Frank Lester vs. Nick Osipczak Completes TUF 9 Finale Lineup
A welterweight preliminary bout between Frank Lester of Team US and Nick Osipczak of Team UK completes the fight card for Saturday’s The Ulimate Fighter 9 Finale at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas.
Spike TV, which will televise the event’s main card, confirmed the bout, along with the previously reported matchup between Team US lightweights Jason Dent and Cameron Dollar, on Thursday.
The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale is headlined by a lightweight showdown between Clay Guida and Diego Sanchez and also features Nate Diaz vs. Joe Stevenson, as well as the TUF 9 lightweight finals between Andre Winner (UK) and Ross Pearson (UK) and the welterweight finals featuring Demarques Johnson (US) and James Wilks (UK).
MMAFrenzy.com will be providing live results from the nine-bout event on Saturday beginning at 7pm ET.
[Pictured: Nick Osipczak]
Tags: Frank Lester, Nick Osipczak
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mmmmm i dont rate either of these fighters but im guna give the edge to nick just because he can land affective shots im guna give this fight bore of the night nick by ud, (hope im proved wrong)
I’m surprised johnboy. I think Nick is a great prospect and in time will only grow. Any fight Nick is in is usually exciting.
hope im proved wrong mate i just dont think he has got the chin or ko power to make it big, i think he will be to much for frank tho, but imagine him fighting gsp,alves,kos,fitch,anthony johnson,matt brown,swick,hardy even saunders would be to much for him maybe if he went down to 155 he could have an advantage with the hight plus he would have good power at 155 but imo most of the top 170 guys would walk right through him.
As much as i respect the heart of Lester(4 fights in 32 days is crazy)I see a loss here. Nick throws good straight punches and knees which seem to be a problem for Frank. Neither of these guys realy had a boring fight on the show, so this one could be good.
I’m looking forward to seeing Lester on full rest. Poor guy fought his heart out. You HAVE to respect a guy like that…even though he didn’t seem too technically proficient.
I was glad to see Lester invited back for the TUF finale. The guy left his heart and several teeth in the Octagon in 4 fights in like 5 weeks.
I wish him well, but I didn’t see him exhibit the skill-set necessary to get by Osipczak, who I think has a lot of potential…
Yeah,you have to respect Lester’ heart and he definitely has a punchers chance but Osipczak is the guy that impressed me the most on the show and will likely pull off the win.Should be a good fight though.
i can see lester fighting in the ufc in the future…
while he may not be the best fighter out there, i like him because of what he leaves on the mats… he fights his all teeth or no teeth…
i think that training off the show will allow us to see the fighters really compete, there minds will be refocused and when they step back into the ring it will be a much more true showing of them and there abilities…
Who let the Pikey out of his trailer lawl
Should be interesting 