TUF 8 Finale Fight Card Announced

The UFC officially announced the full fight card for the finale of The Ultimate Fighter: Season 8.

The fight card features the culmination of the TUF 8 season as a winner will be crowned in both the lightweight and light heavyweight divisions. The fight card also features the rematch between Kevin Burns and Anthony Johnson after their first fight ended controversially at UFC Fight Night 14 due to an eye gouge.

Main Card

Efrain Escudero vs. Phillipe Nover – TUF 8 lightweight final
Ryan Bader vs. Vinicius Magalhaes – TUF 8 light heavyweight final
Jason MacDonald vs. Wilson Gouveia
Anthony Johnson vs. Kevin Burns
Junie Browning vs. Dave Kaplan

Undercard

Shane Primm vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Eliot Marshall vs. Jules Bruchez
Kyle Kinsgbury vs. Tom Lawlor
Shane Nelson vs. George Roop
Rolando Delgado vs. John Polakowski

The TUF 8 finale will be held on December 13 in Las Vegas, NV and be broadcast live on SpikeTV.

Dr J

Posted: December 4th, 2008 4 Comments Categories: Events, News
In 2003, Craig "Dr J" Jolicoeur began what would eventually become MMA HQ. Over the course of several years and several different websites, MMAHQ.com was established and quickly gained a loyal following. The original and current aim of MMA HQ is to provide up-to-date news and information in the world of mixed martial arts. Today, thousands of people get their MMA fix either directly through MMAHQ.com, or through its news feeds or associate websites every day. 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, Phillip Nover, Rolando Delgado, Ryan Bader, Shame Primm, Shane Nelson, The Ultimate Fighter, Tom Lawlor, Vinicius Magalhaes, Wilson Gouveia

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bvrasp says:

December 4, 2008 at 12:34 pm

Junie is on the main card and Krzysztof is on the undercard???? WTF?? i was glad to see Junie beaten mentally then beaten physically though i would have rather a GnP stoppage rather than a sub, some blood would have been nice…

now this Douche gets to be on the main card???? WHY DANA???? WHY??

As far as the LHW fight goes, i think we already saw the final with Krzysztof vs Vinne, Bader basically got a free ride to the finals and hes getting submitted in the finale, so thats that.

the LW fight is gonna be CRAZY, both those kids can fight and theyre both well rounded. Somehow i see Efrain winning this fight, he strikes me as a young Frank Shamrock, even down to his facial expressions during the fight hehe.

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- richard says:
  
  December 4, 2008 at 1:16 pm
  
  junie is only there cuz for one reason,people tune into two kinds of people 1 cuz they love someone and 2 like in junies case we hate him,so i predict he will have a couple of fights in the ufc.now i cant believe ur going for efrain,philipe is so explosive i think it ends in tko by philipe.now if krystof would of backed away and srike with vinnie like he was doing and doing it very nice he would for sure be in the finals but nooooooooooooooooo he wanted to stand over him like lesnar and het tapped out.
  
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  - bvrasp says:
    
    December 4, 2008 at 5:39 pm
    
    Efrain and Phillipe is gonna be a crazy fight, phillipe has the striking advantage and Efrain has the grappling advantage in both wrestling and BJJ. Before coming into the show Efrain was 10-0 with 9 subs man, the kids a serious stud, thats why im picking him. Phillipe is 5-0-1 with 3 subs and 1 ko, he coming up quick but i think Efrain has the edge in experience also.
    
    I say Efrain by submission in the 2nd round.
    
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Amir says:

December 4, 2008 at 6:19 pm

I also have to go with Vinny over Bader and I’m picking Nover by decision.

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