlewis]

The Ultimate Fighter Season 14: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller - Episode 1 Recap:


- This season's elimination-round fights take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and not the UFC Training Center. Dana White tells the fighters they have earn the right to get into the UFC facilities.

- Dana White announces bonuses for this season for best fight, best knockout and best submission. The fans will vote and the winner's will receive $25,000.00


Bantamweight Fights:

Josh Ferguson def. Casey Dyer
John Dodson def. Brandon Merkt
Roland Delorme def. B.J. Ferguson
Johnny Bedford def. Carson Beebe
Dustin Pague def. Tateki Matsuda
Louis Gaudinot def. Paul McVeigh
T.J. Dillashaw def. Matt Jaggers
John Albert def. Orville Smith


Welterweights:

Akira Corassani def. Brian Pearman
Stephen Bass def. Karsten Lenjoint
Steven Siler def. Micah Miller (Dana White crossed Siler off his list before the fight even happened)
Dustin Neace def. Josh Clopton
Bryan Caraway def. Eric Marriott
Marcus Brimage def. Bryson Wailehua-Hansen
Dennis Bermudez def. Jimmie Rivera
Diego Brandao def. Jesse Newell (Devastating KO by Brandao and it looked just like when Hendo KO'ed Bisping)



- The tournament's opening 16 fights resulted in eight knockouts and five submissions.

- Teams will be picked next week.

[Keithlewis]

[Keithlewis]

The Ultimate Fighter Season 14: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller - Episode 2 Recap:


- The fighters moved into the TUF house and then it was time for the coaches to pick teams.


TEAM BISPING (1st Pick):

LOUIS GAUDINOT - 1st overall pick (BW)
TJ DILLASHAW (BW)
JOHN ALBERT (BW)
JOSH FERGUSON (BW)

DIEGO BRANDAO - 1st overall pick (FW)
AKIRA CORASSANI (FW)
MARCUS BRIMAGE (FW)
STEPHEN BASS (FW)



TEAM MILLER (1st Fight Pick):

JOHN DODSON - 2nd overall pick (BW)
JOHNNY BEDFORD (BW)
DUSTIN PAGUE (BW)
ROLAND DELORME (BW)

DENNIS BERMUDEZ - 2nd overall pick (FW)
BRYAN CARAWAY (FW)
DUSTIN NEACE (FW)
STEVEN SILER (FW)



- Miller gets his team compression suits for after practice use.

- Miller says Bryan Caraway is a "Head Case" and Caraway admits to seeing a sports psychiatrist.

- Team Miller fills Team Bisping's locker-room with all of the training tires and Bisping kicks the door off.

- At the weigh-ins for the first fight, Corassani and other Team Bisping memebers begin chanting about the "Darkness" Brimage winning his fight against a "Piece of shit" Caraway.



Fight #1 (FW): Bryan Caraway (Miller) def. Marcus Brimage (Bisping) via Submission (RNC) Round 2.


TEAM MILLER - 1

TEAM BISPING - 0