The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale Unaired Fights 6/20/09 Re-Cap

The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale Unaired Fights 6/20/09
The Pearl at the Palms
Las Vegas, Nevada

Welterweight Fight- Brad Blackburn (14-9-1) vs. Edgar Garcia (7-0)

Blackburn is a former IFL fighter who is 2-0 in the UFC. This is Garcia’s debut in the UFC but has fought for WEC.

R1- Blackburn hits some nice strikes early grabs a guillotine. Garcia slams Blackburn hard but he jumps right back up. Garcia seems to be finding his range as the round goes on. This was a pretty even round, really close to a 10-10.

R2- Blackburn seems like he’s landing more strikes as he’s hitting leg strikes and Garcia is not attempting anything but punches. Another close round that I gave to Blackburn.

R3- Very even but uneventful fight. Blackburn got a take down at the end of the round but then got nailed with a left hand and went down and popped back up. I honestly think this should be a draw, 29-29.

Judges score the fight: 29-28 Garcia, 29-28 Blackburn, 29-28 Blackburn.

Winner: Brad Blackburn by Decision (Split)

Lightweight Fight- Jason Dent (18-10) vs. Cameron Dollar (5-2)

Both of these fighters were participants on Season 9 of TUF. Dollar got some crazy butterfly tattoos put on his chest since the season ended.

R1- Dent is throwing more strikes early and is landing some decent shots. Cameron got him up against the fence and landed some nice strikes. Dollar went for a take down and Dent grabbed an Anaconda Choke and Dollar eventually tapped. Dollar dominated this fight and Dent did nothing until the finish.

Winner: Jason Dent by Submission (Anaconda Choke) R1 4:46

Lightweight Fight- Melvin Guillard (40-8-3) vs. Gleison Tibau (29-5)

R1- Not a lot of action in this round but Tibau got a couple of take downs which will swing the round in his favor.

R2- Melvin had the advantage in the stand-up in this round and even got a take down. This is a very even fight that I’ve got 19-19 so far. When Gleison’s gotten take downs he hasn’t done anything with them.

R3- Melvin started this round with a couple of strikes and Gleison answered and got a take down. Tibau controlled on the ground until about a minute and a half left in the round. Tibau got another take down at the one minute mark and ends the fight with some Ground and Pound from the mount position.

I’ve got Tibau winning this 29-28. Tibau clearly took round three. The other two rounds were very close.

Judges score cards say: Split Decision in favor of Guillard. Wow.

Winner: Melvin Guillard by Decision (Split)

Welterweight Fight- Nick Osipczak (3-1) vs. Frank Lester (3-3)

Nick has a 6” reach and 3” height advantage. This is the official first UFC fight for both of these TUF fighters.

R1- Nick grabbed a kick and took Frank down early. Nick was just the better fighter in there and won by Rear Naked Choke. Lester was trying to muscle through the fight and he just didn’t get it done.

Winner: Nick Osipczak by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 3:40

Catchweight Fight- Mike Ciesnolevicz (18-3) vs. Tomasz Drwal (15-2)

Ciesnolevicz weighed in at 208 lbs thus making this a catchweight fight instead of a Light Heavyweight Fight.

R1- Drwal landed some good strikes in a clinch against the cage about half way through the round and also landed some nice strikes after a stand up with about a minute and a half left in the round. Drwal landed a big time knee that dropped Mike and then he hit some Ground and Pound for the TKO victory.

Winner: Tomasz Drwal by TKO (Strikes) R1