Pulver v Penn

[Sensei Tom OBrien]

OK who's gonna win and why? I say BJ. I think his ground game is one of the beast in the business.
Thanks,
Sensei Tom

[disgruntled]

i honestly do not know.... i think that pulver is a better trainer, so i think he will win.... but he is a bit of an ass so i want penn to win.

[complete]

Penn is one of the most talented guy on UFC. However, his last two losses came about because he didn't have enough on his tank. (his split decision loss to GSP and his third round TKO loss to Matt Hughes, after winning the first two rounds)

As long as BJ can go the full distance, he should be able to win.

[chayudo]

Jens gets on my nerves for some reason. I think its pretty close but Penn will take it if it stays on the ground.

[Sensei Tom OBrien]

Date Time: 06/23/2007 Doors open 3:30pm-On Spike 9pm
Event Type: Spike TV - The Ultimate Fighter Finale
Location: The Pearl, Nevada


Jens Pulver v BJ Penn, BJ
Manny Gamburyan v Nathan Diaz, Manny
Roger Huerta v Doug Evans, Roger
Floyd Sword v Thales Leites, Floyd
Brandon Melendez v Joe Lauzon, Joe
Rob Emerson v Gray Maynard, Gray
Allen Berube v Leonard Garcia, Allen
Brian Geraghty v Matt Wiman, Matt

Thanks,
Sensei Tom

[MMA_Fan]

Penn all the way. He's still very young and he really really hates Pulver.

[Wyatt]

Looks like I'm on the other side of the fence on this one, I thought it was BJ who looked like an ass during the season and Jens was the more respectful coach. Did anyone notice that 90% of the shots of "training" with team Penn was them lying against the wall on the mats? I couldn't stand having that guy in my corner "Watch the traingle! Watch the triangle! Watch the kimora! Watch the kimora! Watch the guillotine! Watch the guillotine!" That's all I ever heard from his corner, and it was constant in every fight. I really hope Jens wins because BJ is just too arrogant. It would be funny if he didn't make weight...hah!.

[Zaraki Kenpachi]

BJ is a bit of a retard. For the Matt Hughes fight he said he didnt want to train like a professional fighter. WTF??!!?? Look where that got him, crucified in the third round unable to even defend himself AT ALL! BJ has way more talent but still needs to grow up.

Its hard to say who is the better trainer, they really havent worked with these guys that long. And some of the guys abandon the gameplan or just flat out dont bring intensity to the fight. Like Joe vs Manny...Joe brought zero aggression to that fight, thats not BJ's fault. BJ always knows what the other team's fighter's strategy but yet his guys just get overwhelmed. He has to constantly yell at them to be first because well they dont want to do jack.

[Sensei Tom OBrien]

I pick Manny because I don't see how Nate will be able to keep the fight standing up. Manny's ground game is better and he will take Nate down just like he did to Joe.
Thanks,
Sensei Tom

[TKDaddict]

manny vs nate natei just think he is a better fighter

pulver vs penn penn

Do you think doing tuf affects there training much?

[Sensei Tom OBrien]

It was a good fight and I don't know that it should have been stopped when it was.

Thanks,
sensei Tom

[Sensei Tom OBrien]

Wow! What a crazy ending in the beginning of the 2nd round. Gray picked Rob up and slammed him to the mat making Rob tap out to an unconscious Gray who, in addition to slamming Rob down for the win, KO'd himself by hitting his own head on the mat on the way down. It was tremendously powerful body slam that was finally determined as a 'no-contest'. Gray is adamant that he was not 'out'. Gray claims he saw the tap-out and he was not unconscious. He is arguing with Joe Rogan, proclaiming that he was never out. I must admit that he did look like he was out. They keep re-playing the take-down and Gray definitely looks to be OUT. Sometimes when you get knocked out you don't even realize that you were out.
Thanks,
Sensei Tom

[chayudo]

No doubt Gray was out. But he earned it none the less. Whoa, next fight is on, gotta go.

[Sensei Tom OBrien]

Andy got caught with a nice left, roundhouse kick to the head. Was it a good stoppage?

Thanks,
Sensei Tom

[complete]

What a fight between BJ and Jens. BJ dominated the entire time but Jens got out of so many tough positions. BJ looks unbeatable right now. Matt should be worried. Glad to see them bury the hatchet and become friends.