The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale – December 5th, 2009
Report by MMAWeekly.com
QUICK RESULTS:
Main Bouts:
-Roy Nelson def. Brendan Schaub by KO at 3:45, R1
-Matt Hamill def. Jon Jones by disqualification (illegal elbows)
-Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson def. Houston Alexander by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
-Frankie Edgar def. Matt Veach by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:22, R2
-Matt Mitrione def. Marcus Jones by KO at :10, R2
Preliminary Bouts:
-James McSweeney def Darrill Schoonover by TKO at 3:20, R3
-Jon Madsen def Justin Wren vis Split Decision (30-27,28-29,29-28)
-Brian Stann def Rodney Wallace via Unanimous Decision (30–27,29-28,29-28)
-John Howard def Dennis Hallman by TKO at 4:55, R3
-Mark Bocek def Joe Brammer by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:36, R1
FULL COVERAGE:
-Roy Nelson vs. Brendan Schaub
R1 – Schaub working to establish his jab early and Nleson goes for a takedown. Schaub lands a combination and is flurrying on Nelson against the cage. Nelson clinches and secures the takedown. Nelson works for an Americana but gives it up. Schaub gets back to his feet where he lands a right hand. Schaub with another right hand and Nelson fires back. Nelson with a right hand but eats one of his own. Nelson clinches following a right hand but Schaub separates. Nelson knocks Schaub out cold. He dropped him with a right hand and finished with one more while Schaub was on his back.
-Roy Nelson def. Brendan Schaub by KO at 3:45, R1
-Jon Jones vs. Matt Hamill
R1 – Feeling each othe rout a bit. Hamill switching stances. Hamill with a jab. Jones wiht a leg kick. Jones lands a right hand followed by a kick to the body. Hamill misses with a spinning back fist. Hamill goes for a single leg takedown but Jones’ defense has none of it. Jones with a leg kick, misses with one to the head but lands one to the body. Jones gets a takedown, a throw and mounts Hamill where he lands hug elbows and punches. Jones trying to finish. Hamill is cut over his right eye. Jones looking at the referee to stop the fight. Jones landing short elbows. The referee stands them up for an illegal elbow that was delivered straight up and down. The fight is stopped because Hamill was unable to continue. Jon Jones loses due to disqualification from the illegal elbow.
-Matt Hamill def. Jon Jones by disqualification (illegal elbows)
-Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson vs. Houston Alexander
R1 – No touching gloves. Kimbo takes the center of the Octagon as Alexander circles on the outside. Over a minute and no punches thrown yet. Alexander throwing leg kic kicks and circling. Two more inside leg kicks by Alexander. They exchange and Alexander clinches and delivers two knees. Kimbo fires but misses. Kimbo with a hook. Alexander clinches and throws a knee. With a minute left in the round, Alexander with two more leg kicks. Kimbo pressing. The round ends with Alexander circling and Kimbo stalking. MMAWeekly.com scores the round 10-9 for Alexander.
R2 – More circling by Alexander, circling to his right. Kimbo loads up on a right hand that misses. Kimbo lands a good jab. Kimbo gets a takedown and mounts but Alexander back to his feet. Alexander slips and Kimbo rushes in and lands shots. Alexander recovers but is slammed by Kimbo. Alexander goes for a single leg. Alexander pulls Kimbo down but Kimbo lands in mount. Alexander gives up his back. Kimbo goes for a rear naked choke. He gives it up and mounts Alexander again. Alexander escapes out the backdoor. Alexander looks gassed. The round ends with the fighters tied up and going to the ground. MMAWeekly.com scores the round 10-9 for Kimbo.
R3 – Slow start to round three. Alexander comes in swinging. Both guys land. Jab by Kimbo. Alexander looks extremely tired. Kimbo motions for him to come on. Kimbo with a right hand and Alexander responds with a combination. Kimbo misses with two punches. Alexander knocks him down with a leg kick. Kimbo gets Alexander down. Two minutes remain and Kimbo in Alexander’s half guard. Referee stands them up with 70 seconds left. Alexander with a leg kick. Both guys are fatigued. Alexander working kicks to Kimbo’s front leg. Alexander with a big elbow and right hand send Kimbo back peddling. The round ends. MMAWeekly.com scores the round 10-9 for Alexander.
-Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson def. Houston Alexander by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
-Frankie Edgar vs. Matt Veach
R1 – Referee Herb Dean starts the action. A touch of gloves and Edgar fires a high kick that was blocked. Veach attempts a takedown but Edgar fends it off. Veach goes for a single leg takedown but again Edgar fends it off. Veach picks him up and slams him but Edgar gets back up immediately only to be elevated and slammed to the canvas. Edgar gets ack up and gets slammed again. Veach is relentles. Edgar to his feet and they separate. Edgar with a kick to the body. Veach with a left hook. Edgar tries for a takedown but Veach is having none of it. Edgar lands a body shot. The round ends with Veach attempting a single leg takedown. MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Veach.
R2 – They stand and exchange for the first 30 seconds. Edgar thought about a takedown but Veach powers out before going for one of his own. They separate and are back to stiking. Edgar caught Veach with a right hand that had him wobbling. Edgar swoops in and lands punch after punch before taking Veach’s back and sinking in a rear naked choke. Veach is forced to tap.
-Frankie Edgar def. Matt Veach by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:22, R2
-Marcus Jones vs. Matt Mitrione
R1 – No touch of the glovesand they clinch quickly where Jones takes Mitrione to the ground. Jones unble to do anything and Mitrione worked his way back to his feet. Jones wastes no time before clinching and pressing Mitrione against the cage. Jones applies a guillotine and pulls Mitrione to the canvas. Mitrione gets out of it and stands over Jones before the referee stood it up. Mitrione with a straight right hand and Jones takes him down, but only briefly before Mitrione geot back up. Mitrione landing shots but Jones gets another takedown in the final seconds of the round. MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Jones.
R2 – Jones moves in trying to clinch but Mitrione caught him with a right hand that dropped Jones and finishes him with two more shots on the ground.
-Matt Mitrione def. Marcus Jones by KO at :10, R2
-James McSweeney vs. Darrill Schoonover
R1 – McSweeney starts with a couple of strikes as Schoonover feels out the fight. McSweeny lands a flying knee that conncets with Schoonover’s face. McSweeney gets a standing guillotine but Schoonover get out of it. McSweeney lands a few punches that get close to the back of the head and is warned by the ref. Schoonover rains down with a huge punch on McSweeney as Schoonover moves into side control but McSweeney rolls him over and moves into side control himself and then takes full mount. He gets in a few ground and pound punches and then takes Schoonover’s back. McSweeney then stands and delivers an axe kick to Schoonover’s midsection. Both fighters make their way to their feet and exchange punches to end the round.
R2 – Schoonover attempts a punch gets off balance and falls to the ground. McSweeney does not want to let Schoonover up contrary to the advice yelled from his corner to do just that. McSweeney falls on Schoonover in full mount and delivers some ground and pound to Schoonover’s cranium. McSweeney attempts to move to Schoonover’s back maintaining a dominant position as Schoonover look to be gassed unable to maintain any sort of leg lock. Schoonover squirms out and get position on McSweeney for only a few seconds as McSweeney again gets control of the situation. McSweeney takes Schoonover’s back delivering punches and a late elbow to end the round.
R3 – The final round starts with a nice leg kick by McSweeney. McSweeney takes Schoonover down hard with a leg sweep and then takes side control. The Brit delivers a barrage of body punches on Schoonover. Josh stands them up and Schoonover delivers a huge right. McSweeney with a superman punch pushing Schoonover into the cage. Both fighters getting a little sloppy. Suddenly McSweeney leaps with a perfectly executed flying knee on Schoonover followed with a leg kick and then a massive right that rocks Schoonover to the ground with the Referee ending the fight.
-James McSweeney def Darrill Schoonover by TKO at 3:20, R3
-Justin Wren vs. Jon Madsen
R1 – Both fighters exchange punches early. Madsen strikes Wren opening a cut on Wren. Wren hits Madsen with a good right rocking him slightly as he then recovers. Madsen swings for the fences in attempt to take Wren out early but cannot connect. Both fighters feeling each other out as Wren points to his chin attempting to get Madsen to engage. Wren trying to set something up as time ticks to one minute remaining in the round. A great knee by Wren, followed up by a body shot from Madsen. Both fighters exchanging punches and body shots. Both men exchanges knees to the body to end the round.
R2 – The season 10 team mates continue to feel each other out with nothing really happening early on in the round. Madsen lands a right on Wren’s temple but does not phase Wren. Again a great counter with a right from Madsen on Wren’s face with no real damage. Both fighters continue to attempt strikes with not much in the way of takedown attempts as the fighters stay on their feet. Wren still pushing the pace of the fight with Madsen countering. Justin Wren takes a huge last minute bar room brawl swing but misses to end a very uneventful round.
R3 – Wren comes out early with swings and Madsen counters. Wren swings wildly to push the pace of the fight. Wren constantly moves forward on Madsen but Madsen counters each time. Wren continues to try and make something happen. Wren glances at the clock and takes more and more swings against Madsen but failing to connect with anything of consequence. Wren lands an elbow as he senses the importance of getting the win. Wren calls out Madsen with hand motions and a takedown attempt by Wren comes with 10 seconds left landing a couple of shots in what has been for all practical purposes a three round boxing match.
-Jon Madsen def Justin Wren vis Split Decision (30-27,28-29,29-28)
-Brian Stann vs. Rodney Wallace
R1 – Stann starts off with a leg kick but Wallace catches it and takes Stann to the mat. Wallace in side control but Stann bucks out of it and they stand again. Stann gets Wallace against the cage in the clinch but Wallace escapes. Stann goes in with a couple punches but Wallace rushes in and takes Stann to the ground. Wallace gets a high single on Stann pulls the legs out from under Stann and takes him to the ground. They then break up and stand again. Stann gives a brutal leg kick. Stann attempts another leg kick but Wallace grabs it and picks up Stann thowing him backward over his own head for a massive takedown but is unable to do much as they both make their way to their feet. Stann is again taken down by Wallace as the round ends.
R2 – The second round starts with Wallace going again for the takedown which is defended by Stann. Wallace has a single leg, then completes it by taking out the other leg to take Stann down. Wallace ends up on his back as Stann searches for a submission of any kind. Wallace controlling Stann, Stann get a bit of ground and pound as he moves to side position which ends up back in full guard. Quick hammer fists by Stann. Stann gets off Wallace but is not letting him up as he crashed down with a few punches. Stann rains down a big left on Wallace. Wallace rolls to get Stann’s leg but Stann rolls and rolls to avoid the submission to end the round.
R3 – Stann starts with a big leg kick on Wallace which is again caught by Wallace. Wallace takes Stann to the ground. Wallace has Stann’s back. Both fighters get to their feet as Stann pushes up against Wallace against the cage. Wallace get’s one of Stann’s legs but loses it as Stann sprawls out of it. Stann slams Wallace with a huge leg kick as Wallace takes Stann against the cage with 90 seconds remaining in the bout. Wallace attempts take down after takedown as Stann defends them. The fight ends as both fighters exchanging takedown attemps and last minute flurry of punches to end what is sure to be a very close bout.
-Brian Stann def Rodney Wallace via Unanimous Decision (30–27,29-28,29-28)
-Dennis Hallman vs. John Howard
R1 – Early kick by Hallman but Howard shoots in takes Hallman up against the cage then down to the ground. Hallman on top of Howard working for a better position. Howard returns with elbows from the bottom. Howard attempting to get to the cage to stand, but they get stood up. Howard gives a good inside leg kick followed by a body punch, shoots in and they both go to the ground. Hallman gets on top and obtains full guard position. Hallman maintains position but is unable to capitalize on it with Howard’s defense.
R2 – They touch gloves and Hallman gets a good kick on Howard. Hallman get’s a deep guillotine on Howard as Howard shot in for a takedown. They crumble to the mat and Hallman takes side mount position on Howard, getting excellent leg kicks on Howard. Hallman takes Howard’s back get’s one hook in with his other arm under Howard’s chin. Howard doing a great job defensively as Hallman attempts to get the submission. Both fighters wrestle with Hallman dominating the round til the end.
R3 – Howard starts off quickly with a couple body bunches on Hallman. The fight quickly goes to the ground then just as quickly is back up. Howard then takes it to the ground again. Howard is on top but is not enough to do much damage to Hallman. They start to get up but quickly fall back to the ground as Howard lands punches on Hallman. Hallman now on the bottom with double underhooks. Howard then gets the full mount on Hallman. Howard rides Hallman giving several body shots as Hallman struggles to get out of the mount. Hallman reverses the mount and is now on top. They get stood up by the referee, Howard rushes in and they exchange punches, Howard brings out a huge left and knocks Hallman to the ground following in Hallman is knocked down with only 5 seconds before rounds end as the referee end the fight.
-John Howard def Dennis Hallman by TKO at 4:55, R3
-Mark Bocek vs. Joe Brammer
R1 – Brammer lands a big kick early, attempted superman punch by Bocek. Brammer takes Bocek up against the cage in the clinch but it broken up quickly. Bocek takes the first shot and goes in wrestling Brammer to the ground taking his back getting a hook in. Bocek maintains a dominate position on Brammer. Bocek working to put a submission on Brammer. They go to their feet with Bocek still on Brammer’s back. Bocek tightens the noose on Brammer getting a standing rear naked choke forcing Brammer to tap.
-Mark Bocek def Joe Brammer by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:36, R1
