The Contender and The Ultimate Fighter

The Contender:


He Said:

Well Tuesday was the finale and it was the best Contender fight EVER and maybe one of the fights of the year. Sakio knocked Jaedon down about 20-30 seconds into the 1st round but Jaedon came right back less than 1 minute later and caught Sakio with a vicious upper cut and dropped him. The rest of the round was a total slugfest. This proceded into the next 8 rounds and into the 9Th, until Jaedon lost his legs and ultimately succumbed to Sakio's power and aggression. The fight ended with a TKO after Jaedon couldn't defend himself and was out on his feet. This was a great season and probably my favorite thus far. Looking forward I don't really see Sakio going much further because age and his wide and wild punches are working against him. However, I see Jaedon becoming a real contender in the coming years. He has great technique and is very explosive. I think under the right trainer and tutelage he can make it to a title fight.

She Said:

Although there was no slow motion or music scored to the fight, I did enjoy the finale of The Contender. I liked the way it was going back and forth and back and forth and of course HE had a lot of commentary to do. I did not like how they kept showing Jaedon's girlfriend and her deodorant ridden arm pits. Just show the fight dammit! I also loved Sugar Ray and his cute scarf--that man is a doll!



The Ultimate Fighter:



Tommy Speer V. Jon Kopenhaver(War Machine)



I knew this was going to be an explosive fight. Mathing up a great wrestler with an all around Lion's Den fighter. We got to look more into these two guys heads going into the fight. Both dudes are kind of out there. Tommy is kind of that robotic, emotionless fighter who you really can't get a read on what is going through his mind sometimes. War Machine is...as Matt Serra said.."Ah..uh...he..well...ah..I don..hmmm....he is just kind of a nutso." War is the classic fighter who has the physical tools to make it far but can't keep his own mental state stable. From we got on the show, he has had a really rough life and has nobody that is "waiting" for him. Tommy is a farm boy from MN. When the bell rang War came out swingin' and caught Tommy right in between the eyes and opened him up right away. He then shot in with the double(leg) take down and was able to get his hooks in. Most of us who are somewhat versed in the MMA game knows that the majority of wrestlers who wind up on their backs are very uncomfortable. We definitely saw that with Tommy, he was struggling and eventually gave up his back. War locked in the rear naked and just couldn't get off the fence to straighten him out. War tried everything to get him to tapout but ultimately, in his own words "blew his wad" trying to get the choke. After War got tired Tommy reversed the mount and pounded War for the next 2 min. 30secs. Tommy won the round with the vicious ground and pound. Round 2 started with War leading in with a weak leg kick and Tommy shot in with the single, getting him to the mat and then ground and pound the rest of the round. It was a good fight but Tommy had the better conditioning and overpowered War on the mat. I just hope that War is able to keep his head straight and take the loss with a grain of salt because it could have easily gone the other way. I think more ring experience would really make a big difference with him. That was fight 8 and next week we start the semi-finals. Serra leads 6-2 and has complete control of the Semis. I'm very excited because with only 8 fighters left we are now able to get a better look at what the final will look like. I am going to go with my gut and say Mac Danzig will fight George Sarotopolous in the final. Both guys are the most well-rounded and seem to have the right attitude and drive to make it all the way. Who really knows though? This is an explosive sport and even less predictative than all other sports. Everybody has a punchers chance. Just look at coach Serra who knocked off the seemingly unbeatable Georges St. Pierre. The rest of the season looks to be very entertaining so KEEP WATCHING! Weds. at 10:00PM EST on Spike TV.