Dollar vs. Dent at TUF 9 Finale; Spike and UFC Extend TUF Contract
Team US lightweight semifinalists Cameron Dollar and Jason Dent will square off at Saturday’s The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale in Las Vegas, according to MMA Torch.
The matchup nearly took place in the 155-pound semis on the series as Dollar requested Dent as his opponent, but was ultimately matched up against Team UK’s Andre Winner while Dent took on Team UK’s Ross Pearson.
Dollar was submitted by Winner with a triangle choke in the opening round, while Dent engaged in a three-round battle with Pearson, suffering a unanimous decision loss.
2-1 in his professional MMA career, Dollar was last in action in August, winning by first-round submission. Dent is a UFC veteran, having suffered losses to Roger Huerta in September 2006 and Gleison Tibau in March 2007 in his previous trips to the Octagon, but has won five of his six bouts since, including a second-round submission victory in September in his most-recent fight.
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UFC President Dana White announced during a Q&A session with fans on Saturday at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany before the weigh-ins for UFC 99 that the UFC recently extended its deal with Spike TV for The Ultimate Fighter through 14 seasons, with seasons 11 and 12 planned for 2010 and seasons 13 and 14 slated for 2011. White also commented that he expects one of the future seasons to repeat The Ultimate Fighter 9’s “US vs. UK” format.
[Pictured: Cameron Dollar]
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I would welcome another US vs UK TUF.
While I find Bisping abrasive as Hell to watch outside the Octagon, I have a lot of respect for him as an MMA fighter, and the way he’s had to adjust to being the “face of MMA” in his home country. That’s a Hell of a lot of responsibility to put on any man’s shoulders, and IMO he’s done pretty well so far.
Hopefully next go round he’ll bring over some middleweights and LHWs, and maybe it’ll take place at a house somewhere in the UK. I think watching the TUF contestants run rampant thru one of those museum-looking British manor houses would make for great TV.
I totally didn’t recognize Dent as fighting Huerta and Tibeau. And he went the distance with those guys…maybe it was the accountant like appearance, the rat-looking goatee, or just being a total b%^&$ on the show that disguised it!
While it could possibly be a blowout, the best idea for a season would be Brazil vs world or USA. There has to be a thousand potential superstars down there just waiting for a chance to be the next A. Silva or Machida. Maybe the language would make it tough, but I watch for the fights, not the grade school drama.
Problem with this is that it doesn’t make for the best TV ratings as half the house would not speak a word of English. It’s all about the ratings and captions/subtitles for half the show just wouldn’t cut it.
The BEST way would be to have 24 guys in the house, from 6 different countries (4 from each country). They could show 2 fights an episode.
While the multiple countries scenario might prove problematic in terms of coaching and scheduling, I think a USA vs Brazil TUF would take the show into the stratosphere, talentwise. Maybe something like Chuck Liddell or even Forrest Griffin as the US coach, and Anderson Silva as the Brazil coach?
It also wouldn’t suck IMO if they could somehow cobble together a USA vs Japan TUF, with Lyoto Machida as the Japanese coach, and his next scheduled American opponent [Evans, Jackson, Griffin, whoever] as the US coach.
Finally, I would love to see TUF always be 2 fights per episode. This would somewhat minimalize the “Real World-ness” of the show, and allow the UFC to feature more talent.
i hope cameron wins he was my favorite from the house!
dent wins easily
I don’t trust your Dent picks… you picked him to win the show, and you were wrong.