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TUF 14: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller Live Results and Analysis, Episode 2

The Ultimate Fighter 14: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller got off to a roaring start as the first episode delivered some of the most polished and exciting fights we’ve seen on the show.The franchise will try to keep that momentum going this week as the fig…

The Ultimate Fighter 14: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller got off to a roaring start as the first episode delivered some of the most polished and exciting fights we’ve seen on the show.

The franchise will try to keep that momentum going this week as the fighters move into the house and one more competitor gets eliminated. Of course, that’s no easy task as Episode 1 set the bar pretty high, delivering 13 stoppages against only three decisions in the 16 elimination bouts.

And we’re not talking your garden-variety, ho-hum stoppages either.

Josh Ferguson delivered a crushing TKO in only 14 seconds, Diego Brandao authored a pure knockout in only 47 sweeps of the second hand, Dennis Bermudez came back from the brink of defeat to best Jimmie Rivera via second-round TKO and Marcus Brimage registered a standing TKO of the hard-headed Bryson Wailehua-Hansen.

Meanwhile, Akira Corassani blasted the equally rugged Brian Pearman before ranting about being “from the streets” and immediately endeared himself to Jason Miller by squirting water in Mayhem’s direction, much to the coach’s amusement.

The submissions weren’t quite as eventful, but keep an eye on Roland Delorme, who looked dangerously fluid on the ground, and Steven Siler, who upset the heavily favored (if Vegas released odds on TUF elimination bouts) Micah Miller.

All in all, it was a thoroughly satisfying two hours that are gonna be tough to beat.

Luckily, we’ve got Mayhem Miller and his equally volatile counterpart, Michael Bisping, matching “wits” plus a whole house full of high-energy scrappers to keep us entertained even if the fight action fizzles. Thankfully, the latter doesn’t seem like much of a possibility after the first episode appetizer.

Regardless, tune in tonight at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT for the second installment of TUF on Spike TV, and follow along with Bleacher Report as we live blog all the antics.

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TUF 14: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller Live Results and Analysis, Episode 1

The Ultimate Fighter returns for its 14th and final season on Spike TV when the reality show kicks off Wednesday night.If the first episode is any indicator, the UFC pulled out all the stops for its swan song on the network that helped turn TUF from a …

The Ultimate Fighter returns for its 14th and final season on Spike TV when the reality show kicks off Wednesday night.

If the first episode is any indicator, the UFC pulled out all the stops for its swan song on the network that helped turn TUF from a freak-show oddity into a reality-television and organizational juggernaut.

This season revolves around eight featherweights and eight bantamweights, which makes it a double threat. Not only will we be treated to the usual storyline of competitors vying for a guaranteed UFC contract, but these mighty-mights will also be introducing many MMA fans to new weight classes.

Neither the 145-pound division (featherweight) nor the 135-pound version (bantamweight) are well known to the casual or UFC-or-bust fan, as they are recent additions to the sport’s elite organization. So perhaps it’s no accident that these scrappers seem to be further along in their mixed martial arts development than any of the previous casts.

Without giving too much away, you’ll want to catch the special, two-hour premiere because all 16 elimination bouts are featured (or at least given the highlight treatment) and there are at least four burners that you do not want to miss.

As an added bonus, we’ll have 16 tiny fighters in one house. I say the odds are good at least a quarter of them are toting around serious Napoleonic complexes, which is a little bit like having four smoldering matches in a keg of gun powder.

Actually, when you consider the coaches, you might have six such matches.

For all their warts—and both have more than their share—you cannot accuse either Michael Bisping or Jason Miller of being boring.

Both the Count and Mayhem Miller know how to grab the spotlight and provoke a reaction. Granted, they do so largely by embracing the black hat, but they have their likable moments as well…well, at least Mayhem does.

Add it all up and Season 14 should have in spades exactly what Season 13 lacked—sizzle inside the Octagon as well in the house.

So tune in tonight at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT for the first installment of TUF on Spike TV and follow along with Bleacher Report as we live blog all the mayhem (yep).

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UFC on Versus 5 Results: Ed Herman and UFC Newcomers Highlight Prelims

The Facebook preliminaries keep cruising along with a steady diet of fan favorites (or villains depending on your perspective) and intriguing prospects.An example of the former would be Alex Caceres, who is well known to The Ultimate Fighter audience a…

The Facebook preliminaries keep cruising along with a steady diet of fan favorites (or villains depending on your perspective) and intriguing prospects.

An example of the former would be Alex Caceres, who is well known to The Ultimate Fighter audience as Bruce Leeroy.

The youngster is either hero or heel depending on personal taste, but he might be on his way out regardless of allegiances after absorbing his second straight defeat. This time, UFC newcomer Jimy Hettes put on a spectacular Brazilian jiu-jitsu display, fluidly transitioning from submission to submission while attacking any vulnerable limb opened up by Bruce Leeroy.

Eventually, the Kid snapped on a rear-naked choke before he had Caceres’ back and forced the tap at the 3:12 mark of the second round for a very impressive win in his UFC debut.

In the fifth fight of the evening, another gladiator making his UFC debut stole the show as Ronny Markes destroyed Czech wrestling champion, Karlos Vemola. The Terminator came into the match as the more heralded entrant, but it was the young Brazilian who controlled the proceedings with thunderous takedowns and excellent ground ‘n’ pound. Even in the standup, Ronny did most of the damage, landing several series of knees to Vemola’s midsection.

Although Markes wasn’t able to secure the stoppage, he took all three rounds on each judge’s scorecard for an easy unanimous decision.

Markes and Vemola gave way for yet another grappling exhibition, this time coming from Ed Herman at Matt Noke’s expense. Short Fuse Herman was able to turn back KO’s first takedown attempt, ending up on top of his opponent. From there, Noke was able to reverse and put Herman on his back, but that turned out to be the beginning of the end.

Herman turned on a relentless submission assault, finding openings for chokes, armbars and eventually the fatal inverted heel hook. The American wrenched the Australian’s foot almost all the way around, making for a gruesome stoppage at 2:13 of the first round.

UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry Results—John Howard vs. Matt Brown, Round 2

John Howard came out to start the second stanza running on fumes and those gave out with about 150 seconds left in the round. He came out in search of the takedown yet again and even came close to getting one, but he simply didn’t have enough in t…

Matt Brown, on the other hand, is like the Energizer Bunny and turned his attack up when he felt the give in his opponent.

Granted, he didn’t turn a blatant advantage into much of anything on the scorecard. In fact, he got swept on the ground before slapping on a messy omoplata before the final horn. Tough round to score because neither man did much of anything in the way of offense and, though the Immortal registered the takedown, he didn’t do anything of consequence with it.

Still, I’ve gotta give the second round to Brown by the same 10-9 margin as the first.

UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry Results—Tyson Griffin Outlasts Manvel Gamburyan

Manvel “The Anvil” Gamburyan came out and owned the first round by using aggression and superior strength to dictate the pace to Tyson Griffin. Unfortunately for the Anvil, he didn’t walk away with a whole lot of damage to show for his ownership. He ce…

I say “might’ve” because Tyson had an opportunity to come out and assert himself in the second round despite the excruciatingly slow start, but he didn’t appear to be doing so when my Facebook feed went dead. So I’ll leave it to you, fair viewers, to say whether the American was able to reverse the early course of the hostilities.

Because, based on the final scores, it would appear Griffin took Gamburyan into the deeper water and used his peerless stamina to squeeze out the unanimous decision. Sure didn’t look like that was going to be the outcome based on the first six or seven minutes, but that’s why the contests go 15.

Tyson Griffin defeats Manvel Gamburyan by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry Results—Joe Lauzon Steamrolls over Curt Warburton

Yikes.If you can drag Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon into the second, third or deeper rounds, he becomes a much easier pill to swallow. But that’s a hell of a lot easier said than done as Curt Warburton just found out. The man accused of having cardiovascular vuln…

Yikes.

If you can drag Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon into the second, third or deeper rounds, he becomes a much easier pill to swallow. But that’s a hell of a lot easier said than done as Curt Warburton just found out. The man accused of having cardiovascular vulnerabilities showed that such frailties are the only ones he suffers from as he put the Brit on Queer Street with a slick right-left combination, pounced on his fallen foe to deliver some vicious elbows and one horrifying knee to the midsection, transitioned beautifully to Brazilian jiu-jitsu and then ended the fight as quickly as you please via wrenching kimura.

The American Lauzon looked like he could’ve probably beaten Warburton into submission or forced the ref to take mercy on his victim, but Curt left his right arm out for the taking so J-Lau took him up on the tantalizing offer. He snapped on the kimura, rolled into an even better position from which to finish and then latched on a pseudo-triangle just to make sure there was no quarter for Warburton.

And there wasn’t unless you count tapping.

Joe Lauzon defeats Curt Warburton by submission (kimura) at 1:58 of the first round.