UFC THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER SEASON 8
COACHES: FRANK MIR & ANTONIO NOGUEIRA
HOSTS: DANA WHITE
Debuted: September 17th, 2008
TEAM MIR:
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS:
Tom Lawler - UFC Record 6-5
Vinny Magalhaes - UFC Record 2-3
Eliot Marshall - UFC Record 3-3
Krzystof Soszynnski - UFC Record 6-3
LIGHTWEIGHTS:
Junie Browning - UFC Record 1-1
Dave Kaplan - UFC Record 0-0
Shane Nelson - UFC Record 2-2
George Roop - UFC Record 5-8
TEAM MIR COMBINED UFC RECORD - 25-25
TOTAL FIGHTS 50
TEAM NOGUEIRA:
Light Heavyweights:
Ryan Bader - UFC Record 15-5
Jules Bruchez - UFC Record 0-0
Kyle Kingsbury - UFC Record 4-5
Shane Primm - UFC Record 0-0
Lightweights:
Rolando Delgado - UFC Record 1-2
Efrain Escurdero - UFC Record 5-7
Phillipe Nover - UFC Record 1-6
John Polokowskie - UFC Record 0-1
TEAM NOGUEIRA COMBINED UFC RECORD - 26-26
TOTAL FIGHTS - 52
MOST UFC FIGHTS:
01. Ryan Bader 20
02. George Roop 13
03. Tom Lawler & Efrain Escudero 12
WINNER: (HEAVYWEIGHT) Ryan Bader - Defeats Vinny Magalhaes in the Finale
WINNER: (LIGHTWEIGHT) Efrain Escudero - Defeats Phillipe Nover in the Finale
UFC ULTIMATE FIGHTER SEASON 8 FINALE (December 13th, 2008)
MAIN EVENT: Efrain Escudero Defeats Phillipe Nover by decision (Wins TUF Season 8 Lightweight)
Ryan Bader Defeats Vinny Magalhaes by KO Rd. 1 (Wins TUF Season 8 Light Heavyweight)
Anthony Johnson Defeats Kevin Burns by KO Rd. 1
Wilson Gouveia Defeats Jason MacDonald by Submission in Rd. 1
Junie Browning Defeats Dave Kaplan by Submission Rd. 2
Preliminary Card:
Krzysztof Soszynksi Defeats Shane Primm by Submission Rd. 2
Eliot Marshall defeats Jules Bruchez by Submission Rd. 1
Tom Lawler Defeats Kyle Kingsbury by Unanimous Decision
Shane Nelson Defeats George Roop by Decision (Split)
Rolando Delgado Defeats John Polakowski by Submission By Submission Rd. 2
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Junie Browning Vs. Dave Kaplan
KO OF THE NIGHT: Anthony Johnson
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Krysztof Soszynksi
COACHES FIGHT:
Frank Mir Vs. Antonio Nogueira at UFC 92 on December 27th 2008
Mir Defeated Nogueira by TKO In Rd. 2 to Win the Interim Heavyweight Championship
WRAP UP:
This season was originally the Junie Browning season as his antics were close to those of Chris Leben in season 1. The difference is Browning was a tad more immature and wasn’t concerned w/ being kicked out or injuring others in the house. His UFC career was a blink and you’ll miss it affair. Ryan Bader came out w/ the most success as he went 15-5 in the UFC and went on to become Champ champ in Bellator capturing the light heavyweight and Heavyweight title at the same time. Other than Bader’s success and Browning’s antics season 8 was relatively un eventful for the most part. Junie did get into a scuffle w/ Bader and also cut up another fighters hand by throwing a glass at him in the middle of a drunken episode…