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Ultimate Fighter Finale Results: Ryan, Vinny, Efrain, Phillipe Fight for UFC Contract

Two MMA up-and-comers will earn six-figure UFC contracts tonight in the finale of Season 8 of The Ultimate Fighter. We'll be providing live results and letting you know who won all the fights.

In the lightweight finals, Efrain Escudero will fight Phillipe Nover, and in the light heavyweight finals, Vinny Magalhaes will fight Ryan Bader. Several other fighters from this season of The Ultimate Fighter are on the undercard, including, somewhat controversially, Junie Browning, who will take on Dave Kaplan.

The event takes place at The Palms in Las Vegas, with the early results starting to roll in a little after 6 p.m. Eastern and the televised portion of the card beginning on Spike at 9 p.m. Eastern.

UPDATE: Bader, Escudero Are Stars; Browning Stole the Show

Full results are below.

Efrain Escudero beat Phillipe Nover by unanimous decision
Ryan Bader beat Vinicius Magalhaes by first-round TKO (strikes)
Junie Browning beat David Kaplan by second-round submission (arm bar)
Rolando Delgado beat John Polakowski by second-round submission (guillotine)
Shane Nelson beat George Roop by split decision
Tom Lawlor beat Kyle Kingsbury by unanimous decision
Eliot Marshall beat Jules Bruchez by first-round submission (rear-naked choke)
Krzysztof Soszynski beat Shane Primm by second-round submission (kimura)
Wilson Gouveia beat Jason MacDonald by first-round TKO (elbows)
Anthony Johnson beat Kevin Burns by third-round KO (kick).

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