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In the finale of the Ultimate Fighter Season 6 the main event proved a number of things. Roger “El Matador” Huerta vs Clay “The Carpenter” Guida was a fantastic matchup which had a lot of speculation beforehand. Some felt that although Roger Huerta had never lost in the UFC, that he had not faced any tough competition. On the other hand, Clay Guida had defeated several big names in the lightweight division. As expected, both fighters came out swinging and with lots of energy. This is one of those matchups that is so entertaining to watch that you could dismiss whether the end result was the same each time or not. Guida appeared to be leading the scorecards in the first 2 rounds, leading the Huerta critics likely to surmise their predictions correct. However, in the third round, unlike some other fighters who may be too winded to mount a comeback, Huerta came out blazing with a sense of purpose. This is the type of intensity fans are hoping and expecting to see from a fighter who may be behind on the scorecards going into the third round. All too often we see no real change of effort into the 3rd round. Perhaps this is from being beaten down or feeling emotionally defeated already, but Roger Huerta did what most fans wanted to see. He came back with a vengeance and landed enough punches and knees to eventually get a rear naked choke victory over Clay Guida. Guida managed to get several shots in the first couple rounds including knocking Heurta to his knees at one point.

Ultimately Huerta will continue his title path and Guida will continue to face top competitors in a stacked lightweight division.

In other action, Mac Danzig did end up getting a victory over Tommy Speer to win the 6 figure UFC contract. Although I do believe that Mac Danzig is a very talented fighter and perhaps he could defeat Tommy Speer in a number of ways, I do not believe that we saw the best Tommy Speer performance.Tommy did not seem himself at all. Perhaps the first time experience of all of the cameras, bright lights and the capacity crowd contributed to his being overwhelmed. Tommy was defeated by a rear naked choke. In many cases, this type of victory is caused by a fighter being too tired to fight back or to a certain extent, acquiescing to a situation.

Jon “War Machine” Koppenhaver found some untapped reserve energy in the third round to mount Jared “J-Roc” Rollins after a very bloody battle. Koppenhaver was very emotional after the fight commending J-Roc on his performance and wishing both could have won. After such a spirited battle from both competitors, surely the UFC and its fans would consider them both winners.

Other winners included George Sotiropolous (over Billy Miles) who looked back on track as well as Ben Saunders edging out Dan Barerra. We will likely see many of these competitors again the UFC as the TV appearance will definitely help their popularity.

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