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‘The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck’ — Live Results and Commentary

(Above: "Remember, remember, the fourth of December, the Gunpowder Treason and plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot, brah." Below: You know what to do, honey. / Photos courtesy of UFC.com)
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(Above: "Remember, remember, the fourth of December, the Gunpowder Treason and plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot, brah." 
Below: You know what to do, honey. / Photos courtesy of UFC.com)

Welcome, fight fans, to the first leg of a liveblog double-header on CagePotato.com. The TUF 12 Finale gets rolling on Spike at 9 p.m. ET, with Team GSP lightweight finalists Jonathan Brookins and Michael Johnson battling for the highly coveted glassware, Stephan Bonnar trying to build a winning streak against Igor Pokrajac, and Demian Maia tangling with rangy TUF 3 winner Kendall Grove. Plus, five other TUF 12 vets will do their best to hang on to their UFC contracts, including Nam Phan, who clashes with hardy slugger Leonard Garcia in the UFC’s first-ever televised 145-pound feature. (Yes, the UFC has featherweights now!)

Round-by-round results await you after the jump; refresh the page every few minutes to get all the latest. Please toss in your two cents in the comments section, and don’t forget to check in at our viewing party at PlayPhilo.com for a chance to win a UFC: Ultimate 100 Greatest Fights DVD set. 

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UFC TUF 12 Finale Breakdown: Michael Johnson vs. Jonathan Brookins

Filed under: UFCThey were the first two picks on Georges St. Pierre’s team on The Ultimate Fighter, and on Saturday night’s TUF 12 Finale, Michael Johnson and Jonathan Brookins will fight to determine who truly is the top dog.

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They were the first two picks on Georges St. Pierre’s team on The Ultimate Fighter, and on Saturday night’s TUF 12 Finale, Michael Johnson and Jonathan Brookins will fight to determine who truly is the top dog.

While the UFC bills the evening’s Stephan Bonnar vs. Igor Pokrajac fight as its main event, it’s likely just as many, if not more, people are invested in Johnson and Brookins after watching them over the last three months on TUF.

According to oddsmakers, Brookins is a heavy favorite to win, getting odds in his favor of nearly 3-to-1.

Ultimate Fighter Finale Predictions

Filed under: UFCWe put a bow on the 12th season of The Ultimate Fighter on Saturday night with the Ultimate Fighter Finale, which features a couple of good-looking young fighters vying for the Season 12 title, and a star from the show’s first season in…

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Leonard Garcia will fight at the TUF 12 finale.We put a bow on the 12th season of The Ultimate Fighter on Saturday night with the Ultimate Fighter Finale, which features a couple of good-looking young fighters vying for the Season 12 title, and a star from the show’s first season in the main event.

What: The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Finale

Where: Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas

When: Saturday, the non-televised undercard will start at around 7 PM ET and the Spike broadcast will start at 9.

Predictions on the five televised fights below.

‘The Ultimate Fighter’ 12.11 Recap: The Easter Bunny

Note: In addition to the the lightweight finals, three more matches featuring TUF 12 cast-members have been added to Saturday’s finale show. Details are at the end of this post…
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Note: In addition to the the lightweight finals, three more matches featuring TUF 12 cast-members have been added to Saturday’s finale show. Details are at the end of this post…

"Now, fuck the team," George St. Pierre says to Jonathan Brookins and Kyle Watson to kick off last night’s episode. "There’s no more team." GSP won’t be giving strategic advice to Brookins and Watson for their red-on-red semifinal match; it’s time for them to sink or swim as individuals. John Danaher says this is the fight that should have been the final, as they’re the two most talented athletes.

Watson has seen enough of Brookins to know that he loves to shoot at his opponent’s lead leg for takedowns. In practice, Watson goes over how he’ll make Brookins pay for that, with uppercuts and lead knees. Meanwhile on Team Koscheck, training has ground to a halt. Only Nam Phan is left in the semis, and everybody else is just sitting there with their teeth in their mouth, bitching about their lots in life. Marc Stevens feels like he didn’t learn much from the TUF experience, and the yellow team in general feels envious of all the great guest-coaches that GSP brought in for his guys. Sevak sort-of comes to Koscheck’s defense: "I got a lot of positive things from Josh. I expected less."

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Michael Johnson, Jonathan Brookins Advance to TUF 12 Title Match

Filed under: UFC, NewsMichael Johnson and Jonathan Brookins are the last men standing.

The Team GSP teammates both advanced to The Ultimate Fighter championship with semifinal round wins in a two-hour episode broadcast on Wednesday night. Johnson mov…

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Michael JohnsonMichael Johnson and Jonathan Brookins are the last men standing.

The Team GSP teammates both advanced to The Ultimate Fighter championship with semifinal round wins in a two-hour episode broadcast on Wednesday night. Johnson moved on via a tight split-decision victory over Nam Phan, while Brookins swept all three rounds over Kyle Watson on the way to a unanimous decision.

The fighters will square off for the title and a UFC contract at the TUF 12 Finale on Dec. 4.

Reminder: ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ Two-Hour Semi-Final Special Airs Tonight at 9 p.m.

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After taking a week off for the Thanksgiving holiday, The Ultimate Fighter is playing catchup tonight with a two-hour episode that kicks off at 9 p.m. The four remaining lightweight hopefuls will be whittled down to two, as Jonathan Brookins takes on Kyle Watson, and Nam Phan rumbles with Michael Johnson. There will be a lot of time to kill in between, so hopefully Georges St. Pierre brings another celebrity guest-coach into the mix. (Kanye?) Tune in, and be sure to read our recap tomorrow morning…

TUF 12 The Ultimate Fighter Brookins Phan Watson Johnson

After taking a week off for the Thanksgiving holiday, The Ultimate Fighter is playing catchup tonight with a two-hour episode that kicks off at 9 p.m. The four remaining lightweight hopefuls will be whittled down to two, as Jonathan Brookins takes on Kyle Watson, and Nam Phan rumbles with Michael Johnson. There will be a lot of time to kill in between, so hopefully Georges St. Pierre brings another celebrity guest-coach into the mix. (Kanye?) Tune in, and be sure to read our recap tomorrow morning…