TUF 12 Finale: Official Fight Card
Posted on December 2, 2010, 12:23 PM by Jamie KennedyLast night's final episode of The Ultimate Fighter Season 12 saw lightweight combatantsJonathan Brookins and Michael Johnson advance to the finale, which takes place this Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. Brookins and Johnson will battle it out for the prestigious crown of The Ultimate Fighter, the victor will also earn a six figure contract with the UFC, with everything on the line expect fireworks.
MMAJunkie has reported that TUF 12 competitor and semi-finalist Nam Phan will be dropping to 145lb to take on WEC's best known brawler Leonard Garcia and will serve as main event fight. Meanwhile other TUF contestants will also feature on the under card of the finale with guillotine expert Cody Mc Kenzie taking on UK fighter Aaron Wilkinson, and Judo player Sako Chivitchian squaring off against semi finalist Kyle Watson.
The full round up of the card is below:
Main Card:
Stephan Bonnar vs Igor Pokrajac
Michael Johnson vs Jonathan Brookins
Demian Maia vs Kendall Grove
Rick Story vs Johnny Hendricks
Nam Phan vs Leonard Garcia
Preliminary card:
Will Campuzano vs Nick Pace
Fredson Paixao vs Pablo Garza
Rich Attonito vs Dave Branch
Tyler Toner vs Ian Loveland
Cody McKenzie vs Aaron Wilkinson
Sako Chivitchian vs Kyle Watson
Below is a clip of finalist Michael Johnson talking about the improvements in his game, thanks to trainign with Greg Jackson:
Comments
Nam vs Garcia is going to be sick
Phan turned me into a fan.
For some reason, every time I see him I keep picturing takashi from revenge of the nerds, riding a tricycle to that Asian song...
Who ever made that match THANK YOU!!!
Fight of the Night
So r the picks for Tuf 12 going to be updated or no?
greg jackson's camp?! i hope it won't be a lay & pray match!
It's amazing how 1 word from Dana gets so many UFC fans (aka not MMA fans) just repeating that trash.
ok, but you will see, when he runs out of gas in the 2nd or the 3rd round, he will try to get a takedown and if he get's it he will just lay on brookins and not do anything, just like he did with nam phan.
Johnson vs Brookins is going to be a great fight but more then that it also feels like a contenders bout to me. Been a long time since I felt like the TUF finally had fighters that could hold to belt within a year. Brookins might be the fastest BJJ guy in the lightweight division and Johnson is just such a huge lightweight that he will be dangerous to anyone if he can put his skills together.
I also have a feeling that Johnson is going to look much much more durable in this fight, I think that 90% of the fighters on TUF 12 should go down to 145 but Johnson is big lightweight so he obviously had to cut a lot more then most which would have hurt is cardio a lot in the house.
Personally I know that if I did TUF I'd look to compete in the division above my ultimate weight class. And pretty much all successful UFC fighters from TUF fight at a lower weight class then they did in TUF.
i would have liked to see leroy on this card though. maybe in the next one. i dont know why guys like wilkinson and mackenzie are there but hes not
come on... if you say you dont whack it in the shower every now and then your a liar.
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