The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale results

The closure to season 12 of The Ultimate Fighter had its ups and downs with solid fights, out of nowhere knockouts, horrible judges decisions and of course a Cody McKenzie Guillotine. All five of the main card fights went the distance, but there wasn’t a boring fight among them.

The main event crowned a new Ultimate Fighter season winner but the night will likely be overshadowed by the horrible split decision in the Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan fight.

Main event:
155 lbs.: Jonathan Brookins vs. Michael Johnson – Jonathan Brookins by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-27)

Main card:
205 lbs.: Stephan Bonnar vs. Igor Pokrajac – Stephan Bonnar by Unanimous Decision (29-26, 29-26, 29-26)
185 lbs.: Kendall Grove vs. Demian Maia – Demain Maia by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
170 lbs.: Ricky Story vs. Johny Hendricks – Rick Story by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
155 lbs.: Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan – Leonard Garcia by Split Decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28) [Fight of the night]

Under card:
185 lbs.: Rich Attonito vs. Dave Branch – Dave Branch by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
135 lbs.: Will Campuzano vs. Nick Pace – Nick Pace by 3rd round Submission (Choke)
145 lbs.: Pablo Garza vs. Fredson Paixao – Pablo Garza by 1st round KO [KO of the night]
155 lbs.: Kyle Watson vs. Sako Chivitchian – Kyle Watson by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
155 lbs.: Cody McKenzie vs. Aaron Wilkinson – Cody McKenzie by 1st round Submission (Guillotine) [Submission of the night]
145 lbs.: Ian Loveland vs. Tyler Toner – Ian Loveland by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-26, 29-28)

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Leonard Garcia defeats Nam Phan by Robbery

When you have Joe Rogan calling out the judges live on Spike TV during the event, you know things are bad. In the first televised fight on the Ultimate Fighter season 12 finale Nam Phan took on mega brawler Leonard Garcia.

The fight lived up to the hype and was a very entertaining 15 minute slugfest, but when is Garcia not in a slugfest. The “said” Robbery occurred when the judges handed in their scorecards, ruling in favor of Leonard Garcia via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28). Everyone in attendance including Garcia was flooded when the decision was read.

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Despite record, Bonnar is Hall-worthy

LAS VEGAS – There are dozens of fighters who have a higher profile in the Ultimate Fighting Championship than Stephan Bonnar. There are just as many with a better record and probably that many more with greater skill. He hasn’t won a UFC title and probably never will.

Few mixed martial arts fighters, though, have done as much to fuel the sport’s popularity and extraordinary growth than Bonnar, who makes a return to “The Ultimate Fighter” on Saturday when he meets Igor Pokrajac at The Palms Resort & Casino in a light heavyweight bout as part of TUF 12 finale on Spike TV.

Bonnar’s 2005 fight with Forrest Griffin in the TUF finale remains one of the seminal moments in the sport’s history. UFC president Dana White has frequently said the company may not have survived had Bonnar and Griffin not engaged in that epic back-and-forth battle that, in many ways, began to open Americans’ eyes to what the sport was about.

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Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale Breakdown

As the end of The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck nears, the card for the finale is nearly set, except for the fights involving fighters from the show. It all goes down this Saturday December 4th, live from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Although the “official” WEC merge with the UFC isn’t supposed to go into effect until January 1st, this card will feature three bouts in the newly acquired weight classes. Unfortunately, the final episode has not yet been shown and fans don’t know the two finalists that will make up the co-main event but let’s breakdown the rest of the main card.

The first fight scheduled to take place is a Middleweight bout between TUF 11 alum Rich “The Raging Bull” Attonito (9-3) and Dave Branch (7-1). Since losing on the show, Attonito has put together a two-fight win streak and is taking a step up in competition here. Branch suffered his first loss back in July at the hands of Gerald Harris by way of a beautiful slam that knocked him out cold. With both men being strong in BJJ, this could turn into a grappling match with the winner being the man who can land the best punches.

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