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http://www.5thround.com/138523/demetrio ... 17-finale/

Announced Fights:

Miesha Tate vs. Cat Zingano
Daniel Pineda vs. Justin Lawrence.
Bart Palaszewski vs. Cole Miller
Travis Browne vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
TUF 17 Finalist vs. TUF 17 Finalist
John Moraga vs. Demetrious Johnson (UFC flyweight champion)


Seems strange having a title fight on a TUF finale. Also have the 2nd scheduled women's fight.

Cool

Edited title. That's fairly big news.

Really glad Moraga is getting the shot, if only to avoid recycling fights already in the FLW division. In any division I usually like to see a challenger get at least 2 wins before getting another shot at the champ. Even if Benavidez might be better than Moraga, it's much more interesting to me to see Johnson take on all comers as the champ.

I'm sure I've made exceptions that I've forgotten about, but I don't remember being too happy about the Bendo/Edgar rematch, nor will I be stoked to see Cain/JDS fight for the 3rd time in less than 2 years if it goes down.

The 2nd ever women's fight is news too, I guess.

Tate at a weigh-in is always quite nice.

She has a wonderful bottom, you see.

CPT wrote:Really glad Moraga is getting the shot, if only to avoid recycling fights already in the FLW division. In any division I usually like to see a challenger get at least 2 wins before getting another shot at the champ.

Agreed. Sounds like Benavidez was iffy on whether he wanted it. Could have factored in, but the end result is better than such a quick rematch.

Johnson is out.

****...go Benavidez/Moraga for the shot?

Depends how bad Johnson's injury is I guess. Moraga may also want to keep the guaranteed title shot, though with how little the flyweights are paid, even as champ/in title fights, it might be better to just get a fight in.

Faber/Jorgensen the new main event.

source: Dana twitter

Ugh, I am **** sick of Uriah Faber.

LOL

But it's just a TUF Finale, it's about his level. There'll be no countdown or anything.

Bantamweight Urijah Faber vs. Scott Jorgensen
Middleweight Uriah Hall vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Women's Bantamweight Miesha Tate vs. Cat Zingano
Heavyweight Travis Browne vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
Middleweight Robert McDaniel vs. Gilbert Smith

Preliminary card (Fuel TV)
Middleweight Josh Samman vs. Kevin Casey
Middleweight Luke Barnatt vs. Collin Hart
Middleweight Dylan Andrews vs. Jimmy Quinlan
Middleweight Clint Hester vs. Bristol Marunde

Preliminary card (Facebook)
Featherweight Cole Miller vs. Bart Palaszewski
Featherweight Justin Lawrence vs. Daniel Pineda
Featherweight Sam Sicilia vs. Maximo Blanco

Miller/Bart P on Facebook prelims. Jeez.

SDM wrote:Miller/Bart P on Facebook prelims. Jeez.

Gets people to actually log on. UFC knows they have to make it worth while.

SDM wrote:Miller/Bart P on Facebook prelims. Jeez.

They saved fuel for this season's TUF guys apparently.

Yea if anyone has earned a top fight on the card its Bubba.

REDDzone wrote:Yea if anyone has earned a top fight on the card its Bubba.

Wow, didn't see that one.

Oh right, Robert McDaniel is Bubba. Haha, he's the only other TUF fight on FX! That's a lot of second chances. Josh, Dylan, Clint, and Luke all looked much better.

Gilbert, his opponent, was the dude with the crazy physique...and without the shirt. He far from earned that himself, IIRC.

Bubba vs. Gilbert is literally the least interesting fight on the card. How does it get a spot on the FX broadcast?

Bart/Miller have a combined 8 post-fight bonuses. It's probably going to be a good, close fight. Would not surprise me one bit if it's the FOTN, but bonuses seem slanted towards the main card. It really sucks for them... they each took a tough fight but FB prelims are usually ignored by the company, even if the fight is solid. Lose, lose for them.