Filed under: UFCAn average of 2 million viewers tuned in this past Saturday to watch the three-hour live broadcast of The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale and 2.4 million viewers watched the middleweight final between Court McGee and Kris McCray, Spike TV an…
An average of 2 million viewers tuned in this past Saturday to watch the three-hour live broadcast of The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale and 2.4 million viewers watched the middleweight final between Court McGee and Kris McCray, Spike TV announced Tuesday afternoon.
The numbers are way down from last season, but on par with previous Kimbo-less seasons. The TUF 10 Finale drew an average of 3.7 million viewers and peaked with 5.2 million when Kimbo Slice made his official UFC debut against Houston Alexander. The season nine finale averaged 2.2 million viewers and peaked with 2.8 million.
(Keith "Necro Reaper" Jardine, after his barbed-wire and fluorescent-light-tube death-match against Matt "Da Def Syco" Hamill. / Photo courtesy of the TUF 11 Finale gallery on MMAFighting.com)
Because you pansies get all red-faced…
Because you pansies get all red-faced when the Potato Index skips an event, we’ve brought back the beloved arbitrary numerical ranking system for a special two-fer installment. As for the recent complaints that the Potato Index’s scores have gotten less arbitrary, we have passed the feedback onto the Index and hope that the scores are now sufficiently chaotic while still maintaining their accuracy and integrity…
Court McGee+518 Going from pantsless meth addict to Ultimate Fighter winner? Yeah, we’d call that an upgrade. But Court McGee is more than just an inspirational story. With his endless heart and skill with a choke-hold, he’s a legitimately valuable acquisition for the UFC. If they bring him along slowly, he could become a factor in the middleweight division someday.
Kris McCray-33.333 [repeating] Sometimes, tough ain’t enough. McCray may be a little too green to compete at the UFC level, but as a season runner-up, he deserves one more fight — ideally, against one of the TUF guys that scored victories on Saturday, like Chris Camozzi or Rich Attonito.
Filed under: UFCDuring Saturday night’s Ultimate Fighter Finale, one question was asked over and over again by UFC fans in living rooms and sports bars, in chat rooms and on Twitter: What is that thing on Matt Hamill’s back?
During Saturday night’s Ultimate Fighter Finale, one question was asked over and over again by UFC fans in living rooms and sports bars, in chat rooms and on Twitter: What is that thing on Matt Hamill‘s back?
The answer, Hamill explained at his post-fight press conference, was that the red mark on his lower back was a staph infection. And that led to a new question: Why would the Nevada State Athletic Commission allow Hamill to fight with a staph infection?
Filed under: UFCLAS VEGAS — This is the TUF 11 live blog for Matt Hamill vs. Keith Jardine, the light heavyweight and co-main event of tonight’s live finale from the Palms Casino Resort.
Jardine will look to snap a three-fight losing streak against H…
LAS VEGAS — This is the TUF 11 live blog for Matt Hamill vs. Keith Jardine, the light heavyweight and co-main event of tonight’s live finale from the Palms Casino Resort.
Jardine will look to snap a three-fight losing streak against Hamill, who has compiled three straight wins.
Filed under: UFC, NewsA bloody and brutal battle between Keith Jardine and Matt Hamill at the Ultimate Fighter Finale Saturday night ended with Hamill winning a close majority decision, for what may have been the biggest win of his MMA career.
A bloody and brutal battle between Keith Jardine and Matt Hamill at the Ultimate Fighter Finale Saturday night ended with Hamill winning a close majority decision, for what may have been the biggest win of his MMA career.
For Jardine, it was a very disappointing loss, and one that raises the question of how many more losses he can suffer and still keep his spot on the UFC roster.
So unless you were dipping real hard into bath tub gin last night (just to reach out to our ‘fiscally challenged’ readership that can’t afford ‘corporate’ alcohol), you likely noticed the ‘WTF is that?’ mark on Matt Hamill’s lower back, during the broadcast of the TUF 11 Finale. It certainly captivated our interest here for […]
So unless you were dipping real hard into bath tub gin last night (just to reach out to our ‘fiscally challenged’ readership that can’t afford ‘corporate’ alcohol), you likely noticed the ‘WTF is that?’ mark on Matt Hamill’s lower back, during the broadcast of the TUF 11 Finale. It certainly captivated our interest here for several moments, but as the fight turned into one damn, entertaining and somewhat gory slugfest, naturally our attention to that specific detail wandered.
Now, if you didn’t see last night’s card, yes, you missed out, and you may also be unaware that Hamill outscored Keith Jardine for the MajorityDecision victory (and FYI-Court McGee tapped out Kris McCray to become the latest “Ultimate Fighter”). While Jardine’s face was a bloody mess by the fight’s end, Hamill also took his share of lumps during the tilt, including an inadvertent thumb in his right eye that cost Jardine a point. After the bout, Hamill appeared to be completely spent while talking to color man Kenny Florian, and according to a report from MMA Junkie, there’s some pretty good reasons for that. Not only did the light-heavweight break his hand in the first round, get poked in the eye, and fight a gruelling three round fight, remember that odd looking mark?
“I have a staph infection,” Hamill said. “I’ll get put on antibiotics tomorrow.”
Yeah, that’s nasty, real nasty, and apparently doctors decided before the fight that the infection would not punt the bout. Oh yeah, the Junkie report also added that Hamill limped into the post-fight presser; now that’s one hard fought win no?
An average of 2 million viewers tuned in this past Saturday to watch the three-hour live broadcast of The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale and 2.4 million viewers watched the middleweight final between Court McGee and Kris McCray, Spike TV announced Tuesday afternoon.
LAS VEGAS — This is the TUF 11 live blog for 
A bloody and brutal battle between 
