In Episode 5, a huge upset took place as the least experienced fighter of the cast, twenty-one year old Kevin Gastelum defeated the second-ranked contender Robert ‘Bubba’ McDaniel. Gastelum forced a tapout with a rear naked choke late in the second round, after a back-and-forth ground fight for positioning.
Current win tally is Team Sonnen 3, Team Jones 1.
Next week: top ranked contender Tor Troeng takes on Josh Samman. According to Coach Sonnen, there were not many takers to fight either of these guys. Which means that the winner of this fight may be the guy that Dana White said no one in the house wants to fight.
Then again, Dana White once said that Phil Nover is the next Anderson Silva, so take it with a grain of salt… or the whole shaker.
Here’s who remains:
All rankings are approximate as-of Episode 1 airing.
[#41 MW] Tor Troeng [Team Sonnen]
Episode 1: defeated [#238 MW] Scott Rosa by submission
[#67 LHW] Robert McDaniel [Team Jones]
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Ryan Bigler by TKO
Episode 5: lost to [NR] Kevin Gastelum by submission
[#137 MW] Zak Cummings [Team Sonnen]
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Nik Fekete by TKO
[#146 MW] Dylan Andrews [Team Jones]
Episode 1: defeated [#205 MW] Tim Williams by decision
[#159 MW] Josh Samman [Team Jones]
Episode 1: defeated [#258 MW] Leo Bercier by TKO
[#160 MW] Uriah Hall [Team Sonnen]
Episode 1: defeated [#171 MW] Andy Enz by decision
Episode 3: defeated [NR] Adam Cella 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
[#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
[#253 MW] Luke Barnatt [Team Sonnen]
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Nicholas Kohring by decision
Episode 2: defeated [#215 WW] Gilbert Smith by knockout
[#347 MW] Jimmy Quinlan [Team Sonnen]
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Mike Persons by TKO
[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
[NR] Kelvin Gastelum [Team Sonnen]
Episode 1: defeated [#203 WW] Kito Andrews by decision
Episode 5: defeated [#67 LHW] Robert McDaniel by submission