Wednesday night featured the third episode of “The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck.” The twelfth season of the Spike TV reality series.
Last week saw Alex Caceres eliminate Jeffrey Lentz. Who will move on this week?
It is the first time in the TUF Octagon for (Michael) Johnson (155.5) and (Aaron) Wilkinson (155), but before they lock horns in battle, a special guest has arrived at the gym, former world heavyweight boxing champion ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson.
“I’m happy to be involved with this,” said the boxing legend, who spent some time talking to St-Pierre and his team before going out to Octagonside to watch this week’s fight.
Johnson looks sharp with his striking early as he tags Wilkinson to the head and body before closing the gap and scoring a takedown. Wilkinson takes some shots, but he gets right back up and nails Johnson with a knee, and then, seconds later, a straight right. After catching a kick, Wilkinson looks for a takedown, but he’s turned away and pushed back to the fence. The Brit’s striking is solid though, and he gets himself free, where he can use his long-range punches even more effectively. Midway through the round, Johnson explodes with a big takedown, but Wilkinson again scrambles up and after bulling his foe to the fence, he takes him down and starts firing off ground strikes, finishing off a good round for the Team Koscheck fighter.
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