Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 15 ; Episode 2 | Results **Spoiler**

Team Cruz: Justin Lawrence, Sam Sicilia, Myles Jury, Mike Rio, James Vick, Vinc Pichel, Chris Tickle, Jeremy Larsen

Team Faber: Al Iaquinta, Cristiano Marcello, Daron Cruickshank, Joe Proctor, Michael Chiesa, John Cofer, Andy Ogle, Chris Saunders

James Vick vs. Daron Cruickshank (155-pound limit)
Round one: Off we go as they touch gloves all nice like. Such gentlemen they are. Cruickshank lands an inside kick, the first meaningful shot of the first minute. He follows this up with a nice combination in and out. Vick answers with one of his own. Spinning back kick from Daron looks good but misses. An outside kick lands, though. Vick isn't moving nearly as much as Cruz was telling him to. Actually, he's literally standing right in the pocket while Daron circles around him. Cruickshank throws a nice kick to the body that lands with a sickening smack. Vick shakes it off, as well as the follow up spinning back kick. Vick then fakes a high kick, Cruickshank shoots underneath it and Vick unleashes a knee that catches Daron clean and knocks him out.

Final Result: James Vick def. Daron Cruickshank via knockout (knee) in round one

James Vick Earns Knockout Win in Revamped Ultimate Fighter

The new, revamped, FX version of The Ultimate Fighter on Friday night mixed some of the old -- reality show fodder from 16 mixed martial artists living together -- and a lot of the new -- the show had a fresh feel aided by its quick turnaround time, and the fight at the end of the episode was live, as every fight will be in this, the show's 15th season.

The fight, James Vick vs Daron Cruickshank, was a good one. Cruickshank was the aggressor from the outset, hitting Vick with a wide array of strikes. But when Cruickshank ducked down to go for a takedown, Vick landed a perfectly timed knee to Cruickshank's chin, knocking Cruickshank cold and ending the fight by first-round knockout.

"I went for the kick, I saw him shoot and I hit him with the knee," Vick said of his lucky knockout after the fight. "I went for the kick but the knee landed so it was all good."

UFC President Dana White gushed about Vick's "great fight" and was clearly pleased with how the new, live show played out.

There's no doubt that the live format was a success: It was an exciting fight made more exciting by the fact that it was live. The live fights are this year's major innovation on The Ultimate Fighter, but the show also felt fresher because everything on it was new -- all of the action in the house and the gym came from the last week.

The episode's most compelling moment came inside the house, when Mike Chiesa found out that his father died. The UFC and FX did a great job of taking the viewers inside every moment as Chiesa sobbed when he got the news, then made the decision to leave the house briefly to attend to his family but come back after a couple of days. UFC President Dana White, who usually strictly forbids fighters from leaving during the taping of The Ultimate Fighter, made an exception to give Chiesa a few days off for the funeral. Chiesa said his dad would want him to come back and win the show, and that's what he hopes to do.

We might not see something that emotional every week, but the FX makeover of The Ultimate Fighter promises to give us a new and improved version of the UFC's longtime reality show.

Die knie zat er mooi op. :)

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Laat maar, ik zie nu net pas het topic. Silly me.

Haha dat einde bij die fight picks.
Cruz zet Faber en zijn hele team echt prachtig voor schut.
Kiezen jullie maar, mij vechter wint toch wel... Faber in de war, vraagt aan team wie wil er vechten, hele team kijkt naar de grond. :lol: