More drama in and out of the Octagon for Episode 8.
With Dana White, BJ Penn and Jens Pulver sitting down and eventually setting up the next matches, the quarterfinals were underway.
Team Penn's Joe Lauzon faced Cole Miller. The match nearly ended as soon as it began as Miller got Lauzon's back and proceeded to sink in a rear naked choke. Lauzon turned, pulled guard and eventually escaped. With Miller on his back for most of the first round, Lauzon landed his shots, while dodging many Miller submission attempts. In the second round, Lauzon caught Miller with an illegal shot to the back of the head. Even though Lauzon seemed apologetic and the shot looked accidental, Miller never was able to turn the fight back in his favor. Lauzon lost a point for the elbow, but won the fight via a referee stoppage.
Before the fight in the Octagon, there was a fight back at the house as Noah Thomas and Marlon Sims started exchanging strikes and some submission attempts outside the house. The fight did not go over well with UFC President Dana White as both fighters, along with Allen Berube, who did his best Big John McCarthy imitation by starting off the action, were thrown out of the house.
Rest of the quarterfinal matchups:
Nate Diaz (Team Pulver) vs. Corey Hill (Team Pulver)
Matt Wiman (Team Penn) vs. Manny Gamburyan (Team Pulver)
Gray Maynard (Team Penn) vs. Brandon Melendez (Team Pulver)
Here's where the teams stand after Episode 8:
Episode 1: Cole Miller caught Allen Berube with a triangle choke in the first round. (Team Pulver, 1-0)
Episode 2: Manny Gamburyan caught Noah Thomas with a kimura armlock in the first round. (Team Pulver, 2-0).
Episode 3: Nate Diaz defeated Rob Emerson via rear naked choke in the second round. (Team Pulver, 3-0).
Episode 4: Brandon Melendez defeated Andy Wang via unanimous decision. (Team Pulver, 4-0).
Episode 5: Gabe Ruediger eliminated due to a failure to make weight. (Team Pulver, 4-0).
Episode 6: Joe Lauzon defeated Brian Geraghty via rear naked choke in the first round. (Team Pulver, 4-1). Corey Hill wins by decision against Rob Emerson (Team Pulver, 5-1).
Episode 7: Gray Maynard wins by referee stoppage against Wayne Weems in the first round. (Team Pulver, 5-2). Matt Wiman defeated Marlon Sims via rear naked choke in the first round. (Team Pulver, 5-3).
Quarterfinals
Episode 8: Joe Lauzon defeated Cole Miller by referee stoppage in the second round. (Lauzon advances to the semifinals).
Comments (1)
Dana should have tossed more of those clowns off the show. That BS fight at the house was disgusting, pathetic.