TUF Season 11 Episode 8 Re-Cap

The Ultimate Fighter Season 11 Episode 8 Re-Cap
"Closed Mouth Don't Get Fed"
Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz

Last week Seth Baczynski defeated Jon Henle by decision to advance. Court McGee was given Rich Attonito's spot in the next round. Kyacey Uscola and Kris McCray were given the wildcard spots so they will face off to see who advances to the next round.

Kyacey finds out his son is born at the beginning of the show and they let him have a phone call to talk to the mother of his child.

Middleweight Fight- Kyacey Uscola (18-15) vs. Kris McCray (5-0)

Kyacey has a 2.5" reach advantage. Kyacey got DQ'd for an illegal knee in his fight versus Rich Attonito and McCray lost to Josh Bryant by decision were McCray started to gas as early as the second round.

R1- Kyacey landed a good shin/leg kick at the one minute mark and McCray reacted visibly to the shot. Kyacey rushed in but got clinched. McCray landed some strikes in the clinch against the cage. McCray hit a low blow and they restarted. Kris tried a judo throw but Kyacey sprung out of it and both guys landed shots on the way back to their feet. Kris picked up Kyacey and took him to the mat. Kris landed a couple short elbows on the mat. Kris 10-9.

R2- McCray got a take down in the first twenty seconds of the fight. For someone who has 33 fights, Kyacey is horrible on the ground. McCray goes for a kimura and Kyacey taps. McCray looked a lot better in this fight then he did in his first fight.

Winner: Kris McCray by Submission (Kimura) R2

Dana sits down with Chuck and Tito to pick the fights for the next round and asks Chuck who the best 4 fighters are. Chuck takes a while to answer. My answer is Yager, Noke, Tavares and Ring but I could be wrong. Yager and Noke are definitely the top two so far in my book based on what I've seen. Tito says the 4 that I listed.

"Tito's over there shaking his head saying 'yeah he's buddies with Chuck he's going to give Chuck whatever he wants' and Chuck's going "you gave the big crybaby exactly what he wanted"- Dana White
"It's a no win situation...Go with your teams psychos and let me figure this thing out"- Dana White

Dana's Picks for the Semi-Finals:
Nick Ring (Team Ortiz) vs. Court McGee (Team Liddell)
Kyle Noke (Team Liddell) vs. Kris McCray (Team Ortiz)
Brad Tavares (Team Liddell) vs. Seth Baczynski (Team Ortiz)
Jamie Yager (Team Ortiz) vs. Josh Bryant (Team Liddell)

"We have a shot at winning every one of these fights....Can you guys send Tito home if we do that? Please? For me?"- Chuck Liddell

Forrest Griffin comes to the house and brings UFC Undisputed 2010 on the 360 and says they get a 2 hour reprieve to play the game. Great product placement by UFC. They TUF guys sell the game. Somebody knocks Forrest out with Tito Ortiz while playing against Forrest.

Nick goes to the doctor to get his knee checked out. The doc tells him he has little tissue and says he might need a third ACL reconstruction down the road. Ring says he might be able to get 1 or 2 more fights in or he might go ahead and get the knee fixed now. Dana comes to the house to talk to Nick. Nick says it's not smart to continue in the competition and doesn't think he can win. Says long-term it's the right decision.

"The doctor told him 'if he wanted to take this fight he could take this fight"- Dana White

Dana pulls the guys together. Tells them that Nick blew his knee out and they need to pick someone to replace him. Joe Henle thinks the spot is his because everybody else is hurt. After Dana leaves James Hammortree gets up and follows Dana outside and tells Dana he wants to fight. Dana comes back in and says that Hammortree asked him for the fight and he's giving it to him. After this Joe finally steps up and says he wants in if anybody else losses.

"Hammortree was the guy that stepped up to the plate. Throughout all the seasons do you know how many guys I've seen that wouldn't step up for a fight even if I went and asked them?"- Dana White
"This guy chases me out the door to tell me he wants to fight. Your getting the fucking fight"- Dana White
"Closed mouth don't get feed"- Jamie Yager

Middleweight Fight- Court McGee (9-1) vs. James Hammortree (5-1)

Interesting fight as both of these guys have a loss already on the show.

R1- Hammortree stuffed an early shot. Court grabbed a kick and was able to clinch and then take down Hammortree but he couldn't hold him down. Both guys swung and it looked like Hammortree got the better of the exchange. Both guys look like they have openings they just aren't being very aggressive in taking them as they don't want to be the one that makes the mistake. Hammortree landed a couple of good strikes but then got taken down. Hammortree was able to get back to his feet with about 90 seconds left. McGee went for a spinning back kick and Hammortree took Court down but Court was able to reverse positions. Pretty close round but Court got it with the take downs. McGee 10-9.

R2- Hammortree went for a take down and Court grabbed him in a guillotine and tapped him out. Good finish by Court. Not Tito's best moment as a coach there telling Hammortree to go for a take down when Court obviously had the superior wrestling in the first round.

Winner: Court McGee by Submission (Guillotine Choke) R2

"That was for my dad. It was his birthday today"- Court McGee

Middleweight Rankings:
1. Jamie Yager (Team Ortiz Pick #4)- defeated Charles Blanchard (TKO (Strikes) R1)
2. Kyle Noke (Team Liddell Pick #1)- defeated Clayton McKinney (Triangle Choke R1)
3. Brad Tavares (Team Liddell Pick #5)- defeated James Hammortree (Decision)
4. Court McGee- Injury Replacement (Rich Attonito)- lost to Nick Ring by Decision in 1st Round, beat Hammortree by Guillotine Choke in 2nd Round
5. Josh Bryant (Team Liddell Pick #4)- defeated Kris McCray (Decision)
6. Kris McCray (Wildcard Selection)- defeated Kyacey Uscola (Submission)
7. Seth Baczynski (Team Ortiz Replacement)- defeated Joe Henle (Decision)

Eliminated:
Clayton McKinney by Kyle Noke (First Round)
Chris Camozzi- left due to injury
James Hammortree by Brad Tavares (First Round)
Charles Blanchard by Jamie Yager (First Round)
Rich Attonito- left due to injury after beating Kyacey Uscola in first round by DQ
Joe Henle by Seth Baczynski (First Round)
Kyacey Uscola- defeated by Kris McCray (Wildcard Round)
Nick Ring- left due to injury
James Hammortree- defeated by Court McGee (Second Round)