TUF 25: Redemption *Spoilers within*

John_D80

Great debut. What away to announce yourself to the top 5 of the LW division. If nothing else he will guarantee some great fights. Poirier or Alvarez would be a great match up for him.

I think though he would be found wanting against a counter striker like McGregor or someone as technical as Barboza. Even Johnson wobbled him a fair few times during their contest.

Zero-Cool

Yupp I'm all aboard the GOAThje train. Conor takes him out in 1 round with his counters but I'd love to see him against Tony. If he wrecks Tony, which I could see him doing, they could build a nice 'Big' fight with Conor. Justin and Tony already going back and forth on twitter.

I'm beaming for JT, the definition of Redemption. Huge moment for him and huge cheque.

Raging for Tom. He's stiff and slow but he can get the choke as well so he's dangerous on the ground. Hope he gets another go.

Paully D

I can't stand Jesse, but it definitely was a fitting way for the TUF Redemption season to end. A real redemption story. I would be astonished if we aren't reading out how he blew the money on alcohol and drugs within 12 months however.

That was a good season overall.

Who would have thought before the season aired that TJ would have done his reputation so much good and Cody is now largely disliked? I can't imagine you'd have found many people hoping that TJ would win their fight, but if asked now I think almost everyone will be hoping TJ wins. It's crazy how much damage Cody did to himself this season and TJ the opposite.

ASOT

Paully D wrote: »

I can't stand Jesse, but it definitely was a fitting way for the TUF Redemption season to end. A real redemption story. I would be astonished if we aren't reading out how he blew the money on alcohol and drugs within 12 months however.

That was a good season overall.

Who would have thought before the season aired that TJ would have done his reputation so much good and Cody is now largely disliked? I can't imagine you'd have found many people hoping that TJ would win their fight, but if asked now I think almost everyone will be hoping TJ wins. It's crazy how much damage Cody did to himself this season and TJ the opposite.

That seems to be the theme of tuf, it made people hate rousey & JJ

Paully D

So TUF 25 winner, Jesse Taylor, has popped for clomiphene and has been banned for a year. The only surprise is it took Jesse 3 months to blow it.

https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/10/13/16472374/usada-suspends-jesse-taylor-one-year-for-positive-drug-test-for-clomiphene

From comeback story to drug suspension in three months.

USADA suspended Jesse Taylor one year for testing positive for anti-estrogen agent clomiphene in an out-of-competition drug test, the UFC’s anti-doping partner announced Friday. The failed drug test stemmed from a sample collected Aug. 22. Taylor was subsequently pulled from a UFC Sydney fight with Belal Muhammad in November.

In the release, USADA stated that Taylor had accepted the suspension, which was the maximum for the prohibited substance. Clomiphene is not approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for use by males and “promotes the secretion of testosterone,” per USADA.

“Increasing testosterone, especially when combined with strength training, has been demonstrated to increase fat-free mass, muscle size, and strength in males, potentially leading to performance enhancement in sport,” the USADA release stated.

Taylor, 34, is eligible to return to the Octagon on Sept. 13, 2018, provided he remains in the USADA drug-testing pool.

Taylor (31-15) won The Ultimate Fighter 25: Redemption by beating Dhiego Lima by second-round submission in July. It was an incredible comeback story for Taylor, who was pulled from the TUF 7 finals in 2008 after a drunken night in Las Vegas and lost his only UFC fight thereafter.

The well-traveled Taylor, a San Diego resident, went on to fight for promotions like Strikeforce, Dream Cage Warriors, KSW, World Series of Fighting and many more before getting another shot on TUF earlier this year.

Interestingly, as it was an out of competition test it doesn't effect the result of his latest bout, which was the $250,000 prized TUF Finale against Lima. Lima reckons the only test they had was the old-style piss test :eek:

“For our fight, he knew our anti-doping would only be a normal pee test,” Lima told MMAjunkie. “So he must have done a cycle for that. And then, one month later, he flunked with a post-cycle drug. Of course he was taking stuff to fight me.”

Must be a tough one for Dhiego to take especially with such a prize at stake.

Amazingfun

Ah, that suxks!!! He ruined the fairytale ending. And yes, Lima must be so pissed off, can't blame him at all.