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The Ultimate Fighter Week 8: Court McGee def. James Hammortree

Week 8 extends a season that has been focusing on fights rather than drama, second chances and up and comers rather than washed up football players looking for a second career. It hasn’t been the most exciting season, but seems to have revisited some of the attributes that made it one of the most exciting reality shows for MMA fans.

Kyacey Uscola heads into the octagon against Kris McCray moments after finding out his new baby has been born and is healthy. Both fighters are revenging an earlier loss following this season’s theme of second chances. The first wild card in TUF history features two fighters from Team Ortiz so Tito is sitting this one out.

The fighters step into the center and Kris comes out kicking but immediately takes a clean punch from Uscola. They continue to feel each other out throughout the first minute of the round when Uscola kicks McCray in the center if his left shin cause McCray to wince. McCray uses instinct to wrap Uscola up and pins him against the fence. McCray connects with some knees as he holds his opponent ultimately cracking Uscola in the cup. The last thing this fight needed was more time. To finish the round a couple of nice takedowns result in McCray in control and landing some ground and pound.

Possibly feeling some urgency, Uscola comes out swinging, but McCray ends up with a quick takedown and on top of Kyacey Uscola. After about a minute of complete control, Kris McCray wraps up Kyacey’s arm and manages the submission.

It is the time of the season o choose the quarter final fights and it isn’t call. The fights are as follows:

• Nick Ring versus Court McGee
• Kyle Noke versus Kris McCray
• Brad Tavares versus Seth Baczynski
• Jamie Yager versus Josh Bryant

Back at the house, a guest enters and it is Forrest Griffin with the new version of the UFC video game, UFC 2010. It is a two hour reprieve to let the fighters hang loose and kick some virtual ass. Then after Nick Ring finds out he has reinjured his ACL and is questioning whether or not to withdrawal from the tournament. Dana White pays the house a visit and Nick confirms his decision to withdrawal and get his third reconstructive surgery on his left ACL. Yet another second chance is in store for someone.

Before Dana leaves, he announces to the group of Nick’s decision and lets them know he will consult the coaches for a decision. Hammortree mans up and chases Dana down to claim the spot and in typical Dana style he walks back into the house and says the decision is made. Dana always loves someone willing to fight so Hammortree did himself a great service in confidently expressing to Dana his desire. Joe Henle was a bit shocked at the quick decision, but it is never as appealing the second time is it?

Taking the fight on short notice, James Hammortree runs out to meet Court McGee in the center of the octagon and lands a jab. Court returns a solid kick at the close of the first minute of round one. Minor exchanges continue and at the end of a kick Court is able to catch the heel of Hammortree and after some swiveling gets him to the ground. Quickly returning to his feet however, Hammortree connects with a few punches. McGee takes another punch or two, but manages to grab Hammortree and slam him to the ground. Again Hammortree is quick to his feet. Hammortree eludes a third takedown, the fighters exchange and Hammortree scores his own takedown of McGee. McGee is able to switch position prior to the end of the round making it as close as it can get.

Round two kicks off and both fighters seem eager to pick the action back up. Then only 24 seconds into the round, Court McGee is able to sink in a standing Guillotine choke and has James Hammortree tap. Not something you see often, but something that Hammortree will know to avoid later. Impressive win for Court McGee and the first fighter to win his quarterfinal fight.

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The Ultimate Fighter 11 Week 6: Nick Ring def. Court McGee

At the beginning of this episode Kyacey Uscola of the fighters in Team Ortiz seem to be questioning the training regimen put in place by the ex-Champ coach, Tito Ortiz. The over-trained fighters are complaining that the relentless style of Tito is causing them to gas in the fights. The last fighter to lose after running out of steam last week, Kris McCray, stood up for Tito as did several other members of the team. This quickly centers out Kyacey as the bad apple and Tito uses the experience to bring the team closer and focus on the goals ahead.

Temporarily the goals are all about dodge ball. The coaches matchup for $10,000 this season is a three on three dodge ball. Chuck makes quick work of Team Ortiz and sweeps Tito three to zip. Not exciting television watching a bunch of grown men playing dodge ball and certainly not as entertaining as past seasons.

It is time for this week’s matchup and Chuck having control after last week’s win chooses Court McGee to face up against Nick Ring. Nick chooses to give the “no you did-nt” finger shake to Court for calling him out earlier. Sorry Nick, but prior to this we only thought you pronounced words very well – now we simply know you like men.

Nick Ring is an extremely talented fighter and a strong contender to finish on top, however, Court McGee has also proven his talent so we are up for an exciting fight. Prior to fight time though we find out that Court is a recovered drug addict and he shares some war stories with his fellow house mates.

Quickly after the episode cuts from one scene to the next, we see Hammortree get put down to the matt in training and has to get carried off on a strecher to see if his back is broken or otherwise injured. This season has been full of injuries and mishaps. This isn’t to say that Kyacey Uscola may be right, but most of these injuries have been on team Ortiz. Hammortree does come back to say that his back contains significant swelling but has no real injury.

Hammortree may or may not get his second chance, but for now we have a fight between Nick and Court that has to get underway. Very quickly after the bell starts this competition, Nick Ring takes a straight shot and ultimately gets taken to the matt by McGee. As McGee maintains control on top he manages to land very little as Nick is able to regain his feet. Back in the center of the ring, the fighters exchange punches as well as kicks. At a little past the halfway mark of round one, Nick finds himself on Court’s back. Managing to get Nick off his back, Court still takes some punishment as Nick Ring keeps moving and controlling Court until the end of the round.

The fighters come out in round two hungry as they both are throwing punches and trying to connect with something substantial. Nick lands some decent kicks that seem to get Court’s attention. The fighters seem to enjoy the standup as they continue to fight in the center of the ring and exchange. As the seconds count down, the back and forth continues until the end of round two. This is obviously going to a third.

Anytime you take it to the judges you can’t guess the outcome on your best night and Nick Ring takes a majority decision over Court McGee. Stay tuned for next week when the wild card matchup is announced with the winner being born again with a chance to be the next Ultimate Fighter.

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