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It has been quite a journey for Josh Samman. He’s for sure had more downs than ups lately but he was able to overcome and he did it in style tonight at UFC 181. Samman met TUF 19 middleweight winner Eddie Gordon. Gordon was dominant early. The Serra-Longo prodigy was able to swarm and suffocate … Read more
All-Star Ultimate Fighter Now that the UFC has done their all female edition of the Ultimate Fighter there really isn’t much left for them to do to differently on the show. They could bring in another heavyweight edition. The biggest weight class in the UFC is also the thinnest. But one thing they’ve never done … Read more
Remember former welterweight title challenger Thiago “Pitbull” Alves? Of course you do. The 30-year-old American Top Team product has been out of action since his submission loss to Martin Kampmann in March 2012, but will be making his return to the Octagon on April 19 when he faces Seth Baczynski at UFC on FOX 11 in Orlando, Fla.
MMA fighter John “Doomsday” Howard (20-8) has announced his return to the octagon at UFC Fight Night 26 as he faces Uriah Hall (7-3) in a middleweight matchup. Howard replaces an injured Josh Samman, who was forced to withdraw due to an injury. The event will take place at TD Garden in Boston, Mass., on Aug 17.
The TUF 17 Finale event took place on Saturday night and was headlined by the bantamweight fight between Urijah Faber and Scott Jorgensen. The event also featured the TUF 17 finals matchup between Uriah Hall and Kelvin Gastelum. Also, the second women’s MMA fight ever took place in the UFC between Miesha Tate and Cat Zingano. It was an action packed event with Faber, Gastelum, and Zingano earning hard fought victories. The salaries for all fighters on the card can be found below
Josh Samman found himself in deep water right out of the gate in his UFC debut, fighting off a series of submission attempts to come back and finish Kevin Casey with a brutal knee attack in the clinch to win by TKO at 2:17 of the second round.
With the conclusion of one of the most exciting seasons of TUF in the history of the franchise in the books, the promotion has released the final bouts for the 12-fight card. With losses in tonight’s episode, semifinalist Josh Samman (9-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is set to face Kevin Casey (5-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC), while Dylan Andrews (15-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) meets Jimmy Quinlan (3-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC).
We are down to the semifinals for The Ultimate Fighter 17. This is the last official episode of the season with the TUF 17 Finale taking place this Saturday in Las Vegas.
Final four set as Uriah Hall and Josh Samman move on in the competition, joining Kelvin Gastelum and Dylan Andrews Series concludes next Tuesday on FX at 9 p.m. ET/PT Las Vegas, Nevada – The Ultimate Fighter® semi-finals are set. The reality series returned to FX on Tuesday night, with the 11th episode of the season – Vicious – narrowing the … Read more
We move on to the final two quarterfinal match-ups for The Ultimate Fighter season 17. Tonight’s match-ups include Josh Samman vs. Jimmy Quinlan and Uriah Hall vs. Bubba McDaniel.