TUF 9 Finale bonuses and awards for 'Sanchez vs Guida' SpikeTV fights
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The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 9 Finale from "The Pearl" at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, has officially wrapped.
That of course means that it’s time for those select fighters who went above and beyond in their respective fights to get a little extra grease for their efforts. And tonight the promotion waded into uncharted territory, dishing out three "Fight of the Night" bonuses in addition to its usual honors.
Of course, the lightweight war between Diego Sanchez and Clay Guida was recognized -- it was a thrilling barnburner from bell to bell as advertised. "Nightmare" threw everything but a 2X4 at "The Carpenter" in the first round and he still kept coming.
It was an unbelievable display of heart and determination. Instant classic.
The back-and-forth slugfest between welterweights Chris Lytle and Kevin Burns, as well as the grappling clinic that Joe Stevenson and Nate Diaz put on, were also singled out. Both fights couldn't have been any more different, but treats to watch nonetheless.
"Submission of the Night" went to Jason Dent for tapping out fellow TUF 9 castmate Cameron Dollar with an anaconda choke, according to Steve Cofield at Yahoo!Sports.com, and Tomasz Drwal earned "Knockout of the Night" -- the only stoppage via strikes on the card -- with his first round stoppage of Mike Ciesnolevicz.
Here are the special fight bonuses for TUF 9 Finale:
Fights of the Night -- Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida; Chris Lytle vs. Kevin Burns; Joe Stevenson vs. Nate Diaz
Knockout of the Night -- Tomasz Drwal
Submission of the Night -- Jason Dent
Each fighter received $25,000 extra for their performances in addition to their respective base salaries, which we will pass along as soon as possible.
For complete TUF 9 Finale results and blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action click here and here.
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WOW, what a night of action. My wife fell asleep after the first couple fights, but she felt Diaz/Stevenson was the best fight this year! She’s also a huge fan of jits work and transitions.
I was extremely happy to see Demarques lose (which I expected), but the way he was dominated was awesome!
Sanchez is a beast and I am so glad Guida didn’t hug his way to another win.That said, (and I’m not a fan of Guida at all), I got to say, Guida’s chin is phenomenal! I can’t wait until the new years show, mark your calendars, Penn/Sanchez has the makings for fight of the year. I see BJ submitting or KO’ing Sanchez in the 2nd round! Another great weekend of fights!
by kevin on Jun 21, 2009 3:27 AM EDT up reply actions
i agree Penn will eat Sanchez alive but… Sanchez is no joke, he’ll go down swingin!!
by BMO on Jun 21, 2009 5:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I disagree, Diego is too good of an athlete and that will make the difference cause BJ could try to finish him for a week straight without having any success, when BJ’s done in the fight he’s done!…
by RoB on Jun 21, 2009 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions
im sorry is the penn ken flo fight already over? did i miss that fight? Because im pretty sure its at 101…correct me if im wrong? If you take this as me bing a dick you should becuase it was meant to be that way…penn is a little bitch and ken flo is going to pick him apart and win
by Tyler JD Brown on Jun 21, 2009 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Re: of how you feel about Penn’s attitude(being a bitch) he is still the most natural talent in the UFC and maybe in all of MMA. I did not say the best, I said the most natural. Think about his accomplishment in the UFC and how little he did for most of it. Penn is one of my fave fighters, yes he did bitch and whine unnecessarly after the GSP fight, but it doesn’t change his talent level. I do believe this is the best Kenny Florian that we are going to see, but I do not see him hurting Penn. If GSP couldn’t hurt him the stand up, I do not see Florian hurting Penn in the stand up and Florian doesn’t have the strength to do what GSP did. I thinkhe has a good chance, maybe winning by points, but not with a KO, TKO, or a sub. I personally do not see anyone being good enough to beat BJ right now at 155#.
by Da Monkey on Jun 21, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Florian is going to beat BJ yes, but if Diego ever fought BJ than that is what would happen, I always saw that happening at WW and it’s going to be the same at LW!
by RoB on Jun 21, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
kenny florian is on another level now, diego, could barely beat guida, and huerta beat guida, kenny destroyed huerta. i know its mma math, but people are going to be suprised when kenny oicks apart bj, specially in later rounds. bj doesnt have the heart or dedicatin to be a champion
by dtoto on Jun 21, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Ughhhhh. Guida was kicking Huerta asssss until that knee.
But I do agree with you that BJ hasn’t go the heart or ego to continue if Kenny beats him. Which I hope he does. But with that being said. I would like to see Diego and Penn. I think that would be a FUNNNNNN fight right there.
by ATNIP on Jun 21, 2009 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Da Monkey: I agree with what you’re saying about Penn’s talents. He’s definitely gifted.
But it’s too tough for me to call on whether Florian will defeat him or not. Recent events have shown that Penn seems closer to disinterest than he ever has so I hope his mind is still 100% in the game. But that could be an advantage for Florian too. And Florian is such an intelligent guy, he uses that to get so much better.
by Johnny Farnham on Jun 21, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Diego barely beat Guida? He beat the fuck out that hugger. Just because some retarded cunt of a judge gives more credence to a 3-minute hug than a 12-minute ass-whooping doesn’t mean the fight was close.
by PW on Jun 21, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
That was an awesome night of fights. Awesome. And I’m not a huge fan of Sanchez or Guida, but Guida might be hero for the beating he took.
by Diceman on Jun 21, 2009 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Guida’s chin is so good because he’s a caveman; a neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis).
by Johnny Farnham on Jun 21, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
haha, yea my girlfriend fell asleep too. she also prefers jits, but only because she doesnt like seeing people get punched. great fights, much better than 99
by connor on Jun 21, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL!
Hahaha.
Funny, but WAY too harsh.
by Johnny Farnham on Jun 21, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
lol, some guys do considering she trained under caesar gracie and knows more mma than most of you!
by kevin on Jun 22, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Let’s not put the cart before the horse here. BJ’s got to get past Florian first.
by mma_voice on Jun 22, 2009 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions
one other thing, Brock Lesner is a moron! There is no luck in mma, and if there is, he got lucky catching Randy with a punch that was ducked under after Randy controlled him for most of the first round! Brock is probably the future of the HW division, but Mir submitted you, plain and simple! I pray Mir will submit him again!
by kevin on Jun 21, 2009 3:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Brock says he is the real champ cause he beat Randy….well Mir beat Brock and big nog back to back so I say that makes mir the champ. I see c
by hatteras on Jun 22, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
kinda surprised stevenson and diaz also won the bonus, but the sanchez fight was amazing
PLEASE let there be kenny vs diego II for the title!!!!!
by Marz on Jun 21, 2009 12:52 AM EDT reply actions
The stevenson and diaz fight was an amazing technical fight between to very skilled grapplers. Learn the sport!
by Yourmomma on Jun 21, 2009 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions
well yea but those dont usually get fight of the night bonuses right? chill ma dude haha
by Marz on Jun 21, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions
some type of fights are still more boring than others… so chill
by RoB on Jun 21, 2009 2:20 AM EDT up reply actions
i thought the stevenson diaz fight was pretty boring. Joe needed a win in a bad way and clearly saw the Guida Diaz fight. Greg Jackson gave Joe the game plan to earn a win, but not thrill the crowd. Seeing as Joe was desperate for a win, I can’t be mad at him, but that was not worthy of fight of the night. Also, what was Joe doing throwing the game plan out the window in the last minute of the fight??
I thought Pearson would win his fight by KO. For some reason, Winner didn’t wanna trade with him and kept initiating the clinch in the first 2 rds. Maybe respecting Pearson’s power. Pearson started to tire in the third and needed to win that round so he initiated the clinch a few times. That fight was brutal to watch at points. Ref’s need to break up clinch wars when it’s clear a take down isn’t going to happen and not many strikes are being thrown.
I also thought Wilkes would take out Demarques but I thought it would be by KO. Demarques looks the part and talks a big game but I was not sold like alot of guys here. Nick had him hurt bad in their fight but was too tired to finish him. Demarques has some good skills and is athletic but he’s got problems with striking defense and a soft chin. Spike did a fair job of making him look alot better than he is.
Man I love watching Chris Lytle fights. He can be a gatekeeper forever for all I care but I want him on cards. Having him on a PPV card is tremendously valuable to getting buys from MMA fans. You know it’s gonna be a fight worth your money every time he’s around.
That main event was not nearly as close as the judges ended up making it. Guida mounted no real offense aside from top control. When they announced that one judge had Guida winning first I was ready to smash my TV. Props to him for the heart he showed but Diego was clearly the better fighter.
by Crowls on Jun 21, 2009 1:08 AM EDT up reply actions
yea i def agree that stevenson just needed a win and did what he had to do, three losses in a row would be really terrible
i think some referees see a guy being on top as him winning the fight sometimes, i can see guida winning the second round even thought the elbows from the bottom by diego were ridiculous! the third round was diego’s though, especially bc he almost took guida’s back and worked at a kimura and even arm bar while guida didnt do almost anything from the top
i dont really like sanchez haha but it was a great fight
by Marz on Jun 21, 2009 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions
how the hell did Melvin Guillard win a decision against Tibau?? he should have been submitted easily, or a KO win for him. I don’t know how his gas tank lasted or what. Has his ground game improved that much that he survived against Gleison? I wanna see this fight. I think Kevin and I are Melvin’s only fans, but I expected him to get tapped early here. This is promising.
by Crowls on Jun 21, 2009 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions
maybe it was that jorge gurgel syndrom where jiu jitsu fighter refuses to go to the ground and just tries to fight standing up?
by Marz on Jun 21, 2009 1:17 AM EDT up reply actions
i read a replay of it, gleison took him down like four times but melvin kept getting back up before he could do anythng with it
by connor on Jun 21, 2009 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
how can u say he has a soft chin…….he got cracked HARD by nick and didntgo out…his chin is solid and there was no proof at all that it was soft he got rocked a kept swingin
by JG on Jun 21, 2009 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions
i can say he has a soft chin because i have seen him hurt badly by a guy who is not close to an elite fighter. He showed great heart and recovered well to finish that round and win the fight. However, you can tell by the look of some guys if they will have a soft chin or not and I’m telling you, he will get more UFC events, and I see him going out cold at some point. Just picture his face and you can see him going out cold in a real awkward fashion. Eyes roll back, crumbles to the floor with legs twisted. He’s lost by TKO twice.
by Crowls on Jun 21, 2009 2:21 AM EDT up reply actions
being hurt by a guy that’s not an elite fighter only says something about his defensive skill which is horrible not his chin, smarta$$!… a hard punch is still a hard punch no matter who it comes from…
by RoB on Jun 21, 2009 3:19 AM EDT up reply actions
fair point, but remember this exchange when ppl on here say that Nick “can’t bust a grape”. Most of my original comment was due to my dislike of his personality, but I do think he has the look of a guy who is due for a highlight reel KO in the not so distant future. No basis behind it, call it a gut feeling. And when he gets knocked silly, I will expect an apology and you can expect an “I told you so”
by Crowls on Jun 21, 2009 3:43 AM EDT up reply actions
you are 100% accurate. Nick needs strength and power improved conditioning, he has the heart and the skills. I hope and prayed James would send DaBigmouth to sleep in the stand up but a submission will do, shame he let him tap shudda put him out
by TheNiceman on Jun 21, 2009 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, joe somebody has no chin because at some point in the near or maybe later in his career he’ll get knocked out. He’s due with that big nose of his. Just imagine him taking a straight punch, then head kick, then power slam, and finished with some elbows. You heard it here first.I just know it’ll happen.
by cokido on Jun 21, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
3 fights of the night, biggest surprise for me is joe daddy. looks he will be around for at least one more fight. come on dana only 25 grand. quit being a tight ass and pay your men
by day1er on Jun 21, 2009 12:53 AM EDT reply actions
It wasn’t a PPV, $25,000 is a lot for a TUF finale. Especially considering that they gave 3 FOtN bonuses.
Stop crying.
by R-Dizzle on Jun 21, 2009 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions
God there is always i lil Btch crying about dana, dude is not even a PPV event and 3 fights got the bonus instead of one which show how much the UFC cares about fighter who put it all out there.
SHUT UP DW HATERS! go eat some mcdonalds from the dollar menu and stop hating successful ppl!
by Teq on Jun 21, 2009 3:17 AM EDT up reply actions
seriously, im not a fan of all of white’s business practices, the whole deal with aka is crap. but really people, pay a fighter based on performance and he has more initiative to put on a good performance. for how many fighters the ufc has id say that in most cases(not all) they pay their men very well. always an exception though
by connor on Jun 21, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
oh im no hater my man i love dana white. im the first to take up for him. i think it shouldnt matter if its ppv or not. if payouts are lower on network fights whats the incentive for the big namers to fight on spike instead of holding out for ppv. who gives a shit if 3 fights earn fotn or not? its better for buisness. on the last ppv some of the fighters were getting $60,000 bonuses. they did nothing more than sanchez and guida. pull danas shaft out of your throat long enough to think about the guys putting it on the line for once.
by day1er on Jun 21, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
diego got ripped of his u. decision. now on my picks i dont get full points becasue of that
by Jared on Jun 21, 2009 12:59 AM EDT reply actions
lytle and burns was no fight of the night IMO it was sloppy and boring after the fight round.
i thought that the demarques and what’s his brit was a great fight and basically it ended too soon to be given fight of the night.
stevenson and diaz was a good fight but not a great one. again, great first roudn then it fizzled quite a bit after that.
by EZbreadcrumb on Jun 21, 2009 1:13 AM EDT reply actions
Finally someone who thought Stevenson vs. Diaz was boring. 2 rounds of Stevenson pushing Diaz against the cage gets fight of the night? That’s as bad as Shogun vs. Coleman getting a bonus.
by Prokstar on Jun 21, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions
UFC needs to have 5 round main events!!!
that is a must, these guys are supposed to get prepared for a title fight, and be so highly ranked that they can deal with a 5 rounder without problems and if they can’t then well they’re not gonna have any success in a 5 round title fight..
by RoB on Jun 21, 2009 2:29 AM EDT reply actions
I’ve been saying this for a year. Totally agree, if it;s a main event, it needs to be five rounds.
by Youtaped on Jun 21, 2009 7:39 AM EDT up reply actions
I would have payed a lot of money to see that main event continue for another 2 rounds.
by Diceman on Jun 21, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
that would be interesting, diego was starting to get tired near the end. might not make a difference other than he would be on his back more often maybe
by connor on Jun 21, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
diego and kenny will eventually fight again and hopefully kenny evens the score but it definitely wont be the title both these guys are not even close to being on bj’s level diego stand up tonight was stiff as hell and he practically stands still at least kenny attempts to implement decent footwork
there is no one at 155 that can beat BJ penn at the moment
I wanna see diego vs maynard winner of that fight deserves the next shot after kenny gets destroyed by BJ i wanna see him fight edgar
by dia mette on Jun 21, 2009 3:24 AM EDT reply actions
hey Dia mette, I don’t mind you disagreeing (about womans mma), but if your gonna say “disrespectfully disagree,” be disrespectful! All I was saying is if Nick Diaz/Robbie Lawler, Shields/Riggs is added to that card, plus overeem/grim for the title, Cyborg/gina is first televised fight material at best! No offense, but thats best case for the women! It’s just my opinion, but did you see the women fight the other night?
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no need to be disrespectful by the way, we all have opinions to debate!
by kevin on Jun 21, 2009 3:41 AM EDT up reply actions
hey whats up Kev I was happy to see you got a kick out of that remark because thats the way it was intended to get a little laugh I was just joking around and was actually going to mention I was joking in the original comment but I was curious to see your reaction
I give two shits about female MMA but I do wanna see carano/cyborg but other than that there are really no other females worth watching except maybe a couple others.
and no I didnt see the female fight from the other night because I dont really care to watch and thanks to your heads up i definitely wont watch it
by dia mette on Jun 22, 2009 2:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Diego looked like he was standing still tonight because he was stalking. He was chasing Guida down. The guy on the outside trying to avoid being hit is always gonna look like he has great footwork.
Newsflash: both Diego and Kenny are on BJs level. I love BJ, but if he takes either one lightly he loses. These guys are not Joe Stevenson. Both are capable of making it to the later rounds and I won’t be surprised at all to see BJ gas at 155. His cardio has never been tested at this weight class. I’m not sold on the BJ has good cardio at 155 so he’s unbeatable thing. I expect Kenny to plan his whole fight around timing. He’s gonna circle around and be on the outside and try to time BJ coming in. He’ll throw out jabs and shoot for TD’s when BJ is unprepared. He likely won’t get the TD early on but it’ll keep BJ off balance. When it gets to the later rounds and BJ gets tired/frustrated, that’s where Kenny takes over. Think Forrest v Tito, but a 5 rounder. BJ owns the first two, but Kenny takes 3-5. I’m calling it now. Somebody start a list like AdamG, let’s take sides, I don’t care. I got upset special Kenny Florian UD and new UFC Lightweight Champion.
by Crowls on Jun 21, 2009 3:50 AM EDT up reply actions
you hit the nail on the head, thats how i see the fight going, specially since gsp is going to be helping kenny prepare for bj, after he takes apart alves. kenny will circle jab, pick his shots, and keep bj at bay, with way superior reach. he has a much more better all around standup than bj with his kicking game. gsp will coach him to mix that up with takedowns, further keeping bj off balance. bj might win 1 round, but thats it. im confident in a 5 round fight kenny takes it. he is also much hungrier, and will have better cardio. i just hope bj doesnt quit again in the stool, when he has nothing left in the later rounds.it will be nice to see all the delusional fools like adam g finally to see the light. bj retires after this fight
by dtoto on Jun 21, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
once kenny destroys bj you will wake up from your delusional world, and realize that bj isnt that good anymore. who has he beat lately, joe daddy, sherk, and pulver, those fighters are jokes, pulver cant even beat fws, joe daddy loses almos evry fight, sherk tried boxing him, despite having a fott of reach disadvantage. kenny is going to send bj into retirement. mark my words
by dtoto on Jun 21, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
dtoto and cowls I will remember you two for sure and we will see whi was living in a delusional world come august I do appreciate the way you see the fight going because I agree kenny will be boucing all around trying not to overengage and pick his shots and that stategy will be somewhat effective for the 1st rd but then bj is ganna unleash hell wether on his back standing or with a takedown and transitioning to the kennys back.
because of what happened to bj in his last outing by the much bigger and stronger GSP people suddely get amnesia concerning what hes accomplished man you guys are crazy
the bast part WE WILL SEE soon enough
by dia mette on Jun 22, 2009 2:46 AM EDT up reply actions
clay guida can’t be human. that head kick should have killed him but he kept bouncing. ive always like diego, even tho he took that party break after tuf. now that he’s serious again he’s exciting. clearly the only fight of the night, but good for the ufc giving up some cash. the rest of the night was average.
by WDC on Jun 21, 2009 3:37 AM EDT reply actions
I think they should also have awarded Lesnar the “Uneven Haircut Award” and Joe Rogan the “I Think I Have The Coolest Watch Award” for always wearing long sleeves and tucking his one sleeve up under his watch to show it off (he does this non-stop, including during his stand-up special). That just screams douchebag.
Back to the fights, I enjoyed them all and have to appreciate all the styles. I am not sure what was up with the scoring disparities in the main event but that seemed to have been the pattern based on the undercard fights. Anyone remember which UFC it was where there was about 5 or 6 split decisions for the entire card?
by Ertz on Jun 21, 2009 10:27 AM EDT reply actions
3 fights of the night? That’s nuts. I think that Sanchez/Guida should have taken it. The other fights were good though. Can’t wait to see Sanchez/Florian 2. BTW, what happened to the ring girls? They hardly showed them!
by Caknakker on Jun 21, 2009 10:34 AM EDT reply actions
ya the stevenson fight was amazing. my friend called the spladle which i really never saw used in a fight now. And stevensons throws were sweet. i wanna see joe use his wrestling more in future fights like he did in this one.
by hamsterwheel on Jun 21, 2009 4:38 PM EDT reply actions
how the fuck can i guy win fight of the night when he didnt throw one punch. stevenson did what he had to do to win whatever but that fight was boring. he wasn’t trying to finish and if youre not trying to finish you should never win fight of the night. if stevenson didnt think he was gonna get cut for sure if he lost he wouldnt have fought like that. embarrassing to call that fight of the night.
by fuck on Jun 21, 2009 7:05 PM EDT reply actions
Perhaps not fight of the night but it was so strongly contested and far from boring. When two grapplers are that good and closely matched and know how to inflict and prevent damage as well as they do, they negate each other’s offense. That’s not boring that’s competition.
by Johnny Farnham on Jun 22, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
3 fights of the night? Um.. I don’t think thats how it works.. oh well, at least Dana is throwing some money at them, but 2 of them should get honorable mentions or something.
by MMAFan on Jun 22, 2009 9:36 AM EDT reply actions
Mir has already beateb Brock so how brock says he is the real champ I do not know. He will fight carwin after mir no matter what because people wanna see it. dos santos vs cain please.
sanchez will be champ for a long time…once penn retires. Penn wants to win 2 more and quit.
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