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"Finale complete card; \n  \n \n  \nFOX SPORTS 1 MAIN CARD \nCarla Esparza vs Rose Namajunas - UFC Strawweight Title \nJeremy Stephens vs Charles Oliveira  \nKJ Noons vs Daron Cruickshank \nYancy Medeiros vs Joe Proctor \nRanda Markos vs Jessica Penne \n  \nFOX SPORTS 1 PRELIMS \nFelice Herrig vs Lisa Ellis \nBec Rawlings vs Heather Jo Clark \nJoanne Calderwood vs Seo Hee Ham \nTecia Torres vs Angela Magana \n  \nFIGHT PASS PRELIMS \nAisling Daly vs Alex Chambers \nEmily Kagan vs Angela Hill \n  \n  \nThis starts next Wednesday (10th Sep).  \n  \n \n  \nI've said for ages I've found TUF stale as a format these days, unless there's a really interesting pair of coaches or a grudge or something, there's just not much we haven't already seen from TUF now.  \n  \nThis one looks good though. Not from a coaches point of view so much, although I'm a big fan of both Pettis and Melendez. But it's a historic season for a couple of reasons; \n  \n1) It's the first all-female TUF.  \n2) For the first time ever in TUF history, a title is on the line. The winner of this season will be crowned the first ever UFC Strawweight (115lbs) champion.  \n  \nHere's the coaching staff; \n  \nTEAM PETTIS \nAnthony Pettis - Head Coach \nDuke Roufus \nDaniel Wanderley \nSergio Pettis \nScott Cushman \n  \nTEAM MELENDEZ \nGilbert Melendez - Head Coach \nJake Shields \nAnucha Chayaisen \nNate Diaz  \nJosh Berkovic \n  \nThe teams; \n  \nTEAM PETTIS \nCarla Esparza (#1 seed) \nJoanne Calderwood (#2 seed) \nJessica Penne (#4 seed) \nRanda Markos (#14 seed) \nAlex Chambers (#10 seed) \nFelice Herrig (#6 seed) \nJustine Kish (#9 seed) \nAisling Daly (#5 seed) \n  \nTEAM MELENDEZ \nTecia Torres (#3 seed) \nRose Namajunas (#7 seed) \nHeather Jo Clark (#11 seed) \nBec Rawlings (#8 seed) \nLisa Ellis (#13 seed) \nAngela Magana (#12 seed) \nEmily Kagan (#15 seed) \nAngela Hill (#16 seed) \n  \nFirst round fights are; \n  \nCarla Esparza vs Angela Hill \nBec Rawlings vs Justine Kish \nAisling Daly vs Angela Magana \nJessica Penne vs Lisa Ellis  \nFelice Herrig vs Heather Jo Clark \nTecia Torres vs Randa Markos \nRose Namajunas vs Alex Chambers \nJoanne Calderwood vs Emily Kagan \n  \nPettis has already said there is no beef between him and Melendez, but having Nate Diaz as an assistant coach might be interesting. And ultimately, the Pettis vs Melendez fight on Dec 6th is going to be fantastic.  \n  \n \n  \nThis season is all about the arrival of the strawweights though. The good thing about this is, there was plenty of talent out there to do this. There's a few really good fighters on this show. I'm actually not that bothered about the coaches not having a grudge this time because the stakes for the tournament brings its own value. Plus there's rumoured to have been some drama in the house anyway.  \n  \nHere's the cast, and because there's actually info on these fighters and there's a title on the line, I'll go a bit more detailed. Here's your 16; \n  \nCarla 'Cookie Monster' Esparza: \n  \n \n  \n26 years old, 11-2 record. Fights out of Team Oyama in California. Primarily a wrestler. She was the Invicta Strawweight champion when this deal came together, and never lost the title, so she comes in with kind of a bullseye on her, I guess. Got to be one of the favourites.  \n  \nAlex 'Astro Girl' Chambers: \n  \n \n  \n35 years old, 4-1 record, so a late starter. Australian. Not a lot of info out there on her but at 35 and with little experience, I wouldn't fancy her chances much here.  \n  \nFelice 'Lil Bulldog' Herrig: \n  \n \n  \n29 years old, 9-5 in MMA, 23-5 in Kickboxing. Fights out of Team Curran in Illinois. She's been around MMA longer than maybe anyone else on the show and was around in 2007 during the Gina Carano era.  \n  \nBit of a...erm...character. Turns up at weigh ins dressed like she's ready to hit the street corner. Bit of a fiery personality as well and there was talk that she was causing trouble from day one on the show... \n  \nDana quote; \n  \n\nOK. The rumour is that she got into a fight with Heather Jo Clark. The two have been sniping at each other for years and it didn't help when they fought in Bellator and this happened... \n  \n \n  \nSo yeah, Herrig is probably going to be the twat of the season. It's always good to have a heel in there. There was a video Helwani put out with all the cast talking after the show wrapped and they were all basically hinting that Herrig was the knob in the house. Her name came up a lot, and not much of it good. \n  \n'Rowdy' Bec Rawlings: \n  \n \n  \n25 years old, 5-3 record. Another Australian. Another 'Rowdy'. At 5-3 she's not going to be highly favoured here. She's tough from what I've seen but she's got to be one of the weaker links.  \n  \nEmily Kagan: \n  \n \n  \n33 years old, 3-1. Trains at Greg Jackson's gym in Albuquerque. Again, not high hopes for her. I only know of her from her getting standing rear naked choked by Rose Namajunas in Invicta.  \n  \nSpeaking of which... \n  \n'Thug' Rose Namajunas: \n  \n \n  \n22 years old, only 2-1 but she's got time. Fights out of Grudge in Colorado. Black-belt in Karate, black-belt in Tae Kwon Do. Pat Barry's girlfriend. Exciting fighter. Really good striking as you'd expect from a Karate and TKD black-belt. But her submission game is good as well. Like I said, the standing RNC on Kagan. Plus her 12 second flying armbar on Kathina Catron was incredible. Her only loss is to Tecia Torres who is being touted as a legit prospect. Look for Team Pettis to pick Rose, given the Pat Barry/Roufusport links.  \n  \nI like Namajunas. She's one of my favourite fighters on this season, from the ones I know about. I've got a feeling she might struggle given her lack of experience but I'd like to see her go far.  \n  \nNamajunas highlight; \n  \nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&amp;persist_app=1&amp;v=k9rJxuUuz1k \n  \nBadass!  \n  \nTecia 'Tiny Tornado' Torres:  \n  \n \n  \n25 years old, 4-0 MMA. Black-belt in Karate, black-belt in Tae Kwon Do, blue-belt in BJJ. Trains at American Top Team. And like I said, there's high expectations for her. She beat Rose Namajunas and Felice Herrig in her last two fights, and considering she has had just 4 fights, she's already pretty good at everything. Like Namajunas, she's got an exciting style to watch as well.  \n  \nShe's one of my top two picks to win the whole thing. I think she probably makes the final anyway.  \n  \nAnd here's my other pick... \n  \nJoanne 'Dr Kneevil' Calderwood: \n  \n \n  \nShe's got a few nicknames but I think she's going with Dr Kneevil because she's changed her twitter handle since TUF finished filming.  \n  \n27 years old, 8-0 MMA record, 19-2 in Kickboxing. Fights out of Dinky Ninjas in Glasgow. Was a Scottish Muay Thai champion. Her striking is a joy to watch. She's lanky and uses kicks, knees, elbows, punches, the lot. Rare techniques like reverse elbows and shit. Improving ground game. And to top it off she seems like one of the nicest people in the sport. The producers are probably going to have to turn her mic right up though, because she probably has the pound-for-pound quietest voice in MMA (Matt Serra's has to be the loudest, right?).  \n  \nCalderwood highlight; \n  \nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&amp;persist_app=1&amp;v=MQgZRnagKiE \n  \n'Hurricane' Heather Jo Clark: \n  \n \n  \n33 years old, 6-4 record. Don't know much else about her other than the aforementioned ongoing spat with Felice Herrig. She seemed quite outspoken in Helwani's post-TUF interview.  \n  \nAisling Daly: \n  \n \n  \n26 years old, 14-5 record. Irish fighter from the Straight Blast Gym in Dublin. Team mate of Conor McGregor, Gunnar Nelson, Cathal Pendred etc. BJJ purple belt. Invicta, Bellator, Cage Warriors and Cage Rage veteran.  \n  \nLisa Ellis:  \n  \n \n  \n31 years old, 15-8 in MMA. Has fought in Invicta, Bellator, DEEP, Hook 'n' Shoot. Not a great record but pretty experienced and has fought Megumi Fujii (who was once thought the best female fighter on the planet, before the days of Ronda Rousey) twice. She used to be highly ranked but she took time out to have a baby and apparently she's not looked great since.  \n  \nAngela 'Overkill' Hill: \n  \n \n  \n26 years old, only 1-0 and fought at 105lbs (Atomweight) previously. Got to be one of the biggest underdogs on the show along with Alex Chambers. Probably the smallest cast member and has only one fight. You never know though. She's still young and who's to say her one TKO win won't be the start of big things for her? For someone like this starting out and getting to train with a Pettis, Melendez, Roufus, Diaz etc, it can only be a huge help.  \n  \nJustine Kish: \n  \n \n  \nMight be my darkhorse for the whole season, or at least someone worth keeping an eye on. 26 years old, trains at Black House. 4-0 in MMA, 18-2 in Muay Thai, 2-0 in Pro Boxing, 1-0 in Kickboxing. Muay Thai world champion, black-belt in Kenpo Karate, Golden Gloves champion in Boxing.  \n  \nQuite a CV. She's the most decorated striker in the house easy. She'll likely come unstuck against a good grappler like Esparza or Penne or even Torres, but depending on the matchups she gets she could do some damage.  \n  \nAngela Magana: \n  \n \n  \n31 years old, 11-6 record. Was a top ten flyweight not too long ago. Has been living and training in Thailand to improve her striking.  \n  \nRanda Markos: \n  \n \n  \n29 years old, 4-1 MMA. Iraqi/Canadian. Three of her four wins are submissions. Not much else out there on her.  \n  \nJessica Penne: \n  \n \n  \n31 years old, 11-2 record. Trains at Reign and Kings MMA. Former Invicta Atomweight champion. BJJ brown-belt. She had a cracking fight with Michelle Waterson in Invicta. But I'm not sure how she'll do at 115. Might be a better fit for her, or she could be too small.  \n  \nThat's your lot. \n  \nSo yeah, I'm picking a Calderwood vs Torres final. But I wouldn't be at all surprised if Esparza fucks that up. And there's a couple of darkhorses there. I'm intrigued by this Justine Kish. I'd never heard of her before. Could be a one trick pony but we'll see.  \n  \nI love the look of this. It has all the ingredients of a great season. You've got a title on the line, you've got a twat (Herrig and maybe others) to stir shit up, possibility of a grudge rematch between Herrig and Clark, possible rematch of the awesome Torres vs Namajunas fight.  \n  \nPlus they've all got history with each other. So many of them have crossed paths before. Esparza has beat Rawlings and Herrig. Torres has beat Herrig and Namajunas. Namajunas has beat Kagan. The Herrig-Clark beef.  \n  \nI think that element could make things very awkward/interesting. Like the Leben-Swick situation on TUF 1, but worse.  \n  \nDiscuss.  \n  \nWho do you think will win?  \n  \nWho do you want to win?  \nPlay Fuck, Marry, Kill.  \n  \nWhatever. "
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