"The Ultimate Fighter" season three finalist and fan-favorite Ed Herman will soon be making his return to the octagon. "Short fuse" has been out of action since August of 2009 when he suffered a devestating knee injury in a bout with former middleweight contender Aaron Simpson at UFC 102 in his old stomping grounds of Portland, Oregon. Now fully rehabilitated, Herman will be making his return to the cage this June as he takes on fellow TUF veteran Tim Credeur. ...

Middleweight “Rock” Nathan Quarry (12-3) won a three-round decision over "Crazy" Timothy Credeur (12-2) by judges' scores of 29-28 twice and a ridiculous 29-27 at UFC Fight Night 19 in Oklahoma City Wednesday night. After the victory, Quarry described his strategy as, "Simple.  Go and fight!" ...

Middleweight Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt "Crazy" Timothy Credeur (12-4) defeated Nate Loughran (9-1) via TKO at 5:00 of the second round Wednesday night at Fight for the Troops in Fayetteville, NC, near Fort Bragg. Round one opened with Loughran landing an unintentional low kick to the groin of Credeur, who shook it off and nodded his understanding that it was an accident.  Both fighters then traded roundhouse kicks to the legs and front kicks to the stomach before Credeur landed a jab and cross to the head of Loughran. Loughran forced a clinch and Credeur pushed him back against the cage where he landed several knees to the body of Loughran before breaking the clinch.  Then Credeur began to unleash several wild punches including overhand right crosses and wide left hooks to the head of Loughran. Loughran seemed to have no answer for the unorthodox punches and was unable to capitalize on Credeur dropping his hands and exposing his chin. As the round ended, Credeur threw Loughran to the mat and immediately took side control landing a couple of right crosses to the head as the bell sounded. Round two opened with Loughran shooting in on Credeur and attempting a takedown.  Credeur went with the takedown, ending up in Loughran's open guard.  From the top, Credeur stayed active with several combinations of jabs and right crosses to the head as he worked to get side control. Loughran tried repeatedly to pivot his hips from side to side, hoping to attempt an armbar on Credeur, even going so far as to control him with a brief attempt at rubber guard.  Soon, the referee stood the two fighters up. It then appeared that Credeur got a finger to the eye from one of Loughran's jabs; however, as Credeur tried to signal the referee, Loughran continued to push forward with punches and Credeur had to circle away.  Credeur continued to rub at his eye then landed several overhand right crosses and left hooks to the head of Loughran who was visibly shaken. The round ended with Credeur on the offensive and Loughran just attempting to avoid being knocked out despite several unanswered punches to the head. Loughran was unable to come out for the third round, vocally submitting to the referee from his corner. ...

The Ultimate Fighter wasted no time this week in getting into the action as the final semi-final match got on between middleweight “The Doberman” CB Dollaway (6-0) and Amir Sadollah (0-0). Immediately, both fighters came out striking and spent the first part of the round striking and circling, feeling each other out.  Amir landed a left roundhouse kick to the body of CB, knocking CB to the mat. However, Amir moved in too quickly and CB was able to get a double leg take down that he turned into a slam. Amir then pulled guard and attempted and arm bar as CB worked the ground'n'pound that has thus far been successful for him.  Amir was able to avoid most shots as well as stopping CB from passing his guard. Eventually, Amir was able to sweep CB off of him and get to his feet where he landed a body shot that visibly shook up CB.  However, CB recovered and was able to get another take down.  He passed to half guard, then took Amir’s back with 15 seconds to go in the round.  The round ended with CB in mount on Amir. ...

Jesse Taylor (6-2) and Tim Credeur (9-2), somewhere in the timeline of living together in the TUF house, like Todd and Copper in The Fox and the Hound, decided to be "friends for life." But, business called on Wednesday night's episode; and, both men looked to family and friends back home for some tear-jerking motivation.  (I promise I didn't almost cry when Credeur was talking about his wife.) Round one: Nah, let's talk about Fighters.com's eighth-ranked light heavyweight coach Forrest Griffin (15-4) first. 1. He can choke out ninth-ranked "Shogun" Mauricio Rua (16-3). 2. He can coach as good as anyone on the show thus far. 3. The man can play hoops.  And dunk!  Easily. In a game of The Ultimate Fighter, Vegas's version of H-O-R-S-E, Griffin pulled no punches when he slaughtered Fighters.com and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion "Rampage" Quinton Jackson (29-6), who confessed, "I suck at basketball.  I'm probably the world's worst basketball player.  I don't play basketball.  I kick ass." After Griffin won the 10G's offered by apparent money bags UFC President Dana White, each fighter on his team socked away two grand themselves, thanks to the traditional $1000 offering being doubled after Jackson nailed (okay, he banked it...) a three-pointer when White challenged the gameless champ. Okay, now round one.  Actually...let's talk about getting drunk and peeing on carpet. ...

The results were inevitable...so inevitable the SpikeTV producers couldn't even muster up enough drama to scoot me to the middle of my seat, much less the edge. Tim Credeur (9-2) versus Daniel Cramer (0-0) and "Doberman" CB Dollaway (6-0) versus Cale Yarbrough (0-0). Just peep their records. Fighters.com's top-ranked light heavyweight "Rampage" Quinton Jackson (28-6) laid out Dollaway's strategy for Yarbrough: "Whip his ass." Jackson reminded Dollaway before the fight that "[Yarbrough] aksed for everyone but you!" At the first bell, Dollaway commenced Jackson's strategy.  After a few half-hearted stand-up exchanges, Dollaway shot for a double-leg slam, passed to mount, and pounded Yarbrough. Yarbrough rolled to his stomach, then turtled up as referee Herb Dean repeatedly warned him to fight back. After the fight, Dollaway accused Yarbrough of doing what he had to do to end the fight. ...

By Jon Grilz UFC President Dana White began this week's The Ultimate Fighter episode explaining what many people have had on their minds since last week's episode: Why didn’t the fight between Cale Yarbrough (0-0) and Patrick Schultz (5-1-1) go to a third round? Simple.  Round two was scored 10-8 in favor of Yarbrough. While Schultz has a legitimate beef, it was Fighters.com’s top-ranked light heavyweight “Rampage” Quinton Jackson (28-6) who took his aggression out on fifth-ranked light heavyweight Forrest Griffin (15-4), telling Griffin that there upcoming title fight won’t go to a decision. Forrest then had what he referred to as a “man period”, smashing through one of the doors in the training center and shadow boxing while a very confused White was left to wonder exactly what was happening to his coaches. Meanwhile, the remaining fight was set between "Doberman" CB Dollaway (6-0) and Nick Klein (4-0). CB is a former All-American wrestler at Arizona State University and entered MMA because he lacked options after college wrestling.  His strength and skill have made him a dangerous fighter, as Rampage found out first hand. After being mocked by Rampage for getting caught in a kneebar in practice, CB delivered a light kick to Rampage's side, provoking his coach to strip off his socks and go toe-to-toe with CB. Rampage shot for a double-leg takedown which CB turned into a guillotine choke, submitting the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champ. While Klein had received praise from his coaches for his jiu-jitsu and all-around ability, he seemed to be a bit self-deprecating, referring to himself as the “weak link” on the team. Back at the training center, Forrest found a way to release some of the tension he was carrying from Rampage’s earlier comments. Griffin found a net gun and proceeded to shoot Rampage as he sat against the cage after a sparring session. Rampage took it all in good spirits, seeming to be more concerned that his family saw him “get netted” on national television, than anything else. As for the fight between CB and Nick, it was fast, intense, and technically advanced. The fight opened with CB attempting a leg kick, which Nick caught and turned into a takedown. CB rolled with the takedown and attempted a guillotine choke.  Nick escaped and turtled up.  CB rotated to the back, but made no attempts to sink his hooks in.  Nick went for a knee bar escape from turtle and almost sunk it before CB was able to twist free.  Nick countered by rolling to guard and attempting an arm bar, which CB muscled out of. CB then began reigning down punches inside Klein's open guard while attempting to pass to side control several times.  After finally passing Nick’s guard, CB maintained side control only for a moment as Nick was able to pull half-guard again and attempt another arm bar. Once again, CB passed the guard and Nick rolled to turtle position.  CB continued to reign down punches, most of which landed on the back of Nick’s head, opening a small cut. Again, Nick rolled to guard, attempting one final arm bar that failed just as time expired in the round. Round two began with Nick coming out and working his jab.  CB countered with leg kicks that seemed to upset Nick.  So, Nick returned the leg kicks before attempting a few more jabs.  Then, to the dismay of his corner, Nick pulled guard and took the fight to the mat. Nick was able to keep CB’s posture broken for a short time while he tried to land blows from the bottom; but, CB began to pass and Nick again rolled to turtle.  Klein then attempted another knee bar escape. Unfortunately for Nick, CB seemed prepared this time and rolled with the attempt, ending up in guillotine position.  CB then pulled half-guard and sank the choke.  Nick was forced to tap out. Winner by second-round guillotine choke submission: CB Dollaway With the final preliminary fight out of the way, it was time for the semi-final match-ups to be set. Fighters were called in one at a time and asked whom they would most like to fight.  Most fighters were ambivalent about their next opponent, except CB who only wanted to fight Cale. Cale’s mocking comments had been piling up on CB and finally tipped the scale when Cale made a comment questioning CB’s sexuality and choice of sunglasses. The semi-final match-ups were set: Jesse Taylor (6-2) v Dante Rivera (10-2) Amir Sadollah (0-0) v Matt Brown (9-6) Daniel Cramer (0-0) v Tim Credeur (9-2) CB Dollaway(6-0) v Cale Yarbrough (0-0) ...