The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale
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The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale was a mixed martial arts
event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship
(UFC) on November 5, 2005. Featured were the finals from The Ultimate Fighter 2
in both the Welterweight
and Heavyweight
divisions as well as a main event between Diego Sanchez and Nick Diaz.
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
event held by 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) on November 5, 2005. Featured were the finals from The Ultimate Fighter 2
The Ultimate Fighter 2
The Ultimate Fighter 2 was the second season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. The season featured a heavyweight and a welterweight division, with 9 fighters initially in each division. The UFC coaches for this season were welterweight and middleweight...
in both the Welterweight
Welterweight (MMA)
The welterweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*The UFC's & Strikeforce's welterweight division, which groups competitors within 156 to 170 lb...
and Heavyweight
Heavyweight (MMA)
The heavyweight division in mixed martial arts generally groups fighters between .Although many ambiguities exist within the lower weight classes regarding division naming and weight limits, the Heavyweight division is, for the most part, uniform...
divisions as well as a main event between Diego Sanchez and Nick Diaz.
Preliminary card
- Heavyweight bout:
Keith JardineKeith JardineKeith Hector Jardine is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division and is best known for his time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
vs Kerry SchallKerry SchallKerry "Meat Truck" Schall is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division. His nickname "Meat Truck" is for his huge size and power...
- Jardine wins by TKO (leg kicks) at 3:28 of the second round.
- Welterweight bout: Melvin GuillardMelvin GuillardMelvin Paul Guillard, Jr. is an American mixed martial artist currently fighting in the lightweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship . He debuted with the company on The Ultimate Fighter 2 television series, losing in the first welterweight elimination bout to Josh Burkman...
vs Marcus DavisMarcus DavisMarcus Paul Davis , is an Irish-American mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a welterweight. He was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 2 on Spike TV. He holds notable wins over Chris Lytle, Paul Taylor, Jonathan Goulet, and Shonie Carter.-Boxing career:Marcus began boxing at 14...
- Welterweight bout:
- Guillard wins by TKO (cut) at 2:55 of the second round.
- Welterweight bout: Josh BurkmanJosh BurkmanJoshua R. Burkman is an American mixed martial artist who is best known for his participation in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Before becoming a mixed martial artist, Burkman was an amateur wrestler. During his senior year of high school he finished second in his weight class at the state...
vs Sammy MorganSammy Morgan (fighter)Sam "The Squeeze" Morgan is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a Welterweight. He was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 2 and also fought in the Strikeforce and EliteXC promotions.-Mixed martial arts record:...
- Welterweight bout:
- Burkman wins by KO (slam) at 0:21 of the first round.
Main card
- Welterweight bout: Kenny FlorianKenny FlorianKenneth Alan Florian is a Peruvian-American mixed martial artist who competes as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has a background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai, and is known for his cerebral approach to the sport based on his meticulous game plans and...
vs Kit CopeKit CopeKristopher Lee Cope is an American Muay Thai kickboxer, mixed martial artist and television personality. He is the former IPMTO Light Heavyweight Muay Thai World Champion and in mixed martial arts he has an unimpressive record of 4-7...
- Florian wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 0:35 of the second round.
- Welterweight bout: Joe StevensonJoe StevensonJoseph Christopher Stevenson is an American mixed martial artist fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Competing as a welterweight, he won The Ultimate Fighter 2 welterweight tournament. Stevenson fought most of his UFC career as a lightweight, and made his featherweight debut at UFC Live: Kongo vs....
vs Luke CummoLuke CummoLuke Joseph Cummo is an American mixed martial artist who appeared in the second season of the reality TV series The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. After winning two exhibition fights, he made it to the finals where he was defeated by Joe Stevenson by decision in a close bout...
- Welterweight bout:
- Stevenson wins by unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28), to become the Season 2 Welterweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter.
- Heavyweight bout: Rashad EvansRashad EvansRashad Anton Evans is an American mixed martial artist from Niagara Falls, New York, currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Evans won the heavyweight division of The Ultimate Fighter 2. Evans lost the UFC Light Heavyweight...
vs Brad ImesBrad ImesBradley Imes Smith , is a retired American mixed martial artist. Imes appeared on the second season of The Ultimate Fighter reality show on Spike TV. He has competed as a heavyweight in the UFC, WEC, and most recently King of the Cage...
- Heavyweight bout:
- Evans wins by a split decision (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) to become the Season 2 Heavyweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter.
- Welterweight bout: Diego SanchezDiego SánchezDiego J. Sanchez is an American mixed martial artist of Mexican descent, with a background in wrestling and Gaidojutsu, system of submission wrestling developed by his longtime trainer Greg Jackson...
vs Nick DiazNick DíazNicholas Robert Diaz is an American mixed martial artist. He is the former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, WEC and IFC Welterweight Champion. He has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships and Elite Xtreme Combat. Diaz was promoted to black belt in Brazilian...
- Welterweight bout:
- Sanchez wins by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)