With Matt Serra out of the fight with Matt Hughes, all of their hatred for one another is moot, as far as it pertains to UFC 79. But the show must go on!

It’s Tommy vs. Ben in the last quarterfinals match-up.

The fights from last week are recapped. To freshen everyone’s memory, George Sotiropoulos and Matt Arroyo advanced in easy wins.

Matt Serra says his goal is to get Ben Saunders into the semifinals. Serra says that Tommy Speer only has one way to win (wrestling), but Saunders has several ways to win. Serra says he wants to send the farm boy home.

J-Rock says that Speer’s face is ugly from his fight with War Machine. He says he looked like the lion from The Chronicles of Narnia. Mac Danzig says that if that nasty cut was his, he wouldn’t fight, because it could be a career ending injury if it opened up again. Billy Miles says he would be ready to fight for Speer, if he couldn’t make it. Didn’t Miles lose quickly in his first fight? At least Dan Barrera put on a great fight. Put him in there for the rematch.

Speer says the stitches are out and he’s cleared to fight by the doctor. Danzig says if it were him, he wouldn’t even train for three weeks. Danzig says he’s tough, but he never said he was smart. Matt Hughes says Saunders won’t be able to submit Speer because Speer is too strong. Hughes wants Speer to throw a right hand after every high kick by Saunders.

Rude Boy says he didn’t feel like going to practice after losing his match. So he decides to act like an idiot. Well, it wasn’t only him. Rude Boy and War Machine decided to take a dump in the upper tank, rather than in the bowl, of Team Hughes’ toilet. Richie Hightower called it an upper decker. I had no idea people did this.

Team Hughes comes home from practice to see goofy, laughing, and very drunk guys from Team Serra. Danzig calls out Hightower and Hightower taunts him and Team Serra’s guys stop Danzig from giving him a beating. Rude Boy tells Hightower to shut up. Danzig says he won’t do anything to jeopardize his position. War Machine can’t wait for someone to flush the toilet.

Rude Boy says that War Machine was the one who dropped the upper decker. Miles is the first one to use the toilet and rather than get upset, he actually goes to tell Danzig in hopes that Danzig doesn’t go crazy. He tells the rest of his team and J-Rock goes crazy. He takes the top of the tank and breaks it and busts in the room where the Team Serra guys are hanging out, by kicking the door in. He gets in War Machine’s face and swipes the hat off his head and War Machine shoots in and takes him down. J-Rock has the quote of the century.

When you bring doo-doo into the equation, that’s straight hostility dude; that’s personal.

Danzig tries to get Hightower to confess, but Hightower says it wasn’t him. War Machine says he was just having fun and it wasn’t personal towards J-Rock. War Machine says it was a joke, and just for fun, and that he’s going to clean it up. War Machine tells J-Rock that he grabbed him because he thought he was going to hit him. War Machine and Rude Boy have a great time cleaning it up. Danzig says it’s not a cool prank because it’s disgusting and pathetic.

Matt Aroyo says Saunders’ technique is better and technique always beats strength.

Saunders wakes up feeling sick. Serra says he has sinus problems and that if he can’t breathe properly, it’s tough. Saunders says he’s looking to split Speer open. Saunders has a height and reach advantage.

Round One

Speer gets him in a clinch and pushes him towards the cage. Saunders hits some knees, but gets taken down. Saunders locks him in an arm bar and he’s pulling on it, but Speer doesn’t tap. Speer gets out of a triangle attempt as well. Saunders is bleeding, probably from an elbow. Speer is just on top of him, wailing with elbows. Serra is calling for Saunders to set him up for the uma plata. But Speer continues from his dominant position, throwing elbows and keeping Saunders on his back. Saunders won about a minute of that round, but Speer dominated him the rest. We’ll see what the judges liked more. The submission attempts, or Speer controlling with the wrestling.

Round Two

Speer gets him down again. But this time, Saunders is able to get back to his feet, only to go back down about 10 seconds later. Saunders tries to grab onto Speer’s arm, but Speer powers out. Saunders is very tired. This round is very similar to the first, except it’s all Speer. They get stood up, but Saunders is immediately taken down again. They are stood up again. Saunders is exhausted. He tries to throw a few kicks, but goes down again. That was Speer’s round all the way.

Winner: Tommy Speer by way of unanimous decision.

Dana White says that if Speer catches on with the right team, he can be a force in the UFC. Saunders blames his sickness for his performance. He does this while he has toilet paper stuffed inside his right nostril.

Serra, Hughes, and White meet up to pick the semifinals match-ups and Serra thinks Arroyo and Danzig should meet up and Speer and Sotiropoulos should fight. This is exactly what Hughes wants, so he doesn’t have to say anything. He tells Danzing that he’s too much for Arroyo. Danzig says that his experience is his biggest strength and there’s no way he loses. Arroyo says beating Danzig will be huge for him. Hughes says Speer is too strong for Sotiropoulos. Sotiriopoulos says he trains to beat big guys.

Next week: There are two fights next week. They tease that there’s a huge knockout, and it might be in the Danzig/Arroyo fight. As for the Sotiropoulos/Speer fight, it looks like one of them won’t be able to fight, and they have to choose someone who lost earlier, to step in. That’s a shame. That was definitely going to be an interesting one.

Labels: The Ultimate Fighter, The Ultimate Fighter Season 6, TUF

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