The Ultimate Fighter 9: Episode 6 Recap

The Ultimate Fighter 9: U.S. vs. U.K. Episode 6 Recap & Review

Episode six of the latest TUF installment started with more of the same. Team U.S. is in need of some serious professional help, and the always stoic Dan Henderson seems an unlikely figure to provide it. While Jason Pierce started the bickering this time, Cameron Dollar seems to be the lowest common denominator, as several members of his own squad have targeted him for their pent up male aggression.

Thus, the first announced match up of the night provided those aforementioned U.S. teammates with more than a glimmer of hope of seeing Dollar throttled in the cage and ejected from the lightweight tournament by gritty British military buff Martin Stapleton.

Dollar’s ready admission that he was more nervous than he had ever been in his entire life added fuel to an already-smoldering pile of the fighter’s whining pronouncements that he hated fighting as much or more than he loved it. By contrast, Stapleton carried himself like an MMA veteran, giving off the impression that he had nothing to fear from the outspoken 21 year-old.

It was a battle between a hardened military athlete and an experimental, trash-talking American youth—between a man providing for a wife and daughter at home and a kid with little apparent responsibility aside from his self-professed interest in satisfying countless women and his quest for his next piercing.

And Cameron dominated.

While many on both teams would have guessed the opposite, Dollar weathered an early surge from Stapleton, hit him with a big shot on the back of the head, executed a brilliant leg toss and finished the fight early in the first round with a rear naked choke, leaving the Brit broken and bloody, kneeling on the floor of the cage.

The next bout was also a showcase for the strange, almost surreal sense of immaturity and brawler testosterone on the U.S. team against the calm and confident demeanor of a Brit-turned-American-turned-Brit, as U.S. military veteran Frank Lester fought the urge to clobber James Wilks in the house before clashing with him in the cage.

Once again, a U.K. member made an American look like an amateur. Wilks dodged Lester’s wild bombs and countered effectively, utilizing the aggressive American’s false belief that he was a one-dimensional grappler to inflict serious damage with strikes—even knocking out Lester’s front teeth, another odd and prophetic reversal of comments made earlier in the episode—before finishing him off with a textbook armbar in the second round.

With Wilks’s victory, the U.S. falls behind 3-2 in the tournament.

(A notable side plot that never really developed in Episode 6 was coach Bisping’s somewhat lacking apology to team member Dean Amasinger after he slept through his match—a losing effort—against U.S. favorite Damarques Johnson in Episode 5.)

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The Ultimate Fighter 9: U.S. vs. U.K. Episode 6 Recap & Review Episode six of the latest TUF installment started with more of the same. Team U.S. is in need of some serious professional help, and the always stoic Dan Henderson seems an unlikely figure to provide it. While Jason Pierce started the bickering this time, Cameron Dollar seems to be the lowest common denominator, as several members of his own squad have targeted him for their pent up male aggression. Thus, the first announced match up of the night provided those aforementioned U.S. teammates with more than a glimmer of hope of seeing Dollar throttled in the cage and ejected from the lightweight tournament by gritty British military buff Martin Stapleton. Dollar’s ready admission that he was more nervous than he had ever been in his entire life added fuel to an already-smoldering pile of the fighter’s whining pronouncements that he hated fighting as much or more than he loved it. By contrast, Stapleton carried himself like an MMA veteran, giving off the impression that he had nothing to fear from the outspoken 21 year-old. It was a battle between a hardened military athlete and an experimental, trash-talking American youth—between a man providing for a wife and daughter at home and a kid with little apparent responsibility aside from his self-professed interest in satisfying countless women and his quest for his next piercing. And Cameron dominated. While many on both teams would have guessed the opposite, Dollar weathered an early surge from Stapleton, hit him with a big shot on the back of the head, executed a brilliant leg toss and finished the fight early in the first round with a rear naked choke, leaving the Brit broken and bloody, kneeling on the floor of the cage. The next bout was also a showcase for the strange, almost surreal sense of immaturity and brawler testosterone on the U.S. team against the calm and confident demeanor of a Brit-turned-American-turned-Brit, as U.S. military veteran Frank Lester fought the urge to clobber James Wilks in the house before clashing with him in the cage. Once again, a U.K. member made an American look like an amateur. Wilks dodged Lester’s wild bombs and countered effectively, utilizing the aggressive American’s false belief that he was a one-dimensional grappler to inflict serious damage with strikes—even knocking out Lester’s front teeth, another odd and prophetic reversal of comments made earlier in the episode—before finishing him off with a textbook armbar in the second round. > Check out the UFC apparel & hats and Punishment MMA clothing & gear online through ProFighting-fans.com! With Wilks’s victory, the U.S. falls behind 3-2 in the tournament. (A notable side plot that never really developed in Episode 6 was coach Bisping’s somewhat lacking apology to team member Dean Amasinger after he slept through his match—a losing effort—against U.S. favorite Damarques Johnson in Episode 5.) Make sure to check back at ProFighting-fans each week for reviews and in-depth analysis of every episode of The Ultimate Fighter this season. By Steven T. Kelliher ProFighting-fans.com Staff Writer > Find all of Steven's The Ultimate Fighter 9 recaps & reviews online with Pro Fighting Fans and check out The Ultimate Fighter 9 fight card & results!