TUF Season 9 Episode 12 Re-Cap

The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 Episode 12

This is the last episode of this years’ TUF as we have 3 of the 4 finalists set and the live show is set for this Saturday. Andre Winner will fight Ross Pearson this Saturday and Damarques Johnson will fight the winner of the re-match between James Wilks and Frank Lester.

Hendo visits the house and helps the guys cook a meal. Bisping talks strategy and says that the fight was pretty even on the feet last time but once James took the fight to the floor he controlled. Frank and James get along outside the ring and they show them talking and hanging out and exchanging shirts as souvenirs.

Bisping came over for the last meal with Team UK. Hijinks ensue.

Welterweight Fight- James Wilks (5-2) (UK) vs. Frank Lester (USA) (3-2)

R1- They stood up for most of the first round with Lester looking pretty good and landing a couple of nice shots. James went for a take down and ended up clinching against the cage. Frank broke out and threw some wild punches but James clinched him again. James used his reach to land a couple of jabs at the end of the round. Very close round, could have gone either way. Both corners tell their fighter that they won the round. Frank looks really tired after the first round.

R2- James does a good job this round mixing up punches and kicks and is seizing control of this fight. Lester is throwing some wild shots. Frank’s got some blood coming from his nose. James clearly took this round.

R3- James landed a good right hand and then a knee but still couldn’t get Frank to the mat. James had Frank in a clinch and hit some knees and Frank fell down and the ref stopped the fight.

Winner: James Wilks by TKO (Strikes) R3

After the fight Dana puts Wilks over as the better fighter but also puts Frank over as a tough fighter. Lester ended up fighting 4 times in 34 days on the show.

So for the finals on Saturday night we have the following fights:

Welterweight Fight: Damarques Johnson (USA) vs. James Wilks (UK)

Lightweight Fight: Ross Pearson (UK) vs. Andre Winner (UK)

“This experience has made me want to beat Bisping up more….For lack of a better word he’s just a douche bag.”- Dan Henderson

“I’m going in there July the 11th and I’m gonna destroy the guy.”- Michael Bisping

Remaining Fighters:

Lightweight Fighters:
UK- Andre Winner (defeated Gary Kelly, Santino Defranco, Cameron Dollar)
UK- Ross Pearson (defeated A.J. Wenn, Richie Whitson, Jason Dent)

Welterweight Fighters:
UK- James Wilks (defeated Che Mills, Frank Lester, Frank Lester)
US- Damarques Johnson (defeated Ray Elbe, Dean Amasinger, Nick Osipczak)

Eliminated:
Mark Miller defeated by Nick Osipczak (Episode 4)
Santino Defranco defeated by Andre Winner (Episode 5)
Dean Amasinger defeated by Damarques Johnson (Episode 5)
Martin Stapleton defeated by Cameron Dollar (Episode 6)
Frank Lester defeated by James Wilks (Episode 6)
Richie Whitson defeated by Ross Pearson (Episode 7)
Jeff Lawson defeated by Jason Dent (Episode 8)
Jason Pierce eliminated by Dana White (Episode 8)
David Faulkner eliminated by Frank Lester (Episode 9)
Nick Osipczak eliminated by Damarques Johnson (Episode 10)
Cameron Dollar eliminated by Andre Winner (Episode 11)
Jason Dent eliminated by Ross Pearson (Episode 11)
Frank Lester eliminated by James Wilks (Episode 12)

The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale (6/20/09) – Las Vegas, NV (Pearl Concert Theatre)
Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida
Chris Lytle vs. Kevin Burns
Ultimate Fighter 9 Welterweight Finals: DaMarques Johnson vs. James Wilks
Ultimate Fighter 9 Lightweight Finals: Andre Winner vs. Ross Pearson
Nate Diaz vs. Joe Stevenson
Gleison Tibau vs. Melvin Guillard
Tomasz Drwal vs. Mike Ciesnolevicz
Brad Blackburn vs. Edgar Garcia
Jason Dent vs. Cameron Dollar