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THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER 14 REPORT 10/26: Hyden's (Virtual Time) Rundown of all the fights, all the drama on Spike TV
Oct 26, 2011 - 11:00:15 PM THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER 14 REPORT 10/26: Hyden's (Virtual Time) Rundown of all the fights, all the drama on Spike TV

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By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch contributor

We start with a recap of Akira Corassani 's controversial decision win over Dustin Neace. I still think Akira tapped when Dustin had him in that ankle lock. The replay even shows that Akira tapped. Michael Bisping and Jason "Mayhem" Miller have words. Akira celerbrates. Mayhem tells Dustin that you have to let the ref stop the fight instead of releasing when the guy taps. Team Mayhem is training. Steven Siler wants to fight Diego Brandao because he thinks he's the only guy on his team who can beat Diego. I don't think he's that good.

Team Bisping is training now. Diego is working on his stand-up and wrestling. Bisping is concerned about Diego's cardio. At the weigh-in, both guys make weight no problem. Dana White thinks highly of Diego. Back at the house, Steven is in the hot tub. Steven talks about his girlfriend and how she pushes him forward. Diego gets his head shaved, he talks about how his life was dangerous and such after his dad passed away. Diego gets emotional talking about it. Bisping tells Diego to be taking it easy as he keeps training hard in the cage. Steven is confident in his cardio and conditioning. Diego says nothing is going to be able to stop him.

FIGHT- Steven Siler vs. Diego Brandao
Steven is 4 inches taller and has a 0.5 inch reach advantage. Josh Rosenthal is the referee.

ROUND 1- Diego with a nice leg kick. They're trading early. Diego clips Steven with a shot that drops him. He follows up and forces the ref to step in.

WINNER- Diego Brandao by Knockout

Bisping and Mayhem exchance more words after the fight. Diego says his dad is proud of him. Mayhem is pissed that Bisping is being such a douche. Later, we see Team Bisping training and discussing the final 2 match-ups. Roland Delrome has his foot swollen like crazy. Mayhem says it might be a skin infection.

Bisping gets to pick the next fight and goes on and on about something about being a sportsman. He's really being a jerk here. The fight is John Albert vs. John Dodson. Other members of Team Bisping are upset about T.J. not wanting to fight Dodson. The final match-up is T.J. vs. Roland Delrome.

Bisping says that John Albert has the best hands in the house. Albert says he's going to crush Dodson. Mayhem says Dodson is working his way back into people's good graces. Mayhem also says that Dodson is talented, but lazy. Sounds like a lot of guys with tremendous talent. It doesn't sound like he has the will to be the best, like he wants to coast on his talent. He'll learn eventually.

FIGHT- John Dodson vs. John Albert
Albert is 5 inches taller and has a 1.5 inch reach advantage. Steve Mazzagatti is the referee.

ROUND 1- Dodson fires off a few combos, then a nice headkick. They exchange. Albert has the center of the cage. Dodson with a leg kick. Dodson has good speed, and is using it fairly well. Dodson is firing off. Albert goes for a takedown, but can't get it. Dodson pounds on him, but Albert then gets a takedown. Dodson reverses it and gets on top, though. They separate. The action slows down. Dodson with a knee to the body. Albert fires off a combo. Dodson with a bodykick. Albert with a front kick. Dodson with a body kick and punch. Albert takes Dodson down again, but Dodson quickly reverses it.

ROUND 2- Dodson tries a few things, then slips. Bisping is telling Albert to press the action. Things are slowing down. Dodson rushes forward with a few shots. Dodson with a headkick. Dodson with a nice left hand. Neither guy is really pulling away with this, though Dodson is probably winning. Albert jumps on Dodson's back. They go to the ground, with Dodson on top. Albert stands up quickly. Albert grabs Dodson and they spin to the ground. Dodson is on top, but Albert quickly stands up. Both guys are throwing a few punches here and there, but nothing too damaging. Looks like Dodson is going to win a decision. Dodson gets Albert down as the round ends.

WINNER- John Dodson by Decision

Not a terribly impressive fight. Dodson admits he was coasting. That's not going to work when you run into a good fighter. Albert is very upset and crying about losing.

NEXT WEEK- TJ upsets some of Team Bisping, plus Tito Ortiz makes an appearance