The Ultimate Fighter Blog: Eric Spicely - Ep. 8 Recap

The dust has settled on what I thought was an incredible fight. Abdel looked sharp in the first round, countering every shot Josh threw with three and four-shot combinations. Abdel also controlled the Octagon, pushing Josh against the cage and working for takedowns as well as throwing knees in the clinch. The game plan was to not go to the ground and for some reason Abdel kept shooting. I honestly felt like that drained his energy. Abdel normally fights at 170 and Josh has previously fought at h