The sixteenth season of 'The Ultimate Fighter' has it's winner: Team Roy Nelson's Colton Smith, who used dominant wrestling and top positional control to take a unanimous decision win over Team Carwin's Mike Ricci. Smith defeated Ricci by judges scores of 30-27, 30-27, 30-26 at The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale in Las Vegas, Nev.
From the first bell to the last, this was Smith's bout. With the exception of one flurry at the end of round three, he was never in jeopardy and never in danger.
The pattern was basically the same. Smith would circle and exchange just a few strikes with Ricci on the outside. From there he'd level change, run Ricci into the fence and work from there as Ricci tried to either stand or avoid submission attempts. When Ricci tried to stand, Smith would get his hooks in and snatch him off of his base. And when he was able to take his back, Smith worked relentlessly for the rear naked choke. While Smith never really came close to submitting Ricci, he constantly had Ricci in defensive maneuvers just to stay alive.
Colton has to be the ugliest, easiest to hate boring fighter ever.... If he's so tiff from being in a war, y is he so scared to actually try and finish a fight ? Gives soldiers a bad name
I thought both fighters looked bad. Smith grappled well but wasnt doing any damage. He tried to get the back over and over.
Ricci couldnt defend himself against a 1 dimensional fighter who used the same plan over and over.
Seemed like a really amateur fight you see on b league shows.
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