Diego Brandão wins TUF 14

Diego Brandao makes history and is the first Brazilian to win The Ultimate Fighter. Photo: Josh Hedges

The Brazilian Diego Brandao made history this Saturday night, in the United States! The Brazilian athlete became the first national fighter to win an edition of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), the UFC's reality show. In the grand final of the 14th edition of the program, which took place this Saturday in Las Vegas, the fighter from Manaus had a spectacular fight against Dennis Bermudez and after many alternations in the duel, he ended the fight with a beautiful arm-bar.

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The fight
The fight between Diego Brandao e Dennis Bermudez it lasted less than five minutes, but it was long enough to become one of the most spectacular rounds of 2011. The fight started with an advantage for Bermudez, who moved well, connected some blows and was dangerous with his takedown attempts. But before the middle of the round, the Brazilian athlete landed a beautiful blow, which led to the North American being knocked down. However, Dennis managed to recover and remained alive in the dispute. From then on, the Brazilian took control of the fight and with a beautiful knee strike he knocked his opponent down again, who once again recovered.

The fight was heading towards the end of the first round when Bermudez landed a straight shot and knocked Diego down. On the ground, the North American applied several blows to the Manauara who was feeling the attacks. However, with 10 seconds left in the round, Brandão locked in a beautiful armbar and finished the fight in spectacular fashion.

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With the triumph, Diego Brandao, in addition to becoming the winner of TUF 14 among featherweights (up to 66 kg.), he achieved his 14th victory in MMA and earned a six-figure contract with the UFC.

For the final of the bantamweights (up to 61 kg.) of the reality show, John Dodson began the dispute against TJ Dillashaw in a devastating way and knocked out his opponent just over a minute into the duel. The result also guaranteed Dodson a contract with the biggest MMA organization today

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Bisping and Miller have a warm fight
If the TUF 14 finalists had spectacular fights, the same cannot be said for the coaches. The English Michael Bisping and the American Jason Miller, who were the commanders of this edition of the reality show, exchanged many provocations before the fight, but inside the Octagon the dispute fell short of expectations.

Miller started the fight better, avoiding Bisping's attacks on the feet and looking to take down the struggling Englishman. Halfway through the first round, after a few attempts, Jason takes the fight to the ground and keeps the Brit trapped underneath until the end of the round.

But the effort to take down Bisping proved costly for Miller. When he returned for the second round, the North American was already showing a lot of fatigue and became an easy target for the Englishman who unleashed his arsenal of attacks.

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In the third round came the final punishment. After connecting several blows, Bisping knocked Miller down and with a sequence of punches, forced the referee to stop the fight and declare a technical knockout.

Check out the complete results from the TUF 14 Finale below:

Main Card

Michael Bisping defeated Jason “Mayhem” Miller via TKO in R3;

Diego Brandao finished Dennis Bermudez with an arm-bar in R1 – TUF featherweight final;

John Dodson derrotou TJ Dillashaw by technical knockout in R1 – TUF Featherweight Final;

Tony Ferguson derrotou Yves Edwards in the unanimous decision of the judges;

Johnny Bedford defeated Louis Gaudinot via TKO in R3;

Preliminary Card

Marcus Brimage defeated Stephen Bass via unanimous decision;

John Albert defeated Dustin Pague via TKO in R1;

Roland Delorme submitted Josh Ferguson with a rear naked choke in R1;

Steven Siler defeated Josh Clopton via unanimous decision;