The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 6 Re-Cap

The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 6 Re-Cap
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir

Roli’s “black belt” is a topic of discussion early on in the show. As apparently he has some hour long story about how he got it in like a week. Delgado will be taking on Junie this week and when the fight is made Junie pushes him and then spits at his feet and throws a black belt at him that says “McDojo BJJ”.

Junie comes in 2 pounds overweight for the fight and Mir is not happy. They put him outside on a bike in order to cut the weight.

Lightweight Fight- Junie Browning vs. Roli Delgado

Roli lost to George Roop in the preliminaries but was brought back due to an injury to another fighter. Junie looked like one of the top fighters in the house based on the preliminaries but has been nothing but headaches and drama since he’s been in the house. Everyone is rooting for a Roli victory here but my pick is Junie based on what both guys did in the preliminaries. I’m not sure if the house can handle a Junie win as his head might explode. Roli has a huge height and reach advantage in this fight.

R1- Junie goes right after him and Roli goes for a front kick. Junie grabs it and kicks him down to the mat. Roli leaps forward with a knee and then hits another. Roli hits two jabs and then a combo. Roli seems to be gaining in confidence. Roli hitting some more jabs. Roli is mixing up his punches nicely as he’s also hit a couple of body punches. The only problem I see is that he doesn’t seem to be connecting with much force right now. Roli is using his reach advantage to keep Junie at ay and fend him off with jabs. Junie is getting frustrated about half way through the round. Junie just can’t seem to find the range. Roli made a mistake and went for a take down and Junie sat on top of him but Roli got out and Junie let him up. Junie gave him a free shot at his face and Roli hit him with a nice jab- seemed to be with more force than the rest. Junie is clearly frustrated about the reach disadvantage and not being able to find his range yet. Roli went for a knee and got caught and dumped. Roli hit a spinning back fist and Junie responded with a nice left hand and then a strong right and Roli looked a little wobbly. Junie hit another good punch and Roli landed a knee near the end of the round. Pretty decent first round. I give it to Roli just by sheer numbers. He landed a ton of jabs and Junie didn’t land anything until the 3 real solid punches at the end of the round. Roli up 10-9 but I think Junie is starting to find his range.

R2- Junie is more aggressive in this round and lands a body punch. Roli went for a take down but got stuffed. Roli went for another take down but Junie stepped out of it. Junie with another body punch. Junie hit a strong combo. Roli really seems to be fading as he just has nothing behind his kicks and punches and seems to have lost his confidence he had in the middle of the first round. Roli’s hands also seem to be too low. Junie lands a body combo. Junie is really coming on strong. Roli starting to fight back a little bit. Junie lands some big punches. Roli gets rocked and Junie goes down to finish him but he can’t. Roli is really tired at this point. Junie looks like his nose is bleeding. They slug at each other to end the round and Roli hits a couple of shots. This round was all Junie 10-9 but much more in control of this round than Roli was of the round that he won. Junie really came on this round but seemed to tire at the end of the round. He clearly should have finished Roli when he went down but surprisingly didn’t show a killer instinct.

R3- Pretty even round after the first minute or so as both guys are throwing punches but not really hitting with anything. With two minutes left in the round neither guy has distanced himself in this round. Junie blocked a kick and took Roli off his feet but didn’t follow up and Roli got back to his feet after Junie let him rest. Roli hit a right hand and then followed with a left. Under one minute left in the round and this is anybody’s round. Junie landed a punch. Roli with an inside leg kick. Close round. This one could really go either way. Junie kind of controlled the action but I think Roli landed more punches. I think Junie is going to get the decision but I wouldn’t be surprised with Roli getting the win either.

Winner: Junie Browning by Decision (Split)

Junie apologized to Big Nog about the black belt scenario earlier. Junie was actually gracious in victory from what was shown.

Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Jules Bruchez
4. Eliot Marshall
5. Vinny Magalhaes
6. Kyle Kingsbury

Lightweight Rankings:
1. Dave Kaplan
2. Phillipe Nover
3. Efrain Escudero
4. Junie Browning
5. George Roop
6. John Polakowski

Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Shane Primm (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Eliot Marshall (Round Two)
Roli Delgado (ranked #7 LW) eliminated by Junie Browning (Round Two)