Las Vegas, Nevada
The Pearl at The Palms
The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom reality show came to a head on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at The Palms casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Team captain, Jason 'Dynamite' Dent took on fellow American Cameron Dollar in a lightweight preliminary contest.
Several GriffonRawl members made the trek to Las Vegas in support of Jason. Jeff Lee, George Comer, John Strmac, plus other friends were in attendance to watch. AJ Pulling and Donny Walker took the role as corner men and supporters.
Dent and Dollar had issues on the show and with both coming up short in semi-final action, this fight was a no-brainer for UFC match-maker Joe Silva. They'd finally get their chance to settle their differences in the ultimate proving ground, the UFC octagon.
Cameron came out the agressor early in round one landing good hand combinations and showing vastly improved boxing. Dent, like many other fights, played a passive role, choosing to pick his shots carefully, play "rope-a-dope" and land a few nice leg kicks in the process. For the majority of round one Cameron held the advantage, but late into the round Dent landed a hard left hook to the body that appeared to hurt Cameron. Cameron looked for a take down but was stuffed and in a mirror image of the Dent/Lawson fight, Jason was able to sink in an anaconda choke, gator roll and finish cameron at 4:46 of the very first round.
At the end of the night, Jason was awarded "Submission of the Night" honors by UFC brass, earning a handsome bonus check as well as putting an exclamation point at the end of his TUF experience.
It would appear with his success on The Ultimate Fighter, earning fight of the night and submission of the night honors in two out of three appearances, Jason is set to become a staple for the UFC organization.
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