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The Ultimate Fighter 1 finalist “American Psycho” Stephan Bonnar’s (11-7) appeal to the Combat Sports Authority of New South Wales was denied, according to an MMA Junkie report.

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All fighters on the UFC 110 card in Sydney Saturday made weight.

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (233.2 lbs./106 kg) vs. Cain Velasquez (242 lbs./110 kg)

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American The Ultimate Fighter 1 light heavyweight “American Psycho” Stephan Bonnar (11-6) and Canadian The Ultimate Fighter 8 205er “Polish Experiment” Krzysztof Soszynski (19-9-1) will matchup at UFC 110 in Sydney February 20, sccording to a report by MMA Weekly.

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The Ultimate Fighter 8 contestant “Polish Experiment” Krzysztof Soszynski (19-8-1) will replace light heavyweight “Hammer” Matt Hamill (6-2) versus “The Truth” Brandon Vera (10-3) at UFC 102 in Portland 29 August.

Hamill tore his meniscus training for the fight and will rehab for three to four weeks, according Hamill’s trainer Duff Holmes at MMA Junkie.

Soszynski knocked out Andre Gusmao (5-2) at UFC 98 in Las Vegas 23 May making him 3-0 in the Octagan since coming up short during his stint on TUF.

Former heavyweight contender Vera is 2-1 since dropping to 205 pounds. He TKO’d Michael Patt (12-4) in the second round at UFC 96 in Columbus 7 March.

“Rumble” Anthony Johnson (6-2), Junie Allen Browning (3-0), David Kaplan (2-2), and “The Experiment” Krzysztof Soszynski (17-8-1) all walked away with $25,000 bonuses after their fights Saturday night at The Ultimate Fighter 8 finale in Las Vegas.

Johnson earned “Knockout of the Night” with a head kick that dropped Kevin Burns (7-2) to the mat in the third round.

Browning and Kaplan’s two-round brawl was “Fight of the Night”, which Browning finished via armbar.
Soszynski won “Submission of the Night” with his second-round kimura on Shan Primm (3-1).

“The Experiment” Krzysztof Soszynski (17-8-1) defeated Shane Primm (3-1) via submission during the Ultimate Fighter Season 8 Finale in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Round one started with Soszynski landing a straight left punch followed by a left hook that stunned Primm. Primm recollected himself and scored a takedown but Soszynski got back to his feet. Primm went to the clinch pushing Soszynski into the cage. In the process, Primm ate several uppercuts from Soszynski. Down on the ground, Soszynski took side control and attempted a kimura. Escaping the kimura attempt Primm also evades a serious right hand punch at the end of the round.

The second round began with Soszynski landing another strong left hand punch. Both fighters swung wildly for moments but nothing scored from either side. Primm attempted a takedown but Soszynski strongly stuffed it. Soszynski then tired another kimura. At first it was loose but after a brief adjustment, Soszynski grabs Primm’s arm strongly. Primm in visible pain taps out.

Krzysztof Soszynski officially won via submission by kimura at the 3:27 mark of the second round.

TUF 8 lightweights Phillipe Nover (4-0) and Efrain Escudero (6-0) and light heavyweights “Darth” Ryan Bader (5-0) and “Pezao” Vinicius Magalhaes (3-3) secured a spot in the finals in Wednesday night’s episodes of the reality television series.

Following the broadcast the UFC announced the full lineup for the live finale of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir 13 December in Las Vegas.

Also on the card are a previously reported bout between middleweights “The Athlete” Jason MacDonald (19-10) and Wilson Gouveia (11-5), and a rematch between Kevin Burns (7-1) and “Rumble” Anthony Johnson (5-2).

Rounding out the main card is a lightweight match-up between TUF 8 competitors Junie Allen Browning (2-0) and David Kaplan (0-0).

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“The fight starts right now,” proclaimed Fighters.com’s top heavyweight contender “Minotauro” Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (31-4-1) about his eventual UFC title defense turned fight for top UFC contendership versus Frank Mir (11-3).

UFC President Dana White proclaimed the same thing to this season’s 32 contestants to be coached by Nog’ and Mir for the TUF 8 championship at lightweight and light heavyweight; but, before he could finish his sentence, Phillipe Nover (5-0-1) hit the deck in a fainting spell.

“Fainting Phillipe” White called him; and, Nover had a tough opening challenge versus Joe Duarte (3-0).

“I’m going to have to make him faint again,” Duarte said before the fight.

But, it was Duarte who had to tap in a Nover rear naked choke in the second round to keep from fainting.

Nover opened the first round with a head kick, followed by a body kick.

“He hits like a heavyweight,” Nog’ said.

But, Duarte countered a Nover leg kick with a straight left that dropped Nover. Duarte pounced; and, Nover gave up his back and ate an elbow.  But, Nover actually pounded Duarte while Duarte had his back and attempted a rear naked choke.

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Monday the UFC officially announced its line-up for the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter, premiering 17 September on SpikeTV.

The 16 lightweights and 16 light heavyweights will be coached by Fighters.com’s top heavyweight contender and interim UFC Champion “Minotauro” Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (31-4-1) and former UFC Heavyweight Champ Frank Mir (11-3).

Lightweights

Jose Aguilar (0-0)
Fernando Bernstein (0-0)
Junie Allen Browning (1-0)
Rolando Delgado (0-0)
Joseph Duarte (0-0)
Efrain Escudero (10-0)
Brandon Garner (4-1)
David Kaplan (0-0)
Eric Magee (1-1)
Brian McLaughlin (0-0)
Wesley Murch (3-2)
Shane Nelson (9-3)
Phillipe Nover (5-0-1)
Ido Pariente (8-3)
John Polakowski (2-1)
George Roop (8-3)

Light Heavyweights

Ryan Bader (7-0)
Antwain Britt (3-1)
Jules Bruchez (0-0)
Charles Diaz (3-0)
Lance Evans (2-2)
Karen Grigoryan (6-1)
Jason Guida (17-17)
“Big Deal” Ryan Jimmo (6-1)
Kyle Kingsbury (7-1)
Tom Lawlor (4-1)
Ryan Lopez (4-4)
“Pezao” Vinicius Magalhaes (0-1)
Eliot Marshall (5-1)
Sean O’Connell (0-0)
Shane Primm (1-0)
Krzysztof Soszynski (15-8-1)

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