Here are my initial thoughts on the TUF Finale, in no particular order.
Diego Sanchez vs. Luigi Fioravanti – Diego’s standup has obviously improved tremendously. But there were elements of Fioravanti’s game that impressed me–His takedown defense and scrambles were great, but he needed to be way more aggressive in the striking department…Easier said than done when you are fighting someone like The Nightmare.
Marvin Eastman vs. Drew McFedries – Poor Marvin, lol. It was over before it started.
Amir Sadollah vs CB Dollaway – I do think CB tapped. I think what probably happened is that he instictively started to tap, and then caught himself. I don’t remember exactly what Forrest said about C.B. during the show, something along the lines of him being too arrogant or cocky. Whatever it was I tend to agree, he seems a little too impressed with himself or somethig and it just rubs me the wrong way. So I didn’t really feel too bad for him and how the fight turned out. That’s not to say of course that it wasn’t a disappointing fight, it was, and anyway, I could be wrong about CB, he might be the nicest guy in the world for all I know.
Dante Rivera vs. Matthew Riddle - Gritty performance by both fighters I thought, but Matt was physically too much for Rivera. I think Riddle has the potential to become a great fighter, and it will be interesting to see what the future holds for him.
Spencer Fisher vs Jeremy Stephens - Great fight. Like Joe Rogan said, these guys are both animals! It was almost a shame there had to be a loser in this one. Equally impressive was Kevin James choking out Rampage and then savagely continuing to drop elbows after Rampage was already asleep. 
I don’t know if I saw all the televised fights or not, as my recording was messed up. It seems like I did miss a couple though and I haven’t checked what other blogs are saying about the event, because I don’t like spoilers. If I did miss some, I will catch them and update this post. From what I did see though, I would have to say that overall it wasn’t a very impressive event. But that’s the way it goes sometimes.
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