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Episode 10- May 11, 2012

Two quarter-final fights on this episode. James Vick will fight James Proctor and Michael Chiesa faces Justin Lawrence.

James Vick (4-0, Team Cruz) v. Joe Proctor (7-1, Team Faber) (TUF 15 Lightweight Quarter Final)

Round 1- Vick lands a body punch as he looks to find his range in the first minute of the round. Vick lands some jabs and Proctor looks for a takedown but is stopped. Proctor lands a hard right hand but Vick clinches up and lands solid knees to the body. The fighters exchange punches and Proctor connects with his right hand. Vick lands a kick to the body and a hard jab that jolts Proctor’s head. Vick lands straight lefts and right hands and opens a cut under Proctor’s right eye. Vick is also bleeding from his nose. I would score Round 1 for James Vick: 10-9

Round 2- Proctor opens the round charging and lands an overhand right. Vick lands a leg kick and a solid uppercut as the fighters exchange on their feet. Proctor shoots in and lands a big double-leg takedown. Vick lands on the mat but quickly gets to his feet only to fall into a standing modified guillotine choke. Vick pulls Proctor down to the mat and escapes the hold and lands in side-control. Proctor pushes Vick away and gets to his feet but eats some punches against the fence. Proctor lands a punch to the body and Vick responds with a leg kick. Vick lands an uppercut as the fighters circle and exchange strikes. They clinch against the fence buy Vick breaks away. Proctor lands a right hand but Vick lands a jab and a leg kick. Proctor lands a solid right hand in the final 20 seconds and the fighters both land punches as the fight comes to an end. I would score Round 2 for James Vick: 10-9

James Vick def. Joe Proctor via unanimous decision (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) to advance to semi-finals of TUF 15 Lightweight Tournament

James Vick will fight his semi-final bout in two weeks.

Michael Chiesa says he is excited to be in the quarter-finals and fight Justin Lawrence. Chiesa is shown in a training session. Urijah Faber says Chiesa is “definitely a guy that can finish Lawrence.” Faber says Chiesa’s stand-up is improving and he’s got a big reach advantage. Faber wants Chiesa to use his range, get Lawrence to “jump in,” then take him down.

Justin Lawrence is shown in a training session. Lawrence says Chiesa is a great wrestler and will want to take him down. Lawrence says he does not want to let Chiesa use his range and “just stand there and get comfortable.”

Justin Lawrence (4-0, Team Cruz) v. Michael Chiesa (7-0, Team Faber) (TUF 15 Lightweight Quarter-Final)

Round 1- Lawrence throws a kick and gets caught by Chiesa and briefly taken down. Lawrence gets to his feet but Chiesa holds onto him and pulls on him to work him down to the mat. Chiesa looks for a triangle and an arm-bar but Lawrence avoids the holds and lands punches from a modified half-guard. Chiesa improves to guard and lands elbows from the bottom position. Chiesa looks for a kimura but Lawrence escapes. Chiesa lands more elbows using his very active guard to looks for submissions while striking. Chiesa looks for another kimura but Lawrence escapes and lands more punches to Chiesa’s face. Chiesa traps Lawrence in a triangle position and lands vicious elbows while looking to secure a triangle choke or an arm-bar. Lawrence appears hurt and has a minor cut on his forehead after taking many elbows to the head. I would score Round 1 for Michael Chiesa: 10-9

Round 2- Lawrence lands a solid right and left hand and a good push kick to the body. Lawrence lands punches but throws a kick and gets his leg caught by Chiesa who hangs on and fights for a single-leg takedown. Chiesa clinches Lawrence against the fence and looks for a takedown but is unable to bring him down and pushes away. Lawrence lands a left hook but eats a jab. Chiesa looks for a spinning back-fist but misses badly and takes a punch. Lawrence lands a good left hand but Chiesa fires back with a right. Chiesa shoots in for a takedown but Lawrence easily defends and fires back with punches. Lawrence continues to land strikes on Chiesa who looks tired. Lawrence lands a big punch to the body that drops Chiesa and tries to finish but Chiesa attempts a kimura. Lawrence escapes the kimura and lands in Chiesa’s guard. Chiesa lands more elbows from his guard but Lawrence finishes the round throwing punches at Chiesa. I would score Round 2 for Justin Lawrence: 10-9

The judges agree with me and we’re going to a third and final round.

Round 3- Lawrence lands some punches in the first 20 seconds but Chiesa jumps guard and brings the fight to the mat. Chiesa lands elbows from his guard and sweeps Lawrence to secure a full-mount. Chiesa unleashes with a flurry of vicious punches which Lawrence cannot escape and forces the referee to intervene and stop the fight.

Michael Chiesa def. Justin Lawrence via TKO (punches) at 1:02 of Round 3 to advance to semi-finals of TUF 15 Lightweight Tournament

Michael Chiesa climbed out of the cage as soon as the referee stopped the fight and went to hug and celebrate with his teammates.

Dana White announces Vinc Pichel (Team Cruz) will fight Chris Saunders (Team Faber) and Al Iaquinta (Team Faber) will fight Andy Ogle (Team Faber) in the last two quarter-finals. The winner of each fight will fight in the semi-finals.

James Vick will face Michael Chiesa in the semi-finals on May 25.

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Quick week-by-week results

Week 1- March 9, 2012 Results

Joe Proctor def. Jordan Rinaldi via submission (guillotine) at 2:08 in Round 1

Cristiano Marcello def. Jared Carlstens via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:43 in Round 1

Sam Sicilia def Eric Beach via KO (punch) at 0:08 in Round 1

Chris Tickle def. Austin Lyons via KO (punch) at 0:24 in Round 1

Andy Ogle def. Brendan Weafer via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Vinc Pichel def. Cody Pfister via technical submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:39 in Round 1

John Cofer def. Mark Glover via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Chris Saunders def. Chase Hackett via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

James Vick def. Dakota Cochrane via split-decision (10-9, 10-9, 9-10)

Michael Chiesa def. Jonathan Vistante via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:05 in Round 1

Mike Rio def. Ali Maclean via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:32 in Round 1

Justin Lawrence def. James Krause via TKO (punches) at 1:25 in Round 1

Daron Cruickshank def. Drew Dober via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Jeremy Larsen def. Jeff Smith via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Al Iaquinta def. Jon Tuck via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Myles Jury def. Akbarh Arreola via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Week 2- March 16, 2012- James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) def. Daron Cruickshank via KO (knee) at 2:16 in Round 1

Week 3- March 23, 2012 – Justin Lawrence (@AmericanKiddMMA) def. Cristiano Marcello via KO (punch) at 3:16 in Round 2

Week 4- March 30, 2012- Al Iaquinta (@AlIaquinta) def. Myles Jury via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)

Week 5- April 6, 2012- Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) def. Jeremy Larsen via unanimous decision

Week 6- April 13, 2012- Joe Proctor (@joeproctor) def. Chris Tickle via submission (rear-naked choke) at 0:18 in Round 1

Week 7- April 20, 2012- Vinc Pichel (@fromhellpichel) def. John Cofer via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 4:16 in Round 3

Week 8- April 27, 2012- Chris Saunders (@kidisgood) def. Sam Sicilia via split-decision (no scores given)

Week 9- May 4, 2012- Andy Ogle def. Mike Rio via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:19 in Round 2

Week 10- May 11, 2012- James Vick def. Joe Proctor via unanimous decision (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) to advance to semi-finals of TUF 15 Lightweight Tournament.

Michael Chiesa def. Justin Lawrence via TKO (punches) at 1:02 of Round 3 to advance to semi-finals of TUF 15 Lightweight Tournament

Quarter-finalists: James Vick (Team Cruz), Justin Lawrence (Team Cruz), Al Iaquinta (Team Faber), Michael Chiesa (Team Faber), Joe Proctor (Team Faber), Vinc Pichel (Team Cruz), Chris Saunders (Team Faber), Andy Ogle (Team Faber)

Semi finalists: James Vick (Team Cruz) versus Michael Chiesa (Team Faber), TBA versus TBA

Teams

Team Cruz: Justin Lawrence (3-0) 1^st pick, 1^st overall, Sam Sicilia (10-0) 2^nd pick, 3^rd overall, Myles Jury (9-0) 3^rd pick, 5^th overall, Mike Rio (8-1) 4^th pick, 7^th overall, James Vick (4-0) 5^th pick, 9^th overall, Vinc Pichel (7-0) 6^th pick, 11^th overall, Chris Tickle (7-4) 7^th pick, 11^th overall, Jeremy Larsen (8-2) 8^th pick, 15^th overall.

Team Faber: Al Iaquinta (5-1-1) 1^st pick, 2^nd overall, Cristiano Marcello (12-3) 2^nd pick, 4^th overall, Daron Cruickshank (10-2) 3^rd pick, 6^th overall, Joe Proctor (7-1) 4^th pick, 8^th overall, Michael Chiesa (7-0) 5^th pick, 10^th overall, John Cofer (7-1) 6^th pick, 12^th overall, Andy Ogle (8-1) 7^th pick, 14^th overall, Chris Saunders (9-2) 8^th pick, 16^th overall.

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Episode 9- May 4, 2012

Andy Ogle (Team Faber) will fight Mike Rio (Team Cruz) on this episode to determine the eighth and final quarter-finalist next week.Ogle was Team Faber’s 7^th pick, 14^th overall in the draft while Mike Rio was Team Cruz’ 4^th pick, 7^th overall.

Dana White says he believes Chris Saunders won the first round of his fight last week but lost the second. Saunders won a split-decision after 2 rounds over Sam Sicilia on the last episode. Dana White says he believes the fight should have gone to a third round.

Chris Saunders celebration with the rest of Team Faber is shown.

Michael Chiesa (Team Faber) goes to the Team Cruz locker room to console his friend Sam Sicilia (Team Cruz).

Dana White gathers both coaches and their teams for the Coaches Challenge. The coaches have to go through a marksman obstacle course and are given the specifics by some United States Marines.

Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber must climb up a 20 foot rope and hit a bell, they must then climb down and hit five 4inch metal targets with a M-9 pistol. They then roll a huge tire to the next station where they must fire an M-4 rifle in a kneeling position to hit a 12inch target at 50 yards and a 12inch target at 70 yards. They then have to carry a training dummy while zig-zagging through polls to the next station where they shoot an M-249 to hit 2 jars at 50 yards. Finally they must carry ten 35lbs. ammunition cases to the last station where they will fire the M-32 grenade launcher to hit 2 targets. The first coach to hit the two final targets wins the challenge.

Dana White gives $20,000 to the winning coach and $1,500 to each of their team members.

Dominick Cruz easily beats Urijah to the top of the rope climb and is off to the first shooting station. Cruz then goes through his 5 metal targets before Faber can knock down 2. Cruz speeds through the tire-flip and hits his target with the M-4 rifle, maintaining a lead over Faber. Cruz struggles hitting the 2 jars at 50 yards with the M-249 and Faber manages to catch up to Dominick and pass him in the race. Faber hits his two targets with the grenade launcher and comes back to win the marksman obstacle course and $20,000 for himself as well as $1,500 for each member of Team Faber.

Urijah Faber says Andy Ogle has strong stand-up but weak wrestling Faber expects Miek Rio to try and take the fight to the ground. Ogle says he’s going to make Mike scared to shoot. Ogle says he’s got a “f***ing large heart, and you’re going have to kill me to beat me.”

Mike Rio is a wrestler who says he never got into trouble because he was always training wrestling. Dominick Cruz says Rio has good striking and heavy hands but is best when he takes his opponent down and beat them up.

Dana White has a sit-down with Urijah Faber and Dominick Cruz to see who they want to see match-up in the quarter-finals. Cruz says his two top guys are Vinc Pichel (Team Cruz) and Justin Lawrence (Team Cruz). Faber says his top two are Al Iaquinta (Tam Faber) and Joe Proctor (Team Faber). Faber suggests Chris Saunders (Team Faber) to fight Vinc Pichel. Cruz says he wants to see Vinc Pichel against Joe Proctor but knows it could be a match-up in the finals. Cruz and Faber both agree on Justin Lawrence (Team Cruz) to fight Michael Chiesa (Team Faber).

Andy Ogle (8-1,Team Faber) versus Mike Rio (8-1,Team Cruz) (TUF 15 light-weight tournament)

Round 1- Ogle lands an uppercut and a solid left hand in the first minute of the fight. Rio lands a left hook that cuts Ogle on his nose. Ogle and Rio exchange punches as they circle each other and box. Rio shoots in hard for a big takedown and gets Ogle to the mat. Ogle gets to his feet but Rio clinches him against the fence and lands a knee to the body. Ogle and Rio continue to clinch but Ogle pushes away and lands a punch. Ogle lands a big right hand and several other punches as he circles and hits Rio. Rio shoots in for a takedown and lands it as the round comes to an end. I would score Round 1 for Andy Ogle: 10-9

Round 2- Ogle and Rio exchange punches in the opening seconds of the round. Ogle continues to land more punches but Rio lands some power shots that send Ogle running to recover. Rio clinches his opponent against the fence but Ogle pushes away. Ogle lands a leg kick and a punch to the face but is bleeding from his nose. Rio scores a single-leg takedown and lands some solid punches from half-guard. Rio takes Ogle’s back and locks in a body triangle as he looks for a rear-naked choke. Ogle reverses the position and lands in Rio’s guard. Ogle lands punches to the body and face from the guard and advances into side-control. Rio turns over and Ogle takes his back. Ogle lands heavy punches from the back-mount and locks in a rear-naked choke to force the submission with 41 seconds to go.

Andy Ogle def. Mike Rio via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:19 in Round 2 to advance to quarter-finals of TUF 15 lightweight tournament.

Andy Ogle runs out of the cage and goes to hug his teammates and then hugs Ross Pearson. Pearson is a coach for Team Cruz but is also from England and is a former winner of TUF.

Team Faber advances five members into the quarter-finals while Team Cruz advances three.

Dana White announces James Vick (Team Cruz) versus Joe Proctor (Team Faber) and Justin Lawrence (Team Cruz) versus Michael Chiesa (Team Faber) as the first two quarter-final bouts that will both take place next week.

This leaves Andy Ogle (Team Faber), Chris Saunders (Team Faber), Al Iaquinta (Team Faber) and Vinc Pichel (Team Cruz) waiting for their match-ups to be made.

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Quick week-by-week results

Week 1- March 9, 2012 Results

Joe Proctor def. Jordan Rinaldi via submission (guillotine) at 2:08 in Round 1

Cristiano Marcello def. Jared Carlstens via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:43 in Round 1

Sam Sicilia def Eric Beach via KO (punch) at 0:08 in Round 1

Chris Tickle def. Austin Lyons via KO (punch) at 0:24 in Round 1

Andy Ogle def. Brendan Weafer via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Vinc Pichel def. Cody Pfister via technical submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:39 in Round 1

John Cofer def. Mark Glover via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Chris Saunders def. Chase Hackett via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

James Vick def. Dakota Cochrane via split-decision (10-9, 10-9, 9-10)

Michael Chiesa def. Jonathan Vistante via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:05 in Round 1

Mike Rio def. Ali Maclean via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:32 in Round 1

Justin Lawrence def. James Krause via TKO (punches) at 1:25 in Round 1

Daron Cruickshank def. Drew Dober via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Jeremy Larsen def. Jeff Smith via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Al Iaquinta def. Jon Tuck via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Myles Jury def. Akbarh Arreola via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Week 2- March 16, 2012- James Vick  def. Daron Cruickshank via KO (knee) at 2:16 in Round 1

Week 3- March 23, 2012 – Justin Lawrence  def. Cristiano Marcello via KO (punch) at 3:16 in Round 2

Week 4- March 30, 2012- Al Iaquinta  def. Myles Jury via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)

Week 5- April 6, 2012- Michael Chiesa def. Jeremy Larsen via unanimous decision

Week 6- April 13, 2012- Joe Proctor def. Chris Tickle via submission (rear-naked choke) at 0:18 in Round 1

Week 7- April 20, 2012- Vinc Pichel def. John Cofer via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 4:16 in Round 3

Week 8- April 27, 2012- Chris Saunder def. Sam Sicilia via split-decision (no scores given)

Week 9- May 4, 2012- Andy Ogle def. Mike Rio via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:19 in Round 2

Quarter-finalists: James Vick (Team Cruz), Justin Lawrence (Team Cruz), Al Iaquinta (Team Faber), Michael Chiesa (Team Faber), Joe Proctor (Team Faber), Vinc Pichel (Team Cruz), Chris Saunders (Team Faber), Andy Ogle (Team Faber)

Teams

Team Cruz: Justin Lawrence (3-0) 1^st pick, 1^st overall, Sam Sicilia (10-0) 2^nd pick, 3^rd overall, Myles Jury (9-0) 3^rd pick, 5^th overall, Mike Rio (8-1) 4^th pick, 7^th overall, James Vick (4-0) 5^th pick, 9^th overall, Vinc Pichel (7-0) 6^th pick, 11^th overall, Chris Tickle (7-4) 7^th pick, 11^th overall, Jeremy Larsen (8-2) 8^th pick, 15^th overall.

Team Faber: Al Iaquinta (5-1-1) 1^st pick, 2^nd overall, Cristiano Marcello (12-3) 2^nd pick, 4^th overall, Daron Cruickshank (10-2) 3^rd pick, 6^th overall, Joe Proctor (7-1) 4^th pick, 8^th overall, Michael Chiesa (7-0) 5^th pick, 10^th overall, John Cofer (7-1) 6^th pick, 12^th overall, Andy Ogle (8-1) 7^th pick, 14^th overall, Chris Saunders (9-2) 8^th pick, 16^th overall.

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Episode 8- April 27, 2012

Sam Sicilia (10-0, Team Cruz) @SamSiciliaTUF versus Chris Saunders (9-2,Team Faber) @kidisgoodis the fight for this episode. Sicilia was Team Cruz’ 2^nd pick, 3^rd overall in the draft while Chris Saunders was Team Faber’s 8^th pick, 16^th overall.

Vinc Pichel and the rest of Team Cruz are shown celebrating Pichel’s victory in their lock room. Pichel submitted John Cofer (Team Faber) last episode.

John Cofer is emotional after his loss but says: “I know I’ll be back.”

Sam Sicilia (Team Cruz) is shown training for his fight. Dominick Cruz says Sicilia throws very hard punches and he is excited for this fight.

Ronda Rousey comes to the training centre with Dominick Cruz to help his team train. Rousey is an Olympic bronze medalist in Judo and the Strikeforce MMA 135 lbs. women’s champion. Rousey teaches Team Cruz some Judo techniques. Rousey says she feels “blessed and lucky” to be the first female coach invited to The Ultimate Fighter. Team Cruz is thoroughly impressed with Rousey and she is impressed with them.

Urijah Faber and his coaches and Dominick Cruz with his coaches go to the Ultimate Fighter house to watch UFC 145 with the fighters. Ronda Rousey goes to the house but everyone seems intimidated to speak to her. Jeremy Larsen (Team Cruz) figures they’ve been secluded in the house for so long they’ve forgotten how to act around women.

Chris Saunders is shown training and is excited to spar with his coach Urijah Faber. Saunders was born in Long Beach, California but moved to Montreal, Quebec before moving back to California for school.

Sam Sicilia (Team Cruz) says he fought 11 times last year. Dominick Cruz says he was impressed by Sicilia’s win over Eric Beach to enter the house.  Cruz says it’s going to be a tough fight for Sicilia. Cruz wants Sicilia to put pressure on Saunders and use his wrestling.

Urijah Faber and his coaches empty Team Cruz’ locker room and fill it with exercise equipment. Faber and his coaches get into their underwear and have an intense workout in Team Cruz’ locker room. The workout leaves the room hot and smelly according to Cruz. Faber said he wanted to “violate” their lock room.

Sam Sicilia (10-0, Team Cruz) @SamSiciliaTUF versus Chris Saunders (9-2,Team Faber) @kidisgood (TUF 15 light-weight tournament)

Round 1- Sicilia lands an overhand right hand and clinches Saunders against the fence. Sicilia and Saunders exchange knees to the body and continue to clinch against the cage. Sicilia lands some punches as the fighters separate but Saunders lands a momentary takedown. Sicilia quickly gets to his feet and clinches Saunders against the cage. Sicilia lands a trip but Saunders gets right back to his feet and lands knees to the body as he clinches Sicilia against the cage. Saunders lands a solid leg kick and a head kick that drops Sicilia. Sam Sicilia pops back to his feet and the fighters clinch against the cage. Saunders lands big knees and punches but Sicilia fires back. Sicilia lands good punches but Saunders clinches up and lands knees to the body. Sicilia looks for a takedown but eats a solid elbow as they continue to clinch against the cage. The fighters separate, and Sicilia lends a huge right hand that drops Saunders. Saunders gets back to his feet but eats another punch from Sicilia as the round comes to an end. I would score Round 1 for Sam Sicilia: 10-9

Round 2- Saunders and Sicilia exchange punches in the first 30 seconds. Sicilia lands a good punching combination and a knee before clinching Saunders against the fence. Sicilia lands heavy punches that bloody the nose of his opponent. Chris Saunders lands a big takedown but Sicilia reverses the position and gets to his feet to land heavy strikes. Sicilia looks for a takedown but Saunders reverses the position and winds up on top of his opponent. Saunders tries to take his back but Sicilia escapes and gets to his feet. Sicilia lands a huge left hook that drops Saunders. Sicilia attempts a guillotine but Saunders pops his head out and lands in Sicilia’s guard. Saunders works some punches from the guard but is swept and they get back to their feet. Sicilia lands another left hook and knee to the face and takes deep breathes in the final 30 seconds. Saunders lands a couple light punches as the fight comes to a close. I would score Round 2 for Sam Sicilia: 10-9

Chris Saunders def. Sam Sicilia via split-decision (no scores given)

Chris Saunders is happy he won the fight. Sicilia says he lost a close decision to a tough guy.

Andy Ogle (8-1,Team Faber) @thelittleaxe will fight Mike Rio (8-1,Team Cruz) @mikeriommanext week to determine the eighth and final quarter-finalist next week. Ogle was Team Faber’s 7^th pick, 14^th overall in the draft while Mike Rio was Team Cruz’ 4^th pick, 7^th overall.

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Quick week-by-week results

Week 1- March 9, 2012 Results

Joe Proctor def. Jordan Rinaldi via submission (guillotine) at 2:08 in Round 1

Cristiano Marcello def. Jared Carlstens via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:43 in Round 1

Sam Sicilia def Eric Beach via KO (punch) at 0:08 in Round 1

Chris Tickle def. Austin Lyons via KO (punch) at 0:24 in Round 1

Andy Ogle def. Brendan Weafer via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Vinc Pichel def. Cody Pfister via technical submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:39 in Round 1

John Cofer def. Mark Glover via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Chris Saunders def. Chase Hackett via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

James Vick def. Dakota Cochrane via split-decision (10-9, 10-9, 9-10)

Michael Chiesa def. Jonathan Vistante via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:05 in Round 1

Mike Rio def. Ali Maclean via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:32 in Round 1

Justin Lawrence def. James Krause via TKO (punches) at 1:25 in Round 1

Daron Cruickshank def. Drew Dober via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Jeremy Larsen def. Jeff Smith via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Al Iaquinta def. Jon Tuck via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Myles Jury def. Akbarh Arreola via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Week 2- March 16, 2012- James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) def. Daron Cruickshank via KO (knee) at 2:16 in Round 1

Week 3- March 23, 2012 – Justin Lawrence (@AmericanKiddMMA) def. Cristiano Marcello via KO (punch) at 3:16 in Round 2

Week 4- March 30, 2012- Al Iaquinta (@AlIaquinta) def. Myles Jury via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)

Week 5- April 6, 2012- Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) def. Jeremy Larsen via unanimous decision

Week 6- April 13, 2012- Joe Proctor (@joeproctor) def. Chris Tickle via submission (rear-naked choke) at 0:18 in Round 1

Week 7- April 20, 2012- Vinc Pichel (@fromhellpichel) def. John Cofer via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 4:16 in Round 3

Week 8- April 27, 2012- Chris Saunders (@kidisgood) def. Sam Sicilia via split-decision (no scores given)

Quarter-finalists: James Vick (Team Cruz), Justin Lawrence (Team Cruz), Al Iaquinta (Team Faber), Michael Chiesa (Team Faber), Joe Proctor (Team Faber), Vinc Pichel (Team Cruz), Chris Saunders (Team Faber), TBD.

Teams

Team Cruz: Justin Lawrence (3-0) 1^st pick, 1^st overall, Sam Sicilia (10-0) 2^nd pick, 3^rd overall, Myles Jury (9-0) 3^rd pick, 5^th overall, Mike Rio (8-1) 4^th pick, 7^th overall, James Vick (4-0) 5^th pick, 9^th overall, Vinc Pichel (7-0) 6^th pick, 11^th overall, Chris Tickle (7-4) 7^th pick, 11^th overall, Jeremy Larsen (8-2) 8^th pick, 15^th overall.

Team Faber: Al Iaquinta (5-1-1) 1^st pick, 2^nd overall, Cristiano Marcello (12-3) 2^nd pick, 4^th overall, Daron Cruickshank (10-2) 3^rd pick, 6^th overall, Joe Proctor (7-1) 4^th pick, 8^th overall, Michael Chiesa (7-0) 5^th pick, 10^th overall, John Cofer (7-1) 6^th pick, 12^th overall, Andy Ogle (8-1) 7^th pick, 14^th overall, Chris Saunders (9-2) 8^th pick, 16^th overall.

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