TUF 17

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So guess who has to eat her words?

Kelvin Gastelum walks away as the winner of TUF 17 by split decision + the youngest TUF winner ever!

It was a considerably close fight, seeing that the judges scored it 29-28, 28-29, 29-28 in Kelvin's favour. Kelvin was an absolute beast out there. A relentless and effective beast. All his take downs, punches and grappling - you could tell that he really held nothing back and poured his heart out in the octagon.

But the same cannot be said for Uriah. Anyone who watched TUF 17 would probably agree that he just wasn't performing like he should. Sure, the suplex was pretty impressive and his grappling skills weren't too shabby either, but why in the world was he not using his reach advantage of 9.5" and kneed/kicked/punched his way into a TKO? Perhaps he psyched himself out because he was fighting a fellow team mate.

Oh well. Kelvin didn't over analyse the fight and really gave it his all, and so he walks away with the win deservingly.

So, moving on to the fight of the night! Miesha Tate vs Cat Zingano.

WHOA. Just. Whoa. Miesha Tate's jaw has got to be made of something else other than bone. Just look at this.

This doesn't even include the many many heavy punches that Cat threw before. When Miesha went down, it wasn't even a full on KO. She just looks like she fell forward, if that makes any sense. If the referee didn't step in, there is no doubt that she could stand back up and take on another onslaught of solid punches to her face. Just, whoa. O.O

And since I tend to notice the most random of things, like how Mike Ricci's hair always looks bomb despite the amount of grappling, I shall include it here too.

Kelvin's walking out song was...something else. I was just telling my dad this when they were rolling his introduction/highlights tape.

"He's Mexican, but he can look a little Italian hor?"

And the next moment Kelvin is walking out to what sounds like a live Mariachi band. Lolol. He could not be clearer about his heritage.

Okay, so this concludes my recap of  TUF 17...for myself...because no one else watches it :'(

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On a side note, the air tickets are booked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am flying off in exactly 1 month after the end of my last paper for finals, so that's definitely something to look forward to! :)

Now I just have to figure out how to book/reserve train tickets. I've read a few articles and forums and all I've gotten is confused.

That is all for now.

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