TUF FINALE FLYWEIGHTS: Diego Brandao vs Dennis Bermudez

What can we expect from the Flyweight Finale?


On the horn:
Johnny Waugh
LEAD SR WRITER

       Many viewers have been unable to see all the TUF season 14 episodes and may be a little out of the loop as to what to expect from the TUF flyweight finale fight tonight, Dec. 3, on Spike TV between Diego Brandao (13-7) and Dennis Bermudez (7-2).

       Brandao defeated Jesse Newell by devastating knockout to get into the house and was picked number one out of the flyweights by Team Bisping before knocking Steven Siler out in their preliminary bout just 30 seconds into the first round.

       Brandao followed him to the ground to finish after dropping him with a flying knee.

       Brandao fought Bryan Caraway (15-5) in their semi finale bout in the last episode. Brandao said before that fight "I need to smash Bryan the way I smash Siler." Well he did.


       Brandao finished Caraway late in the first round. "Caraway showed a ton of heart." White said.


"Three minutes into the first round, Diego finally finds a home for one of those hammers," Jason Miller said.  


"And, well, uh, Caraway didn't really recover."


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ON THE DOTTED LINE: UFC on FOX 2 / FUEL TV 1 / and FX 2 announced

BIG TELEVISION EVENTS NOW HAVE MAIN EVENTS


On the horn:
Johnny Waugh
LEAD SR WRITER

Sanchez (right) during his fight with Martin Kampmann (left) at UFC Live.

       This past few days have brought the MMA world some big match ups on the horizon as well as some fights that have futures in the UFC written all over them.

       In this weeks edition of ON THE DOTTED LINE we will quickly examine some of the big name bouts we can look forward to in UFC events to come.
Diego Sanchez vs Jake Ellenberger

       UFC will be hosting its first event on FUEL TV on Feb. 15, 2012 in Omaha, Nebraska at the CenturyLink Center.

       Diego Sanchez (23-4) most recently won a decision victory over welterweight stand out Martin Kampmann at UFC LIVE: Kampmann vs Sanchez in March.

       The decision was controversial because Sanchez clearly took more physical damage than Kampmann and many fans booed the decision.

       Ellenberger (26-5) just knocked out what many believed to be a top ten pound for pound fighter considering that Jake Shields hadn't lost since 2006 until Ellenberger put him to sleep in just 51 seconds this past September.

       Ellenberger has five wins a row with 4 of those 5 coming by way of TKO and Sanchez has received Fight of the Night honors in 4 of his last 6 fights so this match up will no doubt leave an impression on the evening.

Rashad Evans vs Phil Davis

       UFC on FOX 2, Jan. 28, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois, will be headlined by the two men that were set to face off at UFC 133 before Davis got injured and withdrew from the fight.

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Chris Leben Suspended Again, Failed Drug Test, UFC 138

England is bad luck for former TUF contestant


On the horn:
MattZilla
SR WRITER

       So far, the Leben's record is two-for-two for fights in England followed by drug suspensions. Embarrassingly enough, both fights ended in his defeat.



The most recent 1-year suspension, following his fight against Mark Munoz at UFC 138, was prompted when Leben tested positive for two prohibited pain killers, oxycodone and oxymorphone.

      His last suspension in 2008 came after his fight against Michael Bisping at UFC 89 when he tested positive for Stanozolol.

       Why has he always and only been caught in the UK?


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UFC on FX1: Guillard vs Miller will bring the roof down

Tickets on sale this coming week


On the horn:
Johnny Waugh
LEAD SR WRITER

Jim Miller

       The first UFC event to take place on FX is stacking up to be one of the most exciting televised events in some time for ZUFFA.

       On January 20, 2012 The Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee will be the venue for a match up of two highly touted light weight fighters coming off a big upset defeat.

       Melvin Guillard (29-9-2) has been in the UFC since the second season of The Ultimate Fighter series back in 2005.

       He had a buzz surrounding him and his five fight win streak, with a win over notable lightweight Evan Dunham, coming into Guillard's match up with a highly underrated Joe Lauzon at UFC 136 .

       Guillard lost by rear-naked choke just 47 seconds into the first round and is looking to redeem himself with a win over Jim Miller.

       Miller (20-3) was riding a seven fight win streak and was offered the opportunity to fight Frankie Edgar for the title if he could get through lightweight stand out Benson Henderson at UFC Live: Hardy vs Lytle.

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Dan Miller helped us, Let's help him

AMA holds fundraiser for Miller's son.


On the horn:
Johnny Waugh
LEAD SR WRITER

       UFC veteran Dan Miller has put on some very exciting fights during his time in the octagon.

       Miller has been a UFC lifesaver by being a last minute replacement for injured fighters and pulled out some spectacular submission victories.

       But this time Miller is stepping in to make the card complete, he is asking for the MMA community to help make his life more complete.

       AMA Fight Club is holding an MMA seminar on Dec. 3 at the price of a $100 or $175 dollar donation, depending on your activities, with all proceeds going toward Dan Miller Jr.'s surgery.

       Dan Miller Jr. is in need of a kidney transplant.

       He suffers from a kidney disorder known as PKD, polycystic kidney disease, which is  inherited genetically.

       Miller Jr. has recently had his kidneys removed to allow Miller's aunt to donate one of her kidneys.

       The problem is that the procedure is not covered by medical insurance and the bills will run into the $100,000 dollar range.

       "Because she's electing to give her kidney, they don't cover anything," Head AMA trainer Mike Constantino said. "So we have to pay for the actual surgery, the hospital stay, time out of work, medicine, everything."

       So Miller and his fight team are offering seminars that run throughout the day from 9:45 A.M to 3 P.M. at AMA fight club locations and include two separate seminars.

       For $100 you can attend either the No-Gi MMA / Brazilian Jui Jitsu / Wrestling training seminar or later in the day attend the Muay Thai kickboxing seminar, both of which are 2 hours.

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