TUF 14 Finale Wrap-Up: Brandao gets $80k, Bermudez & Dodson take home $40k
Posted on December 3, 2011, 10:35 PM by Joey SantosusThe Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale produced an action packed line-up tonight from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Michael Bisping defeated opposing coach Jason "Mayhem" Miller in the headlining bout, overwhelming him with strikes to force a third-round TKO stoppage. Diego Brandao emerged as this season's Featherweight winner, submitting fellow finalist Dennis Bermudez in the co-main event, while John Dodson made short work of T.J. Dillashaw to capture the Bantamweight contract. Also featured was TUF 13 champ Tony Ferguson, who battled it out with Yves Edwards en-route to a unanimous decision victory and Johnny Bedford scored a third-round TKO win over Louis Gaudinot.
The UFC awarded generous $40,000 bonuses to the night's top performers, who were announced by Dana White immediately following the event.
Fight of the Night: Diego Brandao vs. Dennis Bermudez
Submission of the Night: Diego Brandao
Knockout of the Night: John Dodson
Full Results (via FightoftheNight.com):
Main Card:
Michael Bisping defeats Jason Miller by TKO at 3.34mins of Rd3
Diego Brandao defeats Dennis Bermudez by submission (armbar) at 4.51mins of Rd1
John Dodson defeats T.J Dillashaw by TKO at 1.54mins of Rd1
Anthony Ferguson defeats Yves Edwards by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
Johnny Bedford defeats Louis Gaudinot by TKO at 1.58mins of Rd3
Prelims:
Marcus Brimage defeats Stephen Bass by decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
John Albert defeats Dustin Pague by TKO at 1.09mins of Rd1
Roland Delorme defeats Josh Ferguson by submission (rear-naked choke) at 0.22mins of Rd3
Steven Siler defeats Josh Clopton by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Bryan Caraway defeats Dustin Neace by submission (rear-naked choke) at 3.38mins of Rd2
Comments
great finish by Brandao, i thought he was a goner
Didn't Diego Brandao also get $25.000 for KO of the season!
No... And when I saw that he got two bonuses tonight I was glad. That kind of makes up for the fact that he pretty much got cheated out of his KO bonus that the fans voted on from the show.
Oh, i missed it when they announced the winners and i thought i heard someone say he won it!
Did the fighters get a bonus for finishing the fight on the show?
no john dodson got KO of the season aswell
Glad Brandao got a lot of cash tonight, he made it obvious he loves fighting but he does it because he wants a better life for his family and other brazillian families. Good guy he worked for it too
Brandao was impressive. I also liked to see him flipping after the fight it was funny.
You did watch TUF this season... didn't you?
Brandao is the kind of guy its really easy to get behind, he is a monster in the cage but seems like such a genuine and nice person that just wants to improve the life of his family. It really isn't very common for a fighter to say "I'm going to buy a house for my mom " as the first thing he says after winning a big fight.
Also that was one of the sickest armbars I have seen in years, takes me back to pride.
I do like brandao, good explosive entertaining fighter, but he could and imo should be less aggressive outside the cage !
Hopefully he's a little bit more relaxed now that he made his first goals.
Nice to see how happy he was and stating that he can now buy a house for his mom, great !
I'm seeing more money in his future !