The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir
Genre Reality, Sports
Created by Craig Piligian, Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White
Starring Dana White, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Frank Mir
Country of origin  United States
Production
Running time 60 minutes
Release
Original network Spike TV
Original release September 17, 2008 – December 13, 2008
Chronology
Preceded by The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest
Followed by The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir is the eighth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter, which went into production in late May 2008 and premiered on September 17, 2008 on Spike TV. This season features Light Heavyweight fighters (186–205 lb) and Lightweight fighters (146–155 lb).

UFC interim Heavyweight champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and the #1 Heavyweight contender and former UFC Heavyweight champion Frank Mir served as coaches for the two teams. After the completion of the series, the two met for the UFC Interim Heavyweight title at UFC 92 in December.

Cast

Coaches

Fighters

*Britt was replaced by Marshall on episode 2 due to injury. On episode 3 both McLaughlin and Grigoryan were injured and then replaced by Delgado and Kingsbury respectively.

Others

Episodes

Episode 1 – Ready to Fight
Episode 2 – Down to Business
Episode 3 – Demons
Coach 1st Pick 2nd Pick 3rd Pick 4th Pick
Mir Krzysztof Soszynski Vinny Magalhães Eliot Marshall Tom Lawlor
Nogueira Ryan Bader Shane Primm Kyle Kingsbury Jules Bruchez
Coach 1st Pick 2nd Pick 3rd Pick 4th Pick
Mir Junie Browning Shane Nelson David Kaplan George Roop
Nogueira Phillipe Nover Efrain Escudero John Polakowski
Episode 4 – Punk
Episode 5 – From Chill to Kill
Episode 6 – Fight, Fight, Kill, Kill
Episode 7 – Body Bag
Episode 8 – Splushi
Episode 9 – Hurts Like Hell
Episode 10 – Fire The Cannons
Episode 11 – Make Him Pay
Episode 12 – Three Strikes

Tournament Bracket

Light Heavyweights

Elimination Round Semi-finals Finale
       
      Jules Bruchez  SUB
      Vinny Magalhães  1  
      Vinny Magalhães  SUB
          Krzysztof Soszynski  1  
      Kyle Kingsbury  SUB
      Krzysztof Soszynski  1  
      Vinny Magalhães  TKO
   
        Ryan Bader  1
      Ryan Bader  KO
      Tom Lawlor  1  
      Ryan Bader  UD
          Eliot Marshall  3  
      Shane Primm  SUB
      Eliot Marshall  1  
 

Lightweights

Elimination Round Semi-finals Finale
       
      Phillipe Nover  SUB
      David Kaplan  1  
      Phillipe Nover  SUB
          George Roop  1  
      John Polakowski  UD
      George Roop  2  
      Phillipe Nover  UD
   
        Efrain Escudero  3
      Efrain Escudero  SUB
      Shane Nelson  2  
      Efrain Escudero  SUB
          Junie Browning  2  
      Rolando Delgado  SD
      Junie Browning  3  
 
Legend
  Team Nogueira
  Team Mir
UD
  Unanimous Decision
SD
  Split Decision
SUB
  Submission
(T) KO
  (Technical) Knockout

The Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date December 13, 2008
Venue Palms Casino Resort
City Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance 1,853
Total gate $405,000
Event chronology

UFC: Fight for the Troops The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on December 13 2008.[1]

Background

Featured were the finals from The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir in both the Lightweight and Light Heavyweight divisions.

Wilson Gouveia officially weighed in at 189 pounds, failing to meet the requirements of the Middleweight weight class. The match was still held, but at a Catchweight with Gouveia forfeited 20% of his earnings to Jason MacDonald.[2]

Results

Main card (Spike TV)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Lightweight Efrain Escudero def. Phillipe Nover Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Light Heavyweight Ryan Bader def. Vinny Magalhães TKO (punches) 1 2:18 [lower-alpha 2]
Welterweight Anthony Johnson def. Kevin Burns KO (head kick) 3 0:28
Catchweight (189 lbs) Wilson Gouveia def. Jason MacDonald Submission (elbows) 1 2:18
Lightweight Junie Browning def. Dave Kaplan Submission (armbar) 2 1:32
Preliminary card
Light Heavyweight Krzysztof Soszynski def. Shane Primm Submission (kimura) 2 3:27 [lower-alpha 3]
Light Heavyweight Eliot Marshall def. Jules Bruchez Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 1:27 [lower-alpha 4]
Light Heavyweight Tom Lawlor def. Kyle Kingsbury Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Lightweight Shane Nelson def. George Roop Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 28–29) 3 5:00
Lightweight Rolando Delgado def. John Polakowski Submission (guillotine choke) 2 2:18
  1. The Ultimate Fighter 8 Lightweight Final
  2. The Ultimate Fighter 8 Light Heavyweight Final
  3. This bout aired on the Spike broadcast after the Bader vs. Magalhães bout.
  4. This bout aired on the Spike broadcast following the Browning vs. Kaplan bout.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $25,000 bonuses.[3]

Coaches' Fight

Main article: UFC 92

UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 was held on December 27, 2008 in Paradise, Nevada.

Frank Mir defeated Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (ic) via TKO (punches) at 1:54 of the second round.

References

  1. "Ultimate Fighter Team Nogueira vs Team Mir Finale". 2007-11-22. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  2. "Official Weigh-In Results: The Ultimate Fighter Finale". December 12, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2008.
  3. "TUF 8 Finale Payouts and Bonuses". December 14, 2008. Retrieved February 22, 2009.

See also

External links

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