Comments on: The Ultimate Fighter Finale 9 Live Results and Updates

By: Patrickk

Patrickk — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:08:36 +0000

Great night of fights. The satellite kept going out and I was getting extremely irritated for real! But it all worked out in the end. We ordered pizza and enjoyed Sanchez whooping up on Guida! Definite shocker for the TUF final fights because I thought DaMarques was going to win, and also I thought Winner was going to win.

By: Rich S.

Rich S. — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:38:28 +0000

“it was a good card but why do grapplers seem to feel the need to stand up and trade punches nowdays. stevenson and diaz put on a great fight but more and more you see top level grapplers going at a stand up war, neglicting what got them there. I would rather see a great grappling fight than a o k stand up fight.”

Diego Sanchez is a perfect example of that..

When he takes it to the ground (Which he hasn’t willingly done in like 2 years, if i remember correctly) he gets a finish within the first two rounds..

When he tries to have these boxing wars, especially against the higher tier fighters, he ends up with sketchy split decisions..

Back when he fought Stevenson, Daddy was coming back in the second, and won the 3rd convincingly.. I thought for sure Stevenson was going to nab that decision.. Same for last night.. Guida layed on him for two full rounds, and actually ended up getting the better of the standup up, which is absurd, in the 3rd round I believe.. I honestly thought that Guida was going to take that decision.. I suppose the only way they could’ve had Diego winning was if they considered the fact that he did more damage, even though he was on bottom, in the 2nd round.. I’m still very surprised though..

I don’t if you guys remember this, but Diego Sanchez OUT JIU JISTU’d Nick Diaz a few years back.. Can you think of anyone else that has ever done that?
Someone with ground skills that sick in their arsenal, should be getting the fight to the ground as fast as possible.. But, his ego and pride get in the way of him fighting smart..

I feel the same way about Lytle.. Yes, he can throw bombs, but he misses… A LOT… He’s only getting older and he got rooocked last night.. I know nothing could convince him to do this, but he needs to either get a little bit more technical with his boxing, or start using that unbelievable BJJ..
He could submit a lot of these welterweights if he had the smallest desire to..

As for the Finale winners..

Wilks looked like an absolute monster last night, and a completely different fighter than he was on the show.. Props to him and I’m actually glad he got the contract..

Pearson, on the other hand, is going nowhere in the UFC, IMO… I think it’s a shame he won the fight honestly.. His punches are too weak and his wrestling isn’t good enough to allow him to impose his will on anyone in his division.. He can probably beat alot of the British talent, but as far as beating an of the bigger names, that’s just not going to happen..

By: meatloaf

meatloaf — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:05:09 +0000

I agree with needing 5 rounds in MMA, but does that mean you make championship fights more than 5 rounds?

As far as TUF 9 Finale Guida/Sanchez was fantastic, Lytle/Burns was pretty good, Diaz/Stevenson was OK, and watching Winner/Pearson was awful thank god that wasn’t 5 rounds. Oh and Wilks/Johnson wasn’t a fight it was a beating.

By: hindsightufuk

hindsightufuk — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:57:05 +0000

i thought the diaz stevenson bout was great, nice main event too.
thought last night was a great example of why we need 5 rounds in mma. diaz lost but i reckon he would won over 5. pearson winner, sanchez guida, lyttle burns. all would make great 5 rounders.
felt for diaz as well. second fight running he lost a decision without taking any damage

By: fanoftna33

fanoftna33 — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:35:42 +0000

it was a good card but why do grapplers seem to feel the need to stand up and trade punches nowdays. stevenson and diaz put on a great fight but more and more you see top level grapplers going at a stand up war, neglicting what got them there. I would rather see a great grappling fight than a o k stand up fight.

By: sigmund

sigmund — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:22:07 +0000

Wow! Sanchez vs. Guida… one of the most entertaining bouts I’ve seen in a while. I think Deigo defiantly earned that one, props to Guida as well. Good work once again to the UFC good work on a great card

By: Cory Brady

Cory Brady — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:46:30 +0000

I’d like to congratulate Nick Osipczak on behalf of Five Ounces Of Pain for having a fantastic season. It looks like our very own TUF Season 9 blogger may end up being one of the few fighters from the show’s ninth season to have a future with the UFC.