TUF 14, Episode 7 recap and results
Soon, it’s fight day, and we’ve got Team Miller’s Roland Delorme (6-2) vs. Team Bisping’s T.J Dillashaw (4-0). UFC president…
Soon, it’s fight day, and we’ve got Team Miller’s Roland Delorme (6-2) vs. Team Bisping’s T.J Dillashaw (4-0).
UFC president Dana White does the pre-fight introductions, and referee Steve Mazzagatti calls the action and gets the fight started.
The fighters trade low kicks before T.J. catches a kick and forces the fight to the mat. Roland is back up and frees himself from a guillotine choke. T.J. catches another kick and forces the fight to the mat. Roland tries to pull him close, but T.J. postures up and delivers some solid ground and pound before moving to side control. Roland tries to wall walk and eventually gets back to his feet. T.J. lands a nice uppercut and follows with a couple solid punches before wrapping the hips and forcing the fight to the mat. He works his way to Roland’s back, but Roland turns. T.J. has partial mount, though, and unloads some punches before settling in half guard. T.J. mixes in more punches and then stands and rains down more. Roland gets back to his feet, but T.J. grabs a single leg, kicks out the other leg and again takes the fight to the mat. Working from side control, T.J. locks in an arm-triangle choke, but Roland again escapes and gets back to his feet. With T.J. slowing, Roland lands a nice kick-punch combo, but T.J. wrestles his way to another takedown before the round ends. It’s all T.J., who takes it 10-9.
In the second round, T.J. immediately connects on a big straight right that drops Roland. T.J. briefly celebrates but then realizes he actually needs to finish the fight. He follows Roland to the mat, unloads more punches, and then moves to side control. A series of elbows land to the face, and he draws blood. Roland controls the wrists to briefly stop the assault, but T.J. rears up and delivers more heavy elbows and punches. Roland tries to get back up, but he just doesn’t have the energy. Eventually, T.J. hops on his back and forces a tap-out from a rear-naked choke.
T.J. celebrates the victories, and the teams console Roland, who gets some congratulations on lasting as long as he did.
With the Team Bisping win, Team Miller’s lead diminishes a bit to 5-3 at the end of the quarterfinal fights.