The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir is the eighth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

 (UFC) produced reality television

Reality television

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 series The Ultimate Fighter

The Ultimate Fighter

The Ultimate Fighter is an American reality television series and mixed martial arts competition produced by Spike TV and the Ultimate Fighting Championship , and soon to be shown on FX. The show features unknown, professional MMA fighters living together in Las Vegas, Nevada, and follows them as...

, which went into production in late May 2008 and premiered on September 17, 2008 on Spike TV

Spike TV

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. This season features Light Heavyweight

Light Heavyweight (MMA)

The light heavyweight division in mixed martial arts generally refers to competitors weighing between 186 and 205 lb . It sits between the lighter middleweight division, and the heavyweight division....

 fighters (186-205 lb) and Lightweight

Lightweight (MMA)

The lightweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:* The UFC & Strikeforce lightweight division with upper limit at 155 lb...

 fighters (146-155 lb).

UFC interim Heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist known for his technical mastery of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is a former UFCInterim Heavyweight Champion...

 and the #1 Heavyweight contender and former UFC Heavyweight champion Frank Mir

Frank Mir

Francisco Santos Miranda is an American mixed martial artist, as well as a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Kenpō Karate, who competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and a former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion...

 served as coaches for the two teams. After the completion of the series, the two met for the UFC Interim Heavyweight title at UFC 92

UFC 92

UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 was a mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on December 27, 2008 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Background:...

 in December, with Mir emerging victorious.

Coaches

• Team Nogueira
  • Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
    Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
    Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist known for his technical mastery of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is a former UFCInterim Heavyweight Champion...
    
    , head coach
  • Daniel Valverde, assistant coach, Jiu-Jitsu
  • Al "Stankie" Stankiewicz, assistant coach, stand up

• Team Mir
  • Frank Mir
    Frank Mir
    Francisco Santos Miranda is an American mixed martial artist, as well as a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Kenpō Karate, who competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and a former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion...
    
    , head coach
  • Ken Hahn, assistant coach, stand up
  • Robert Drysdale
    Robert Drysdale
    Robert Drysdale is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and professional mixed martial artist. Born in the United States to a Brazilian mother and American father, he moved to Brazil with his family in 1987 at the age of six. Several years later, as a young man he returned to Las Vegas, Nevada to...
    
    , assistant coach, Jiu-Jitsu
  • Demian Maia
    Demian Maia
    Demian Maia Baptista is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. He currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Maia is currently ranked the #6 middleweight in the world by Sherdog and Yahoo! Sports., and the #8 middleweight fighter in the world by...
    
    , second coach, Jiu-Jitsu

Fighters

• Team Nogueira
  • Lightweights: Rolando Delgado
    Rolando Delgado
    Rolando Delgado is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Biography:...
    
    , Efrain Escudero
    Efrain Escudero
    Efrain Escudero is a Mexican professional mixed martial artist. He trains under Drew Fickett and competes in the 155 lb weight class...
    
    , Phillipe Nover
    Phillipe Nover
    Phillipe J. Nover , is an American mixed martial artist. He is best known for making it to the finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Mixed martial arts career:...
    
    , John Polakowski.
  • Light Heavyweights: Ryan Bader
    Ryan Bader
    Ryan DuWayne Bader is an American professional mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. On December 13, 2008, Bader defeated Vinicius Magalhães to win a contract with the UFC and the title of The Ultimate Fighter...
    
    , Jules Bruchez, Kyle Kingsbury
    Kyle Kingsbury
    Kyle Loren Kingsbury is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. Currently, Kyle is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championships , fighting in their light heavyweight division.- Early life :Kingsbury attended Monta...
    
    , Shane Primm
    Shane Primm
    Shane Christopher Primm is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He was a cast member of Spike's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Biography:...
    
    .

• Team Mir
  • Lightweights: Junie Browning
    Junie Browning
    Junie Allen Browning is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Biography:...
    
    , Dave Kaplan
    Dave Kaplan
    David Michael Kaplan is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Background:...
    
    , Shane Nelson
    Shane Nelson (fighter)
    Shane Nelson is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Mixed martial arts career:...
    
    , George Roop
    George Roop
    George H. Roop is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir, winning his preliminary and first round fights...
    
    .
  • Light Heavyweights: Tom Lawlor
    Tom Lawlor
    Thomas Joseph "Tom" Lawlor is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Mixed martial arts:...
    
    , Vinny Magalhães
    Vinny Magalhães
    Vinicius Magalhães , is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He was a participant in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. He is the current M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Champion.-Grappling career:...
    
    , Eliot Marshall
    Eliot Marshall
    Eliot Andrew Marshall is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member on SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-The Ultimate Fighter:...
    
    , Krzysztof Soszynski
    Krzysztof Soszynski
    Krzysztof Soszyński is a Polish-Canadian mixed martial artist. He fought for the Los Angeles Anacondas of the International Fight League . After the demise of that organization, he moved to the UFC, appearing on season 8 of The Ultimate Fighter...
    
    .

• Eliminated in Entry Round::
  • Lightweights: Jose Aguilar, Fernando Bernstein, Charles Diaz, Joe Duarte
    Joe Duarte
    Joe Duarte is a professional mixed martial artist from Guam, and is of native Chamorro descent. He has trained in various combat arts including Western boxing, Muay Thai, freestyle wrestling, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.He currently trains at The Arena Mixed Martial Arts gym in San Diego,...
    
    , Brandon Garner, Brian McLaughlin (Broken Nose), Wesley Murch, Ido Pariente
    Ido Pariente
    Ido Pariente is an Israeli mixed martial artist.Pariente was a lightweight participant on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs...
    
    .
  • Light Heavyweights: Antwain Britt
    Antwain Britt
    Antwain Britt is an American light heavyweight mixed martial artist.-Mixed martial arts career:Antwain Britt was a wrestler and football player in high school. After completing education he became interested in MMA. He made his debut in the heavyweight division but after a few fights dropped to...
    
     (Broken Hand), Lance Evans, Karn Grigoryan (Broken Nose), Jason Guida
    Jason Guida
    Jason Guida is an American professional mixed martial artist and grappler who has fought for EliteXC, World Extreme Cagefighting, Bellator, Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, Fight Festival, Adrenaline MMA and Ironheart Crown....
    
     (did not make weight), Ryan Jimmo
    Ryan Jimmo
    Ryan Jimmo is a Canadian professional mixed martial artist who competes as a light heavyweight for the Maximum Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Jimmo mostly fought in Canada, as well as competing in the eighth season of The Ultimate Fighter.-Early career:Jimmo began...
    
    , Ryan Lopez, Eric Magee, Sean O'Connell, Mike Stewart.

Episodes

Episode 1 - Ready to Fight

• Dana White introduces the coaches to the fighters and announces that the fighters will have to fight their way into the house.
• Preliminary round matches are two rounds for five minutes each.
• Jason Guida is unable to make weight for the preliminary round and is replaced by Mike Stewart.
• Krzysztof Soszynski defeats Mike Stewart by strikes in the first round.
• Dave Kaplan defeats Fernando Bernstein with a rear naked choke in the first round.
• Phillipe Nover defeats Joe Duarte with a rear naked choke in the second round.
• Jules Bruchez defeats Eric Magee with a rear naked choke in the first round.
• Vinicius Magalhães defeats Lance Evans when Evans quits after the first round due to a rib injury.
• Antwain Britt defeats Ryan Jimmo by majority decision after two rounds.
• Brian McLaughlin and Brandon Garner's match is ruled a no contest after Garner lands a knee to a downed McLaughlin's head. Dana White rules that McLaughlin will move on to the house.
• Junie Browning defeats Jose Aguilar by TKO when Aguilar doesn't answer the bell for round two.

Episode 2 - Down to Business

• Elimination round matches continue.
• John Polakowski defeats Wesley Murch by referee stoppage (leg injury) in the second round.
• Shane Primm defeats Sean O'Connell with a rear naked choke in the first round.
• Efrain Escudero defeats Ido Pariente with a rear naked choke in the first round.
• Tom Lawlor defeats Ryan Lopez with a rear naked choke in the first round.
• George Roop defeats Rolando Delgado by decision after two rounds.
• Ryan Bader defeats Kyle Kingsbury with an arm triangle in the second round.
• Shane Nelson defeats Charles Diaz by decision after two rounds.
• Karn Grigoryan defeats Eliot Marshall by split decision after three rounds.
• Dana White announces that Antwain Britt broke his hand and would be unable to fight for about six weeks. Therefore, Britt would not be able to compete and move into the house. Eliot Marshall is selected to replace Britt.

Episode 3 - Demons

• Brian McLaughlin and Karn Grigoryan were discovered to have fractured noses after their preliminary matches. Dana White announces that the Nevada State Athletic Commission has suspended them for 180 days as a result. McLaughlin and Grigoryan have to go home.
• Kyle Kingsbury is brought in to replace Grigoryan. McLaughlin's replacement is initially a mystery.
• Frank Mir wins the coin toss and elects to make the first pick of the fighters.
• Coaches pick the fighters for their teams.
• The day after the picks, Rolando Delgado is announced as Brian McLaughlin's replacement.
• Antonio Nogueira announces the first matchup: Ryan Bader vs. Tom Lawlor.
• Ryan Bader defeats Tom Lawlor by knock out at 3:41 of the first round.

Episode 4 - Punk

• The fighters are given the opportunity to watch UFC 84 on TV. Junie Browning and Shane Nelson begin drinking. This escalates to the two of them throwing things in the pool as well as shoving some of the other fighters, attempting to pick fights.
• The next day Dana White shows up. He talks to all of the fighters and particularly to Browning and Nelson about their behavior the previous night. He announces that he's giving both fighters a second chance and will not be kicking them out of the house. White tells Nelson that if he is interested in fighting already, White will talk to the coaches to be sure that Nelson is in the first 155 lb fight.
• Antonio Nogueira announces the next match: Efrain Escudero vs. Shane Nelson.
• Efrain Escudero defeats Shane Nelson in 4:32 into the second round with a triangle choke.
• Following the match, Junie Browning begins talking smack to Efrain Escudero who is still in the cage being looked at by the doctors and his coaches. Escudero simply smiles back at Browning's continuing taunts. Finally, Browning jumps over the fence and into the cage. Nogueira and other coaches hold him back and the episode ends.

Episode 5 - From Chill to Kill

• The episode starts with a recap of the previous fight. Then, Junie Browning jumping into the cage is shown again. The coaches calm down Browning and escort him out of the cage. Dana White says that the head of the athletic commission wasn't at the match. If he were, White believes that Browning's fighter's license would have been revoked. Later Browning apologizes to Frank Mir and to Dana White.
• Anderson Silva
  Anderson Silva
  Anderson da Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion and the promotion's longest reigning champion. With 14 consecutive wins, Silva holds the longest winning streak and title defense streak in UFC history...
  
   visits Team Nogueira at the gym and helps them train.
• Krzysztof Soszynski and others continue pulling pranks on Team Nogueira, this time by freezing Efrain Escudero's wet underwear and putting itching powder in several beds.
• Antonio Nogueira announces the next matchup: Eliot Marshall vs. Shane Primm.
• Team Nogueira returns the previous prank by rubbing fish oil on the walls and beds of Team Mir's rooms. Vinny Magalhães is angry over his bed being messed with, confronts Team Nogueira and urinates on Escudero's bed.
• Nogueira, at the gym, asks Frank Mir to talk to his guys about stopping the pranks, but feels Mir brushed him off. Nogueira goes to the house and encourages his guys to stop with the pranks. Team Mir shows up and Nogueira continues talking to all the guys about stopping the pranks in the house. Soszynski says he will pull another prank.
• Eliot Marshall defeats Shane Primm with a rear naked choke in the 1st round.
• A preview of next week episode shows the match-up of Junie Browning vs. Rolando Delgado.

Episode 6 - Fight, Fight, Kill, Kill

• Frank Mir visits the house. Mir questions Rolando Delgado about how Delgado earned his black belt in Jiu-Jitsu
  Jujutsu
  Jujutsu , also known as jujitsu, ju-jitsu, or Japanese jiu-jitsu, is a Japanese martial art and a method of close combat for defeating an armed and armored opponent in which one uses no weapon, or only a short weapon....
  
  .
• At the UFC Training Center, Mir announces the next fight match up: Junie Browning vs Rolando Delgado. Browning throws a black belt at Delgado. The belt falls to the floor and Browning spits on it.
• Anderson Silva
  Anderson Silva
  Anderson da Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion and the promotion's longest reigning champion. With 14 consecutive wins, Silva holds the longest winning streak and title defense streak in UFC history...
  
   is still visiting Team Nogueira, and after Junie's incident with the black belt Silva, off-camera, is said to be extremely upset by Browning's antics.
• At the weigh-ins, Junie Browning weighs in at 158 pounds and is given one hour to make weight. He continues cutting, and successfully weighs in with his second attempt.
• Junie Browning defeats Rolando Delgado by split decision after three rounds.
• After the match Browning apologizes to Antonio Nogueira for spitting on the black belt at the fight announcement.

Episode 7 - Body Bag

• Frank Mir gives Junie Browning a dressing down following Browning's split decision win for a lackluster performance in the cage.
• Krzysztof Soszynski hurts his thumb during training. He believes it is either broken or fractured.
• Vinny Magalhães comments to Frank Mir that Antonio Nogueira's Jiu-Jistu is not of a high level.
• Team Nogueira bakes a cake for Antonio Nogueira's birthday. The team and Antonio Nogueira have dinner together at the TUF house.
• Frank Mir announces the next fight match up: Vinny Magalhães vs. Jules Bruchez.
• Antonio Nogueira and Vinny Magalhães have an argument over Magalhães' comments on the level of Nogueira's Jiu-Jistu.
• Krzysztof Soszynski pranks Jules Bruchez by placing a stuffed body bag
  Body bag
  A body bag is a non-porous bag designed to contain a human body, used for the storage and transportation of corpses. Body bags can also be used for the storage of corpses within morgues. Before purpose-made body bags were available, cotton mattress covers were sometimes used, particularly in...
  
   and a R.I.P. headstone on Bruchez's bed. Bruchez laughs it off.
• Vinny Magalhães defeats Jules Bruchez by arm bar submission in the first round (3:25).

Episode 8 - Splushi

• Tom Lawlor orders a fruit platter to eat everyday. However, when he gets home from the training center he often finds it already eaten by Team Nogueira. Lawlor wants to get back at them, so he and several members of Team Mir urinates in Lawlor's own fruit platter and places it in the refrigerator.
• Frank Mir announces the next fight: David Kaplan vs Phillipe Nover.
• Team Nogueira arrive at the house and eats Tom Lawlor's urinated fruit platter. Only after they finished were they told what had been done to the fruit platter.
• Phillipe Nover complains that someone in the house is eating his sushi. Kyle Kingsbury of Team Nogueira ejaculates on Nover's sushi and places it in the refrigerator. David Kaplan eats a piece of Nover's sushi and after wards is told what was done to it. Kaplan threatens to get Team Nogueira back with fecal matter.
• Phillipe Nover defeats David Kaplan by rear naked choke in the first round.

Episode 9 - Hurts Like Hell

• Don House, a boxing trainer, examines Krzysztof Soszynski's hand. House says Soszynski didn't break or fracture his hand.
• David Kaplan gets drunk and claims that he cannot be knocked out. He asks Tom Lawlor to hit him. Lawlor at first declines to do so. At Kaplan's insistence, Lawlor punches Kaplan in the jaw and Kaplan falls to the floor unconscious. Kaplan claims he was not knocked out.
• Antonio Nogueira announces the next matchup: Krzysztof Soszynski vs Kyle Kingsbury.
• Team Nogueira decides to prank Krzysztof Soszynski by filling Soszynski's bedroom up with anything in the house they could move. They then placed a sign on Soszynski's door that said, "UFC Storage Room."
• Dan Henderson
  Dan Henderson
  Daniel Jeffery Henderson, is an American mixed martial artist and former Olympic wrestler, who competes as a middleweight and light heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion and was the last Welterweight and Middleweight champion...
  
   visits Team Mir's training session. Henderson says that he has been training Krzysztof Soszynski for two years now.
• Krzysztof Soszynski comes home to find his filled up bedroom. He congratulates Team Nogueira for a good prank.
• Coaches Challenge: The two coaches compete head-to-head for a $10,000 prize and coach's winning team wins $1,000 each. This season, Antonio Nogueira and Frank Mir will face off doing soccer penalty kicks. They alternate turns and the first person to score 10 goals wins. Antonio Nogueira beats Frank Mir, 10-6.
• Krzysztof Soszynski pranks Team Nogueira back by moving all of the kitchen utensils, pots, pans, plates, etc. to the basketball court.
• Krzysztof Soszynski defeats Kyle Kingsbury by armbar submission in the first round.

Episode 10 - Fire The Cannons

• Preparation for the final preliminary lightweight fight between George Roop and John Polakowski.
• George Roop, during practice, hurts his right hand. It becomes swollen and he is unable to make a fist. By fight time, Roop says that his hand is okay, but it still appears to be swollen.
• George Roop defeats John Polakowski by decision after two rounds.
• Krzysztof Soszynski and others throw things, like eggs, off the balcony of the house to several guys in the hot tub. Junie Browning, who is hit by an egg, goes into a rage. However, there is no real damage to the house and Browning doesn't get into a physical altercation with anyone.
• The fighters who won their preliminary matches are brought into meet Frank Mir, Antonio Nogueira, and Dana White to discuss the semifinal matches.
• The semifinal matches are announced:
  • Ryan Bader vs. Eliot Marshall
  • George Roop vs. Phillipe Nover
  • Vinny Magalhães vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
  • Junie Browning vs. Efrain Escudero

Episode 11 - Make Him Pay

• Ryan Bader defeats Eliot Marshall by unanimous Decision after the third round.
• Phillipe Nover defeats George Roop by kimura during the first round.

Episode 12 - Three Strikes

• Vinny Magalhães defeats Krzysztof Soszynski by armbar in the first round.
• During practice, Junie Browning says that he doesn't want to fight. He suggests that Shane Nelson should fight in his place.
• That evening, Junie Browning and Shane Primm were discussing future matchups and talking smack to each other. Browning throws a coffee mug at Primm, which shatters around Primm. Browning then goes over and punches Primm.
• Dana White shows up. White and Browning discuss Browning's behavior and that Browning should have been kicked off the show already. They talk about how Browning is afraid of failing and is trying to get kicked off the show on purpose.
• Dana White talks with the other fighters in the house. The fighters agree to let Browning stay in the house and fight in his match against Efrain Escudero.
• Efrain Escudero defeats Junie Browning by D'Arce choke in the second round.
• Browning goes outside the training center and claims that he will quit fighting since he was unable to defeat Escudero.
• Frank Mir
  Frank Mir
  Francisco Santos Miranda is an American mixed martial artist, as well as a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Kenpō Karate, who competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and a former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion...
  
   is noticed not yelling many instructions in the 2nd round. He explains that Junie did not listen to him and would sit down because he is not a cheerleader.
• A previous bet was made between Frank Mir and Antonio Nogueira that if any of Nogueira's fighters makes it to the finale, Mir will shave his head. Frank Mir faces up to the bet and lets Nogueira shave his head.
• Browning, in a different interview, now says that he will fight again.

Finale

• Light Heavyweight bout:  United States Ryan Bader
  Ryan Bader
  Ryan DuWayne Bader is an American professional mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. On December 13, 2008, Bader defeated Vinicius Magalhães to win a contract with the UFC and the title of The Ultimate Fighter...
  
   vs.  Brazil Vinicius Magalhães
  Vinny Magalhães
  Vinicius Magalhães , is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He was a participant in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. He is the current M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Champion.-Grappling career:...
  
  

Bader defeated Magalhães via KO (Punches) at 2:18 of round 1 and becomes the TUF Season 8 Light Heavyweight Champion.

• Lightweight bout:  Mexico Efrain Escudero
  Efrain Escudero
  Efrain Escudero is a Mexican professional mixed martial artist. He trains under Drew Fickett and competes in the 155 lb weight class...
  
   vs.  United States Phillipe Nover
  Phillipe Nover
  Phillipe J. Nover , is an American mixed martial artist. He is best known for making it to the finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Mixed martial arts career:...
  
  

Escudero defeated Nover via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) and becomes the TUF Season 8 Lightweight Champion.

Light Heavyweight Bracket

Lightweight Bracket

Legend

		Team Nogueira
		Team Mir
D		Decision
UD		Unanimous Decision
MD		Majority Decision
SD		Split Decision
SUB		Submission
(T)KO		(Technical) Knockout
NC		No Contest
RS		Referee Stoppage

External links

• The Ultimate Fighter website
• Official UFC website