The Ultimate Fighter 17, Episode 11 Review

In Episode 11, the remaining quarter-final matchups were again split between the teams:

Team Sonnen’s Uriah Hall knocked out ‘wild card’ Bubba McDaniel with a punch in the opening seconds of the very first round, while Team Jones’ Josh Samman forced a tapout from Jimmy Quinlan late in the first with ground-and-pound from back mount.

Current win tally is Team Sonnen 6, Team Jones 6.

The semi-final matchups are set:

Quick recap of all the season’s fights after the break.

All rankings are approximate as-of Episode 1 airing.

[#41 MW] Tor Troeng [Team Sonnen]
Episode 1: defeated [#238 MW] Scott Rosa by submission
Episode 6: lost to [#159 MW] Josh Samman by knockout

[#67 LHW] Robert McDaniel [Team Jones]
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Ryan Bigler by TKO
Episode 5: lost to [NR] Kevin Gastelum by submission
Episode 9: defeated [#179 MW] Kevin Casey by TKO (retirement)
Episode 11: lost to [#160 MW] Uriah Hall by knockout

[#137 MW] Zak Cummings [Team Sonnen]
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Nik Fekete by TKO
Episode 8: lost to [#146 MW] Dylan Andrews by majority decision

[#146 MW] Dylan Andrews [Team Jones]
Episode 1: defeated [#205 MW] Tim Williams by decision
Episode 8: defeated [#137 MW] Zak Cummings by majority decision
Episode 10: defeated [#253 MW] Luke Barnatt by TKO in the overtime round

[#159 MW] Josh Samman [Team Jones]
Episode 1: defeated [#258 MW] Leo Bercier by TKO
Episode 6: defeated [#41 MW] Tor Troeng by knockout
Episode 11: defeated [#347 MW] Jimmy Quinlan by submission (strikes)

[#160 MW] Uriah Hall [Team Sonnen]
Episode 1: defeated [#171 MW] Andy Enz by decision
Episode 3: defeated [NR] Adam Cella by knockout
Episode 11: defeated [#67 LHW] Robert McDaniel by knockout

[#179 MW] Kevin Casey [Team Sonnen]
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Eldon Sproat by submission
Episode 4: lost to [NR] Collin Hart by unanimous decision
Episode 9: lost to [#67 LHW] Robert McDaniel by TKO (retirement)

[#215 WW] Gilbert Smith [Team Jones]
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Jerel Clark by submission
Episode 2: lost to [#253 MW] Luke Barnatt by knockout

[#246 MW] Clint Hester [Team Jones]
Episode 1: defeated [#114 LHW] Frasier Opie by decision
Episode 7: lost to [#347 MW] Jimmy Quinlan by submission (RNC)

[#253 MW] Luke Barnatt [Team Sonnen]
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Nicholas Kohring by decision
Episode 2: defeated [#215 WW] Gilbert Smith by knockout
Episode 10: lost to [#146 MW] Dylan Andrews by TKO in the overtime round

[#347 MW] Jimmy Quinlan [Team Sonnen]
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Mike Persons by TKO
Episode 7: defeated [#246 MW] Clint Hester by submission (RNC)
Episode 11: lost to [#159 MW] Josh Samman by submission (strikes)

[NR] Adam Cella [Team Jones]
Episode 1: defeated [#181 HW] Jake Heun by submission
Episode 3: lost to [#160 MW] Uriah Hall by knockout

[NR]Collin Hart [Team Jones]
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Mike Jasper by submission
Episode 4: defeated [#179 MW] Kevin Casey by unanimous decision
Episode 10: lost to [NR] Kelvin Gastelum by TKO

[NR] Kelvin Gastelum [Team Sonnen]
Episode 1: defeated [#203 WW] Kito Andrews by decision
Episode 5: defeated [#67 LHW] Robert McDaniel by submission
Episode 10: defeated [NR] Collin Hart by TKO