TUF 15 Finale Results

Cofer vs. Lawrence: Round One: The two get in to an early scramble, they come back to their feet, both men find range and land. Both men land, good footwork. Round one goes to Lawrence. Round Two: The two scrapped throughout, I score the second to Lawrence by cage control, pace, strikes and footwork, and he ended the round on top. Round Three: Lights out! Justin Lawrence lands a beautiful right head kick to the jaw! It was the third time he threw the kick in the fight; the first was blocked, the second connected slightly, then the third landed clean for the KO! Great fight! Big step for Justin Lawrence. Max Holloway vs. Schilling (featherweight) Round One: Schilling works hard for takedowns after Holloway boxes his face in. Round one goes to Holloway; 10/9 by pure, crisp striking. Round two: More dominant boxing and takedown defense by Holloway. Clean 10-8 round from excellent boxing/striking; body shots, jabs, straights, hooks. Round Three: Dominant boxing by Holloway, cuts open Schilling, 54% of significant strikes landed in the fight. Brilliant performance put in by Holloway in his UFC debut (18 years old/ youngest in organization history). Who should this kid get next? Charles Oliveira vs. Jonathan Brookins (featherweight) Round One: Oliveira lands a few strikes and starts to get comfortable. Brookins takes him down after a good scramble. Oliveira gets back to his feet, the two start to scrap (applause from the crowd), the horn sounds, the two smile. I score it Oliveira by a slight margin, 10-9. Round Two: the two exchange, clinch, Brookins goes for a guillotine but ends up on bottom, scrambles, gets choked against the cage by a beautiful guillotine put on by Oliveira. Oliveira wins by way of submission. Michael Chisea vs. Al Iaquinta (TUF Finals) Round One: Chisea finishes the fight in dynamic fashion after getting hit a few solid times by the bombs of Iaquinta in the opening minutes. He managed to create a scramble and clinch the back of Iaquinta against the cage, transition to sink in two hooks, gain a tight body triangle, then secure a deep rear-naked choke that put the lights of Iaquinta out. A great performance put in for Chisea to gain the TUF 15 title and a three-fight contract with the UFC. Jake Ellenberger vs. Martin Kampmann (Main Event/ Welterweight) Round One: An explosive left hook drops Kampmann in the opening moment, Jake leaps into Martin’s guard and somehow Kampmann survives and early, vicious onslaught by Ellenberger. Kampmann keeps Ellenberger at bay with several guillotine attempts and uses it to eventually come back up to his feet, reverse position pressing Jake against the cage and turns the tide of the fight as the horn sounds for round one. I score it 10/9 Ellenberger for the big shot that rocked Kampmann and the majority of control from the top. Round Two: Both fighters come out swinging, brawling, banging, and Kampmann gets rocked again, this time coming out of the exchange extremely bloody from a busted nose. Still, he’s right in front of Ellenberger, taking the center of the cage! Suddenly, Kampmann clips Jake with a straight right and charges him. The two end up against the cage and Kampmann comes out with a nice Muay Thai clinch. With it he lands three precise knees with the third dropping Ellenberger to the canvas like a sack of potatoes. The fight is over! Kampmann wins by KO in by way of knees/strikes. After the fight it was announced that Kampmann is now in line to scarp with the surging Jonny Hendricks in a title contention eliminator. Huge, exciting news and a great cap to a solid TUF Finale card. -Jake Chastain