Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale

From: www.mmaweekly.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the opening bout of the live telecast on Spike TV, Matt Riddle (AZ Combat Sports) out-positioned Dante Rivera throughout most of their bout, utilizing his knee strikes to effect as the two often clinched along the cage. But it was primarily Riddle’s hustle, takedowns and aggression that led the judges to score a unanimous decision in his favor.

 

 

C.B. Dollaway (AZ Combat Sports) went into The Ultimate Fighter 7 final expecting to exact his revenge on Amir Sadollah, who submitted him during the season. Amidst a bit of controversy, Dollaway was unsuccessful, again losing to Sadollah via armbar.

Dollaway controlled the opening moments of the bout, using his wrestling skills honed at Arizona State University to maintain position and start a ground and pound attack, but Sadollah remained patient, again finding the armbar. Dollaway defended briefly, but then appeared to tap and referee Herb Dean stepped in and stopped the bout.

Afterwards, Dollaway seemed surprised. He later said that he tapped once with his hand then decided midstream that he could defend the armbar, but it was too late as Dean had already called a halt to the bout, making Sadollah the Ultimate Fighter.