As the result of a leg infection, the Ultimate Fighter winner has pulled out of his fight with Nick Catone. No one will replace Sadollah. Instead, the fight between Tamden McCrory and Dustin Hazelett will be moved to the pay-per-view portion of the card.

I’m sure Dustin Hazelett is excited about this, as it gives him a chance to showcase his explosive submission game in the biggest show on earth so everyone can see it and McCrory, who I think is the underdog, will have a chance to pull off a big upset on the big stage.

This sucks for Catone, as it seems like he will probably lose a paycheck, but hopefully the UFC will reschedule the fight with Sadollah and give him a chance to take on the big name reality show winner.

I won’t say that last night was exciting, but I didn’t expect it to be. I didn’t expect to be impressed with Kendall Grove and Evan Tanner, both of whom were coming off losses (Grove was coming off two, and only on contract because he won TUF 3), and I wasn’t.

Still, in defense of the card, the places where it could deliver interesting fights, it did.

Dean Lister pulled a guillotine choke out of his big bag of submission grappling tricks, reminding us that he’s back in the UFC middleweight division, and beating Jeremy Horn at the weight where Horn belongs.

Rob Kimmons pulled a guillotine out to beat Rob Yundt in the first, and I was mildly impressed with Kimmons’ debut performance.

Matt Brown and Drew McFedries put up big wins over Matt Arroyo and Marvin Eastman (respectively). Eastman may only be a shadow of his former self, but McFedries would have beaten him then, too. Brown’s TKO of Arroyo let us know that he’s going to be one of the better pulls out of this last TUF season.

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The card is set and it is almost time to determine who will take the next step to money, stardom, and a UFC contract. Saturday at 9pm ET Spike will play host to this 3 hour event and after a bad night on the town for Jesse Taylor left him on the outside looking in, the stage is set for Amir Sadollah vs. C.B. Dollaway. The Dollaway twist has lead into a rematch fight that is generating great popularity, but the other big fight on the card will be between Kendall Grove and Evan Tanner.

Kendall “Da Spyder” Grove vs. Evan Tanner:

Evan Tanner’s name has been all around the MMA world of late as he has started blogging for Spike on their official website. Hopefully he has been in the gym and preparing for Grove in his time away from the keyboard. In his most recent blog addition on the blog, he talks about his arrival in Vegas and his preparation training at the Warrior Training Center with Phil Baroni. This all sounds great for Tanner, but he has lost 3 out of his last 4 fights and is in a fall just like Matt Hughes. He will be giving up age and 6 inches of height to the tall Grove. Kendall Grove is a Hawaiian that will look to use his height to his advantage against Tanner like the way he did against Alan Belcher. Kendall like Tanner is suffering from a bad string of fights as he has lost his last 2 fights.

Amir Sadollah vs. C.B. Dollaway:

Who will be the Ultimate Fighter? Most will say that it will be season 7’s golden boy C.B. Dollaway. Dollaway is a former standout wrestler for the recently saved Arizona State wrestling program. His wrestling accolades include being a high school state champ, junior college national champ, and 2005 All American for ASU. Although he is primarily a wrestler he has not had a problem stopping fights. He has only gone to decision 1 time in 6 fights in his undefeated career. Across the cage from C.B. will be Amir Sadollah. This Richmond Virginia native and surgery technician has an opposite background than Dollaway. Prior to training he did not have a wrestling background. He had no pro fights prior to the show and he is becoming very good with his elbows. He also likes to throw knees and kicks. In the all around game Amir may have the better of the two, but Dollaway’s strength and superior wrestling may be the difference in this fight.

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