As the night wraps up on a really great moment, I give you my thoughts on tonight’s card.

Court McGee’s dominating performance over Kris McCray was a breath of fresh air for the TUF series. In the last 11 seasons I can’t remember the last time we have seen a TUF winner with such a compelling story. It was great to see him win and have his moment. Even in his losing efforts against Nick Ring, a very close fight, I thought McGee looked like the stand out fighter. In fact, throughout the whole season, even in his loss, he never really displayed a weak point. The guy has a great chin, good striking, and as he showed tonight, some good wrestling. He is definitely a well rounded fighter and can do grea tthings in the organization.

In the night’s co-main event, we saw a less than stellar performance from two TUF/UFC vets in Keith Jardine and Matt Hammill. Hammill refused to use his superior wrestling until the third round, and though Jardine started off strong, he failed to put it all together througout the whole fight. On the topic of Herb Dean’s taking a point away from Jardine, that didn’t seem necessary.

Anyways, tonight was a night where the TUF participants really shined more that the UFC vets. I’m sure we will see a fight between McGee and TUF 11’s only undefeated fighter, Rich Antonito. Antonito displayed his compsure against Jamie Yager to pull out the win.

As for me, I had a pretty poor night, ending with a 4-6 overall picks record, as well as being decimated in my JFC debut. Luckily, the JFC fight will not count against myoverall record. I credit the loss to the fact that it is difficult to judge these TUF fights considering we haven’t seen that much from them.

Anyways, till next time: UFC 116