The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz | |
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Genre | Reality, Sports |
Created by | Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White |
Starring | Dana White Chuck Liddell Tito Ortiz Rich Franklin (as of the final episode) |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Spike |
Release | March 31, 2010[1] |
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz (also known as The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Franklin for the final episode of the season) is the eleventh installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. The show began taping in early 2010 [2] and premiered on Spike on March 31, 2010. [1] The live finale of the show was June 19, 2010. [3] [4]
The UFC and Spike TV held open tryouts on October 26, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. The casting call went out for middleweight and light heavyweight fighters. Fighters wanting to try out for the show must have been at least 21 years old and have had a professional MMA record. [3] 300 fighters showed up to the tryouts including UFC veterans Jason Lambert, [5] Nick Thompson and Logan Clark, [2] International Fight League and EliteXC veteran Wayne Cole, [5] as well as season 1 TUF competitor and former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Bobby Southworth. [2] In addition to the open tryouts, the UFC also accepted applications available through its website until November 9, 2009. [6]
During The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale, Dana White announced that the coaches would be Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell. White also announced that the fighters for this season would compete in the middleweight weight class. The season will feature 28 fighters as opposed to the usual 16 or 32. The series boasts a new "wildcard" format in which the two coaches will pick two fighters who lost their preliminary bouts to face each other for the eighth spot in the quarter-finals. [4]
*In the final episode of the season, Tito Ortiz and his coaching staff are replaced by Rich Franklin and his team.
* Camozzi was replaced by Baczynski due to injury before official competition started on national television
Coach | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick | 4th Pick | 5th Pick | 6th Pick | 7th Pick |
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Ortiz | Nick Ring | Kyacey Uscola | Kris McCray | Jamie Yager | James Hammortree | Clayton McKinney | Chris Camozzi |
Liddell | Kyle Noke | Rich Attonito | Charles Blanchard | Josh Bryant | Brad Tavares | Court McGee | Joseph Henle |
For this episode, the starting credits changed to reflect Ortiz' departure and Rich Franklin's entrance. The season was renamed "Team Liddell vs. Team Franklin." This was also a two-hour episode.
Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finale | |||||||||||
Brad Tavares | UD | |||||||||||||
James Hammortree | 3 | |||||||||||||
Brad Tavares | DQ | |||||||||||||
Seth Baczynski | 1 | |||||||||||||
Joseph Henle | 3 | |||||||||||||
Seth Baczynski | UD | |||||||||||||
Brad Tavares | 3 | |||||||||||||
Court McGee | SUB | |||||||||||||
Rich Attonito | DQ | |||||||||||||
Kyacey Uscola | 1 | |||||||||||||
Court McGee * | SUB | |||||||||||||
James Hammortree** | 2 | |||||||||||||
Court McGee | 2 | |||||||||||||
Nick Ring | MD | |||||||||||||
Court McGee | SUB | |||||||||||||
Kris McCray | 2 | |||||||||||||
Josh Bryant | UD | |||||||||||||
Kris McCray | 3 | |||||||||||||
Josh Bryant | TKO | |||||||||||||
Jamie Yager | 2 | |||||||||||||
Charles Blanchard | 1 | |||||||||||||
Jamie Yager | TKO | |||||||||||||
Josh Bryant | 3 | |||||||||||||
Kris McCray | UD | |||||||||||||
Kyle Noke | SUB | |||||||||||||
Clayton McKinney | 1 | |||||||||||||
Kyle Noke | 2 | |||||||||||||
Kris McCray | UD | |||||||||||||
Kris McCray | SUB | |||||||||||||
Kyacey Uscola | 2 | |||||||||||||
* Attonito was injured and replaced by McGee.
** Ring was injured and replaced by Hammortree.
Team Liddell | ||
Team Ortiz/Franklin | ||
UD
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Unanimous decision | |
MD
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Majority decision | |
SUB
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Submission | |
(T) KO
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(Technical) Knockout | |
DQ
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Disqualification |
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | June 19, 2010 | |||
Venue | Palms Casino Resort | |||
City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
Attendance | 1,708 [14] | |||
Total gate | $430,000 [14] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale) was a mixed martial arts event that was held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 19, 2010. [15] Featured were the finalists from The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz in the Middleweight division.
Kenny Florian filled in for Joe Rogan as color commentator, due to scheduling conflicts for Rogan. [16]
Darren Elkins was scheduled to face Charles Oliveira at the event, but Oliveira reportedly had to pull out of the fight due to visa issues. [17] The bout was moved to UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko in August 2010.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Court McGee | def. | Kris McCray | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:41 | [a] |
Light Heavyweight | Matt Hamill | def. | Keith Jardine | Decision (majority) (29–27, 29–27, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
Middleweight | Chris Leben | def. | Aaron Simpson | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:17 | |
Lightweight | Dennis Siver | def. | Spencer Fisher | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Rich Attonito | def. | Jamie Yager | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:25 | |
Preliminary card | |||||||
Lightweight | John Gunderson | def. | Mark Holst | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Brad Tavares | def. | Seth Baczynski | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Kyle Noke | def. | Josh Bryant | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:12 | |
Middleweight | Chris Camozzi | def. | James Hammortree | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight | Travis Browne | def. | James McSweeney | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:32 | [c] |
Fighters were awarded $25,000 bonuses. [18]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC and also do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. [19]
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz | |
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Genre | Reality, Sports |
Created by | Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White |
Starring | Dana White Chuck Liddell Tito Ortiz Rich Franklin (as of the final episode) |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Spike |
Release | March 31, 2010[1] |
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz (also known as The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Franklin for the final episode of the season) is the eleventh installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. The show began taping in early 2010 [2] and premiered on Spike on March 31, 2010. [1] The live finale of the show was June 19, 2010. [3] [4]
The UFC and Spike TV held open tryouts on October 26, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. The casting call went out for middleweight and light heavyweight fighters. Fighters wanting to try out for the show must have been at least 21 years old and have had a professional MMA record. [3] 300 fighters showed up to the tryouts including UFC veterans Jason Lambert, [5] Nick Thompson and Logan Clark, [2] International Fight League and EliteXC veteran Wayne Cole, [5] as well as season 1 TUF competitor and former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Bobby Southworth. [2] In addition to the open tryouts, the UFC also accepted applications available through its website until November 9, 2009. [6]
During The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale, Dana White announced that the coaches would be Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell. White also announced that the fighters for this season would compete in the middleweight weight class. The season will feature 28 fighters as opposed to the usual 16 or 32. The series boasts a new "wildcard" format in which the two coaches will pick two fighters who lost their preliminary bouts to face each other for the eighth spot in the quarter-finals. [4]
*In the final episode of the season, Tito Ortiz and his coaching staff are replaced by Rich Franklin and his team.
* Camozzi was replaced by Baczynski due to injury before official competition started on national television
Coach | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick | 4th Pick | 5th Pick | 6th Pick | 7th Pick |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ortiz | Nick Ring | Kyacey Uscola | Kris McCray | Jamie Yager | James Hammortree | Clayton McKinney | Chris Camozzi |
Liddell | Kyle Noke | Rich Attonito | Charles Blanchard | Josh Bryant | Brad Tavares | Court McGee | Joseph Henle |
For this episode, the starting credits changed to reflect Ortiz' departure and Rich Franklin's entrance. The season was renamed "Team Liddell vs. Team Franklin." This was also a two-hour episode.
Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finale | |||||||||||
Brad Tavares | UD | |||||||||||||
James Hammortree | 3 | |||||||||||||
Brad Tavares | DQ | |||||||||||||
Seth Baczynski | 1 | |||||||||||||
Joseph Henle | 3 | |||||||||||||
Seth Baczynski | UD | |||||||||||||
Brad Tavares | 3 | |||||||||||||
Court McGee | SUB | |||||||||||||
Rich Attonito | DQ | |||||||||||||
Kyacey Uscola | 1 | |||||||||||||
Court McGee * | SUB | |||||||||||||
James Hammortree** | 2 | |||||||||||||
Court McGee | 2 | |||||||||||||
Nick Ring | MD | |||||||||||||
Court McGee | SUB | |||||||||||||
Kris McCray | 2 | |||||||||||||
Josh Bryant | UD | |||||||||||||
Kris McCray | 3 | |||||||||||||
Josh Bryant | TKO | |||||||||||||
Jamie Yager | 2 | |||||||||||||
Charles Blanchard | 1 | |||||||||||||
Jamie Yager | TKO | |||||||||||||
Josh Bryant | 3 | |||||||||||||
Kris McCray | UD | |||||||||||||
Kyle Noke | SUB | |||||||||||||
Clayton McKinney | 1 | |||||||||||||
Kyle Noke | 2 | |||||||||||||
Kris McCray | UD | |||||||||||||
Kris McCray | SUB | |||||||||||||
Kyacey Uscola | 2 | |||||||||||||
* Attonito was injured and replaced by McGee.
** Ring was injured and replaced by Hammortree.
Team Liddell | ||
Team Ortiz/Franklin | ||
UD
|
Unanimous decision | |
MD
|
Majority decision | |
SUB
|
Submission | |
(T) KO
|
(Technical) Knockout | |
DQ
|
Disqualification |
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | June 19, 2010 | |||
Venue | Palms Casino Resort | |||
City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
Attendance | 1,708 [14] | |||
Total gate | $430,000 [14] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
|
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale) was a mixed martial arts event that was held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 19, 2010. [15] Featured were the finalists from The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz in the Middleweight division.
Kenny Florian filled in for Joe Rogan as color commentator, due to scheduling conflicts for Rogan. [16]
Darren Elkins was scheduled to face Charles Oliveira at the event, but Oliveira reportedly had to pull out of the fight due to visa issues. [17] The bout was moved to UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko in August 2010.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Court McGee | def. | Kris McCray | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:41 | [a] |
Light Heavyweight | Matt Hamill | def. | Keith Jardine | Decision (majority) (29–27, 29–27, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
Middleweight | Chris Leben | def. | Aaron Simpson | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:17 | |
Lightweight | Dennis Siver | def. | Spencer Fisher | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Rich Attonito | def. | Jamie Yager | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:25 | |
Preliminary card | |||||||
Lightweight | John Gunderson | def. | Mark Holst | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Brad Tavares | def. | Seth Baczynski | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Kyle Noke | def. | Josh Bryant | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:12 | |
Middleweight | Chris Camozzi | def. | James Hammortree | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight | Travis Browne | def. | James McSweeney | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:32 | [c] |
Fighters were awarded $25,000 bonuses. [18]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC and also do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. [19]