The Ultimate Fighter 8 “Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir” Results: Escudero, Bader Crowned TUF 8 Champs
Efrain Escudero
Underdog Efrain Escudero topped highly touted Phillipe Nover via unanimous decision in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 8 “Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir” Finale to win the season’s lightweight tournament.
The event took place on Saturday, December 13th, at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas and aired live on Spike TV.
In the evening’s co-main event, standout wrestler Ryan Bader needed just two-minutes and 18-seconds to knockout jiu jitsu ace Vinicius Magalhaes to claim The Ultimate Fighter 8 light heavyweight title.
In other main card action, Anthony Johnson avenged his controversial July loss with a third-round highlight reel head kick knockout of Kevin Burns, Wilson Gouveia capitalized on Jason MacDonald’s agressiveness to score a first-round TKO with a series of vicious elbows, and TUF 8 bad boy Junie Brown successfully made his UFC debut with a second-round armbar of Dave Kaplan.
The Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale Results
- Efrain Escudero def. Phillipe Nover via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
TUF 8 Lightweight Finals - Ryan Bader def. Vinicius Magalhaes via KO (strikes) — Round 1, 2:18
TUF 8 Light Heavyweight Finals - Anthony Johnson def. Kevin Burns via KO (head kick) — Round 3, 0:28
- Wilson Gouveia def. Jason MacDonald via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 2:18
- Junie Browning def. Dave Kaplan via submission (armbar) — Round 2, 1:32
- Krzysztof Soszynski def. Shane Primm via submission (kimura) — Round 2, 3:27
- Eliot Marshall def. Jules Bruchez via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 1:27
- Tom Lawlor def. Kyle Kingsbury via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Shane Nelson def. George Roop via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Rolando Delgado def. John Polakowski via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 2, 2:18
Tags: Anthony Johnson, Dave Kaplan, Efrain Escudero, Eliot Marshall, George Roop, Jason MacDonald, John Polakowski, Jules Bruchez, Junie Browning, Kevin Burns, Krzysztof Soszynski, Kyle Kingsbury, Phillipe Nover, Rolando Delgado, Ryan Bader, Shane Nelson, Shane Primm, Tom Lawlor, Vinicius Magalhaes, Wilson Gouveia
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Should be a fun night, i’m looking forward to J Mac against Gouveia, 2 really talented guys. Nover’s fight will be good also, he’s got a boat load of talent and a really bright future.
Yay I’m already 0~2
fr702 – Has Frenzy been loading extremely slow for you? It seems better now but it was really lagging for a while. Just wanted to make sure it wasn’t just me.
Ya Kris but it does seem to be getting better, I also believe once u work out all the kinks this format will be have better organization in terms of the comments and allow people to directly respond to specific comments
I’m 1-2 now with Kingsbury’s loss.
0~3 damnit not again
I think Justin is 1~2 as well
1~3
2-2 here. Had my picks gone through. Not sure what happened.
3-2.
3-2, don’t know why I’m still keeping track though.
Hey I can’t officially do worse than I did on wednsday 2~3 now looking to progress now… Crack my first brew time to watch these fight cheers
Makes things more interesting.
fr, you know you’re supposed to pick the winner right???
Jack Daniels here…cheers
I hope Junie is flipping burgers by tomorrow.
Ok SurfingK5, first off my friend ya I know that eat it ok, I haven’t had the best picks recently and hopefully I can get better results during these live fights
JD is piss bourbon step your game up would you goodness get some refined bourbon in your system would ya
All in jest
I was on scotch all last week… have to tone it down.
I think if you pick exactly opposite of what you think you should, you’ll do great…reverse, reverse psycology
Hahahaha that’s comical forsure I did laugh actually, cheers
O my god wow
well ive got junie by ud….but now that ive heard daves walking music ive changed my pick in my mind….i want him to win
I picked Junie as well but kinda want Dave to win too I dunno hope its entertaing forsure
I picked Dave.
there goes joe with the crotch shot again
not goin so well
Someone tought this kid how to fight standup recently
Good round by both and Junie looks waaaayyy better, Kaplan might gas tho
junie looks sick…finally
3~3 for me, Junie looked really good
Now I wonder if he goes and gets Drunk and thows a beer at a cop and tells the cop he is an Ultimate Fighter damnit
Good for him
You know what that takes stones. I hope he keeps it up. Good move on the apology. Good, good, good
Great performance by Junie, looked much better than he did on the show.
3-3, fr, forget all that s****t i was talking
We’re all even through 6.
Marshall getting some promotion on the broadcast.
and we’ve yet to see jules hit anyone
Hey talk all the shhhh you want I’m happy I topped my win total compared to wed soo I’m pumped… It was nice that Junie apologized and it did take a lot of stones to do that
lol
South haha
As long as Eliot’s piss comes back clean I think he is a good fit in the UFC(I don’t think he is a roid freak whatsoever I was just stating that because I saw Bonnar roids just entered my head real quick)
Bonnar needs to chill on his D&B commercial
Brazil Goveia has lost 20% of his purse because he is a douche and missed weight
Come on Jason!
MacDonald tko 2/3
yikes
bummer
Well I blame that on the extra 4 pounds
Jeez, I had Macdonald. F*** sake, I stayed up until 3 am for this! lol
Make it an all nighter Ryan why not
lol, I was gonna mate but im depressed now. Just lost £10. Might go and cry myself to sleep or some sh*t like that. Its on record anyway. Enjoy the fights guys.
Kevin B****H Slap Burns up to bat
Cheers
God this is lagging
Good round for AJ, Burns is looking good as well
I like AJ’s style. Burns = douche
Justice is served. Good for him
Ko of the FUkkkking night thank god for that thanku. AJ
I had AJ 3/1 haha that’s great redemption is best while given by head kick
what, are we actually up one now?
I’m a strong 4~4 but hey I’m just pumped from that head kick
Mir is living in reality now?? I can’t sub him I can’t ko him for he is obssesed with Big Nog that might actually be a really good fight I’ve never heard Mir like that
How can you not like Forest???
Mir, has brass balls to step to Nog. Interesting fight.
Forrest is the man I’ve like him since his early days and watching him fight back then day then TUF 1 propeled him into stardom
Mir sounds sooo focused and seriously he might have a little bit more of a chance against Big Nog as slim as it maybe
4-4 here as well.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5-4!
Damnit guess he doesn’t like to get hit in the face just like Krzystofnoftoftuf said shhhhit I’m 4~5 now best I do is even
Bader and Vinny both looked super “green” for the LHW division imo more time and prep they might do well? We shall see
I did get the round and minute right tho just not the winner nor the way of victory
Sooo one fight left and a hour to go perhaps some bonus matches?
Yeah they both have a long way to go before any real comp in their division. Their both too big to drop so they had better step it up.
I agree with you SurFingK5
That hurt. I can tell you from experience that dislocation sucks. Rather the front than the back though.
I have many a dislocations (shoulder) if by training or sport and there is no instant pain for no reason than dislocation, comparing it to simple broken bones
Yeah it totally sucks. Makes me wanna pee it hurts so bad. Even just a slight roll out sucks.
Guess we’re all on the same page: shoulder dislocations suck.
Haha
Nover choke 2/2
great fight
Nover is not winning this fight what so ever and yes I’m a bit shocked by this
ES reminds me of Diego a bit
by that i mean pressing hard, a lot of heart
great JJ still lost the fight
4~6 tonight sucks but doubled my win total from wed
rather not let it go to the judges. EE definetely won
Agreed with the UD
Dana just said Big Nog haha that’s great
Kris what happend to the reply button?
Bader v Hamill make it happen
EE v Danzig as well
It’ll be back momentarily. Took it down during the event to see if it was causing the site to load so slowly.
EE wanted it more for sure. Nover didn’t fight his fight. No counter to being neutralized. Too bad. EE wants it. Still hate to see it go to the judges.
Props to Efrain. I didn’t think he could do it but he controlled that whole fight.
I think I ended up tied with Kris in the fantasy thing.
Cool Kris thx for the update on that
Surfing nobody likes it to go to the judges
Also, I have no login link/button/whatever right now. Hope that’s intentional…
O DbiZ now u show up huh no quick whips during the fight kinda disapointed
Sorry fr. Had a friend and another biz hanging out here tonight.
Login link should be back now.
So the other BiZ isn’t your friend is that what u are saying ????
Jk
The link is back, but I can’t seem to successfully log in. Nothing major, I’m gonna be asleep soon.
The other biz? My friend? um…..
Fukkin with u
I was 130 outta 14865 with the score of 95 haha
126 out of 14865 with a 99. SUCKA!!
126 for me too.
Me and Kris are like twins and ****.
Damnit tho I moved up 27 spots from wed
147 for 78th, too bad i pretty much air balled both finals…first time tho, so i guess i’ll just have to grab first overall next time
106 out of 14865 with 119 points.
I got the Lawlor fight all correct. Delgado fight, Roop fight, and Nover fight, wrong on all counts.
Surfing,
Your votes did count, I mistyped earlier when I said they hadn’t I was looking at the wrong page.
anthony johnson vs josh koscheck anyone?
kevin burns should fight either yoshida or matt brown
Gouviea needs to fight Maia or someone like an Okami even someone who is really good so we can see where he is at in the division because ha has kind of been bouncin around between opponents. Or just a thought for a good fight or fights have Okami face Maia or Leties(probably butchered that name) or have Maia and Leties fight for an exciting ground war. Macdonald needs to face Nate Quarry.
5-5 on the picks. League average 112.92. Not bad.
Excuse me fellas, But I’m looking for where to vote for world’s most horrible gameplan…I will be voting for Vinicius.
Jerod, I’m with you. How does a guy have the BJJ skills of a gorilla and the chin of a little girl? Vinny go work on your stand up for 6 months. That was ridiculous! Props to Efrain. I didn’t pick him as the TUF winner, but he just kept on kickin ass. Sweet!
yes i wanted efrain to win.
but man if someone told me bader was going to win i would say they’re crazy. i thought vinny would sure submit him
and i don’t know about you guys but i notcied those back elbows junie was throwing like spenser fisher
fr702, we tied. I’ll never talk smack to you again my friend. My picks weren’t showing up last night for some reason but they are reflecting this morning. I would have been okay with them getting lost though…
Okay, I can’t keep that promise fr. I will talk s****t. I just can’t help myself.
I see that bsbiz is bringing in rear with a strong 82!!! Well, someone has to be last right???
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Zip it. It’s a long season. Blah Blah Blah.
Yeah I definitely thought Vinny would sub Bader. Props to BAder for being smart enough to keep it off the ground.
ahhh 4th place ill take it ill take it…….im gonna rule this league hahahahaha
SurfingK5 talk all the shhh u would like my friend, its all good, it doesn’t bother me
Gun congrats
BsBiZ get’em next time
I thought Vinny would sub Bader as well
Thought Nover would win soo those fights were disapointing to say the least
I was rooting for Nover but Efrain came out with the perfect game plan. Much respect. Either way I liked em both.
Bader is awesome. I was hoping he would KO Vinny. He talked too much.You don’t talk S**t about Big Nog yo.
Shouldn’t there be a prize for best picks
oh yeah, btw, 157 pts / 68th out of 14865