Tony Ferguson wins TUF-13; Maldonado is defeated

the american Tony Ferguson is the big winner of the thirteenth edition of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF 13), the UFC reality show. In the final of the program, held this Saturday, in Las Vegas, the pupil of Brock Lesnar knocked out Ramsey Nijemm, student of the Brazilian Júnior Cigano, to take the title and sign a contract for five performances with the organization. The only Brazilian on the show's fight program, Fabio Maldonado fought hard against Kyle kingsbury, but ended up defeated in a unanimous decision by the judges.

Ferguson wins TUF 13

After 10 episodes and 14 athletes confined to the program's house, Tony Ferguson and Ramsey Nijem reached the grand final to determine who would be the winner of this season of the UFC reality show. At the beginning of the fight, Ramsey started taking the initiative and sought the attack with straight boxing punches, but Ferguson defended himself well and took the fight to the ground, where he worked with some punches. After the duel returned to standing, Nijem again took the initiative, however, in a quick counterattack, Nijem's pupil Brock Lesnar he landed a beautiful hook and knocked his opponent down. Without wasting time, Ferguson attacked, applied several blows to the ground and forced the referee to stop the fight, with a technical knockout being declared. With the triumph, Tony Ferguson He has 11 wins, two losses and is the newest welterweight signed by the UFC.

Kingsbury defeats Maldonado

The only Brazilian in the fight program, Fabio Maldonado He had a fight full of alternations and very balanced against Kyle Kingsbury. The American started the fight better, applying good kicks and knees, while Maldonado tried to close the distance to work on his boxing. After being at a disadvantage at the beginning of the first round, the athlete from Sorocaba, in the interior of São Paulo, managed to recover and landed good punches in the stand-up fight. But when the Brazilian tried to take control of the fight, Kingsbury managed a takedown, and despite a well-placed guillotine by Maldonado, the American got out of the attack and remained on top on the ground. In the second round, despite the athletes already being worn out, the duel remained balanced. Kingsbury, appearing more tired, preferred not to risk Fabio's dangerous striking and looked for takedowns, which were most of the time well defended. After two rounds of slight superiority from the North American, Maldonado went on the attack in the last round and landed several punches on his opponent, who threw the blows and stepped back, but it was too late to try to react. In the end, the three side judges saw Kyle Kingsbury (29×28, 29×28, 29×28) win.

Guida surprises Pettis

the american Clay guida was considered the underdog in the fight against his compatriot Anthony Pettis, but with a perfect strategy, Greg Jackson's pupil managed to nullify the game of the last champion of the extinct WEC. Known for his striking, aggressiveness and acrobatic strikes, Pettis was unable to find Guida in the octagon, who used a lot of movement to leave the range of action and seek takedowns. After taking down Anthony, the “Caveman”, as Guida is known, managed to defend well against his opponent's dangerous submission attempts and work with some punches on the ground. Without finding himself in the fight, Pettis had the chance to win at the end of the third round, when he managed to take advantage of his opponent's carelessness to sweep and get to Clay's back. After trying to lock in a rear-naked choke, which was well defended, Anthony was once again on the ground until the end of the fight. In the end, three rounds, victory for Clay guida in the unanimous decision of the judges (30×27, 30×27, 30×27)

Check out the full results of the event below:

Main Card

Tony Ferguson defeated Ramsey Nijem via TKO in R1;

Clay guida derrotou Anthony Pettis in the unanimous decision of the jurors;

Ed Herman defeated Tim Credeu via TKO in R1;

Kyle Kingsbury defeated Fabio Maldonado in the unanimous decision of the jurors;

Chris Cope defeated Chuck O’Neil via unanimous decision

Preliminary Card

Jeremy Stephens defeated Daniel Downes via unanimous decision

George Roop defeated Josh Grispi by knockout in R3;

Shamar Bailey defeated Ryan McGillivray via unanimous decision;

Clay Harvison defeated Justin Edwards in a split decision;

Scott Jorgensen defeated Ken Stone by knockout in R1;

Reuben Duran submitted Francisco Rivera with a rear naked choke in R3

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