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Sunday June 23 2008, URDirt archive.
Last weekend we finally got to see who would emerge as the two finalists for TUF 7, as CB Dollaway fought Amir Sadollah in a rematch. In the first fight Sadollah won by submission and the second fight was no different as Amir tapped CB to become the TUF 7 finale winner.
Kendall Grove defeated Evan Tanner by decision.
Diego Sanchez defeated Luigi Fioravanti by TKO punches 3rd round
Spencer Fisher defeated Jeremy Stephens by Unanimous Decision
Matthew Riddle defeated Dante Rivera by Unanimous Decision
TUF 7 fighter salaries.
Kendall Grove ($32,000) def. Evan Tanner ($25,000)
Amir Sadollah ($16,000) def. C.B. Dollaway ($8,000)
Diego Sanchez ($70,000) def. Luigi Fioravanti ($10,000)
Spencer Fisher ($36,000) def. Jeremy Stephens ($8,000)
Matthew Riddle ($16,000) def. Dante Rivera ($8,000)
Dustin Hazelett ($24,000) def. Josh Burkman ($10,000)
Drew McFedries ($26,000) def. Marvin Eastman ($9000)
Matt Brown ($16,000) def. Matt Arroyo ($8,000)
Dean Lister ($28,000) def. Jeremy Horn ($25,000)
Tim Credeur ($8,000) vs. Cale Yarbrough ($8,000)*
Rob Kimmons ($6,000) def. Rob Yundt ($5,000)
*Dustin Hazelett won fight $40,000 in bonuses for fight and Submission of the night in his win over Josh Burkman. Drew McFedries also won KO of the night for his win over Marvin Eastman.
*Tim Credeur did not fight Cale Yarbrough die to the fact Credeur reported he had used Adderall to the NSAC and was not allowed to fight.
*Other NEWS - We interviewed Nick Diaz who seemed sure he was fighting KJ Noons on July 26 at Stockton. Nick said "I want that bitch to come to Stockton"
*The first trailer of UFC 2009 Undisputed was revealed, see it in Sunday's NEWS.
Monday June 24 2008, URDirt Archive
Rampage's Slam on Ricardo Arona was the winner of our Greatest KO ever poll, Mirko Cro Cop won for Greatest KO artist of all time. We also began our new Poll for Greatest MMA fight of all time.
* The first pics of the Chuck Liddell action figure that is being made by Jakks Pacific was shown.
*Jake Shields opponent was rumored to be Nick "The Goat" Thompson for the EliteXC WW championship. The fight was later confirmed during the week.
*Amir commented on his win over CB at the TUF 7 finale.
* CB Commented on his tap out of Amir (with GIF showing his tapout)
Tuesday June 24, URDirt archive. Rumors of Wanderlei Silva's next opponent would be Thiago Silva began to come out.
*Takanori Gomi was rumored to be fighting former IFL star Chris Horodecki.
*Nick Diaz got his opponent for July 26 as he will face Thomas Denny, not KJ Noons.
*Dan Henderson (22-7) Vs Rousimar Palhares (8-1) at UFC 88: Breakthrough in Atlanta was confirmed.
*Joe Lauzon (16-4) will take on Kyle Bradley (13-5) at UFN 15 at Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska.
*Affliction VP Tom Atencio announced 2 more shows were planned for the future for the promotion.“We’re looking at July 19 at the Honda Center, then we’ve got the end of October, possibly November for the second show, then the third show will be in February.”
Wednesday June 25, URDirt archive*The Dream 5 poster was revealed and Mark Hunt was on the poster no confirmation was made but it gives us hope he will fight at the event.
*Karo Parisyan (18-5) is still rumored to be facing Yoshiyuki “Zenko” Yoshida (10-2) at UFC 88: “Breakthrough” in Atlanta which is becoming a stacked card very quickly.
*Tamdan McCrory (8-1) and Luke Cummo (6-3)have been rumored since last month to be fighting at UFC 87: Seek and Destroy, now that fight was officially announced and confirmed.
*Another former IFL fighter Andre Gusmao (5-0) will make his Octagon debut at UFC 87: Seek and Destroy. Gusmao who was rumored to fight at UFC 81 has signed with the UFC. Gusmao will make his debut against Tomasz Drwal (14-2).
*Two more fighters were officially announced yesterday for UFN 14 on July 19. Former IFL stand out Rory Markham (14-4) will face submission expert Brodie Farber (13-3), Brad Blackburn (12-9-1) Vs James Giboo (11-2) at UFN 14 according to UFC.com.
*Randy Couture made another fight prediction, this time for the upcoming UFC 86: Jackson Vs Griffin card on July 5. He picked one time TUF 1 cast mate Forrest Griffin to beat Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.
*A preview Trailer of TUF 8 was also revealed.
Thursday June 26, URDirt archives-Brandon Vera responded to rumors he ducked Lyoto Machida Video.
*6 Videos of UFC 2009 Undisputed video game
*ESPN.com's MMA LIVE.
*The first trailer for UFC 87: Seek and destroy was revealed (Video)
*Ricardo Almeida spoke about his fight against Patrick Cote at UFC 86.
*Rumors began of Gary Shaw possibly being fired at EliteXC.
Friday June 27, URDirt.com archive.
*Rumors of Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva's opponent being Sergei Kharitonov at EliteXC's July 26 event were proved false.
*Rumors earlier in the week were that Kimbo Vs Brett Rogers were confirmed were false.
* We have video from Strikeforce "Melendez vs Thomson" from MMArated.com
*Josh Thomson defeated Gilbert Melendez at Strikeforce 5 rounds to none shutting out the defending champion for the belt.
*Another fight was rumored for WEC 35 as Brock Larson face said to be facing Carlo Prater on the already stacked card.
*Sokoudjou talked about a possible Shogun Rua fight again and said he would love to appear on the undercard of a possible Silva Vs Rampage 3 future fight called "One more Pride".
*KJ Noons again talked about Nick Diaz on HDnet's Inside MMA.
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