The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck | |
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Genre | Reality, Sports |
Created by | Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White |
Starring | Dana White, Georges St-Pierre, Josh Koscheck |
Country of origin | United States |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
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Original network | Spike |
Original release | September 15, 2010 [1] |
The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck is the twelfth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter .
The UFC and Spike TV held open tryouts on April 1, 2010, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The casting call went out for Lightweight and Light Heavyweight fighters. All fighters applying and trying out for the show needed to have at least three professional fights and be at least 21 years of age. [2] Some of the fighters that showed up for the auditions included former TUF contestant Jason Guida and Pride veteran Charles Bennett. [3]
It was confirmed at the UFC 113 Q&A that the winner of the Josh Koscheck and Paul Daley bout at UFC 113 would coach against Georges St-Pierre and also fight for the Welterweight Championship that St-Pierre currently holds. [4] Koscheck eventually won the fight to coach opposite St-Pierre.
Originally this season was to have lightweights and light heavyweights, but it was confirmed that it will only have Lightweights.
Production began on June 7, 2010 and the season once again features 28 competitors, with the wildcard slot available, which debuted in the eleventh season. [5]
Episode 1: Go For It
Episode 2: Well Played
Coach | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick | 4th Pick | 5th Pick | 6th Pick | 7th Pick |
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Koscheck | Marc Stevens | Sevak Magakian | Sako Chivitchian | Andy Main | Nam Phan | Aaron Wilkinson | Jeff Lentz |
GSP | Michael Johnson | Jonathan Brookins | Spencer Paige | Alex Caceres | Kyle Watson | Cody McKenzie | Dane Sayers |
Episode 3: Unleash Hell
Episode 4: Love to Hate
Episode 5: Disrespectful
Episode 6: Win or Die
Episode 7: Second Chance
Episode 8: Kos in a Commotion
Episode 9: Personal
Episode 10: Spinning Tornado
Episode 11: Victory's All That Matters
Elimination Round | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Finale | |||||||||||
Spencer Paige | 2 | |||||||||||||
Nam Phan | UD | |||||||||||||
Nam Phan | TKO | |||||||||||||
Cody McKenzie | 2 | |||||||||||||
Cody McKenzie | SUB | |||||||||||||
Marc Stevens | 1 | |||||||||||||
Nam Phan | 3 | |||||||||||||
Michael Johnson | SD | |||||||||||||
Alex Caceres | SUB | |||||||||||||
Jeff Lentz | 2 | |||||||||||||
Alex Caceres | 2 | |||||||||||||
Michael Johnson | UD | |||||||||||||
Michael Johnson | SUB | |||||||||||||
Aaron Wilkinson | 3 | |||||||||||||
Michael Johnson | 3 | |||||||||||||
Jonathan Brookins | UD | |||||||||||||
Jonathan Brookins | SUB | |||||||||||||
Sevak Magakian | 1 | |||||||||||||
Jonathan Brookins | SUB | |||||||||||||
Sako Chivitchian | 1 | |||||||||||||
Dane Sayers | 2 | |||||||||||||
Sako Chivitchian | UD | |||||||||||||
Jonathan Brookins | UD | |||||||||||||
Kyle Watson | 3 | |||||||||||||
Kyle Watson | SUB | |||||||||||||
Andy Main | 2 | |||||||||||||
Kyle Watson | SUB | |||||||||||||
Aaron Wilkinson | 1 | |||||||||||||
Aaron Wilkinson | SUB | |||||||||||||
Marc Stevens | 2 | |||||||||||||
Team GSP | ||
Team Koscheck | ||
UD | Unanimous Decision | |
SD | Split Decision | |
SUB | Submission | |
TKO | Technical Knockout | |
The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Finale | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | December 4, 2010 | |||
Venue | Palms Casino Resort | |||
City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
Attendance | 1,903 [9] | |||
Total gate | $380,025 [9] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 4, 2010. [10]
This was the first event in the UFC to integrate the featherweight & bantamweight classes from World Extreme Cagefighting, which folded later that month. It was also the first event to feature a then-contracted WEC lightweight fighter (Pablo Garza) in a UFC contest, though he debuted in the UFC at featherweight.
Leonard Garcia was set to fight Tyler Toner at this event, but withdrew from the contest, with Team Quest fighter & IFL veteran, Ian Loveland stepping in as Garcia's replacement. [11] It was later reported that Garcia withdrew to face Nam Phan, [12] after his original opponent Alex Caceres was forced from the bout due to injury. [13]
Nick Pace missed weight for his bantamweight bout against Will Campuzano, missing the 135 mark by three pounds. The fight was changed to a catchweight bout and Pace was fined 20% of his purse. [14]
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Jonathan Brookins | def. | Michael Johnson | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Light Heavyweight | Stephan Bonnar | def. | Igor Pokrajac | Decision (unanimous) (29–26, 29–26, 29–26) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Middleweight | Demian Maia | def. | Kendall Grove | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Rick Story | def. | Johny Hendricks | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Leonard Garcia | def. | Nam Phan | Decision (split) (29–28, 27–30, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary card | |||||||
Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Cody McKenzie | def. | Aaron Wilkinson | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:03 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Featherweight | Ian Loveland | def. | Tyler Toner | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Kyle Watson | def. | Sako Chivitchian | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Catchweight (138 lb) | Nick Pace | def. | Will Campuzano | Submission (pillory choke) | 3 | 4:33 | |
Featherweight | Pablo Garza | def. | Fredson Paixão | KO (flying knee) | 1 | 0:51 | |
Middleweight | David Branch | def. | Rich Attonito | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 |
Fighters were awarded $30,000 bonuses. [15]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC and also do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. [16]
^ Phan was also awarded a win bonus [17]
~ Pace was fined 20% of his purse for missing the required weight
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