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5/14 UFC: Recap of Episode 7 of "The Ultimate Fighter 7 - Team Forrest vs. Team Rampage"
By Mallory Mahling
May 14, 2008 - 11:24 PM

This episode started on a positive note, as Team Rampage finally got to make a fight pick. Rampage milked the moment for all it was worth and took his time announcing the fight: Gerald Harris vs. Amir Sadollah.
 
Coach Forrest acknowledged that Amir "was not stoked" about facing Harris, whom Coach Rampage had compared to himself.
 
6^th Preliminary Fight: Gerald Harris vs. Amir Sadollah.
 
By fight day, Amir had cheered up and said he didn't think he was that much of an underdog. Harris brought his reputation for slamming people on their heads, and sure enough, he slammed Amir on his head. However, Amir exploded in a burst of energy toward the end of the first round and assumed control.
 
Round Two saw a more aggressive Amir, who went on to beat Harris and win the $5,000 prize money from Burger King. Amir said he had also won respect for himself.
 
Harris, on the other hand, was not a good loser. He had pinned everything on that fight and felt his career was over. He also felt his young son would see him as a failure. Rampage had encouraging words for Harris that he said made him feel better.
 
It was time for the next fight pick and Forrest picked Cale Yarborough vs. Patrick Schultz.
 
Forrest said Cale wasn't fond of the ground stuff. He was a stand-up fighter.
 
Schultz was experienced in Muay Thai, and he was looking forward to a stand-up war.
 
7^th Preliminary Fight: Cale Yarborough vs. Patrick Schultz.
 
Cale said he didn't feel that Schultz belonged there because he'd already lost once. Nonetheless, Schultz said he was ready to knock Cale's head off.
 
As promised, Round One was primarily stand-up. Round Two went to the ground early and Cale did surprisingly well. In fact, he dominated the round.
 
There was decision, but Rampage wanted a third round because he felt each fighter had won a round. Instead of a third round, Cale was announced as the winner by majority decision.
 
Rampage went ballistic. Dana White said the string of losses was getting to him. But Forrest was also upset. Dana said his "two class clowns had lost their f'n minds and wanted to Ken and Tito each other."
 
Next week: There is one preliminary match left, plus the quarter final matches will be announced.
 

After Episode 7, here is the way the teams look:
 
TEAM FORREST

Nick Klein - Has yet to fight
Jesse Taylor (Beat Mike Dolce in Episode 3)
Tim Credeur (Beat Matthew Riddle on Episode 4)
Dante Rivera (Beat Brandon Sene on Episode 5)
Matt Brown (Beat Jeremy May on Episode 6)
Luke Zachrich (Lost to Dan Cramer on Episode 6)
Amir Sadollah (Beat Gerald Harris on Episode 7)
Cale Yarbrough (Beat Pat Schultz on Episode 7)

TEAM RAMPAGE

C.B. Dollaway - Has yet to fight
Mike Dolce (Eliminated in Episode 3 by Jesse Taylor)
Matthew Riddle (Eliminated in Episode 4 by Tim Credeur)
Brandon Sene (Eliminated by Dante Rivera on Episode 5)
Jeremy May (Eliminated by Matt Brown on Episode 6)
Daniel Cramer (Beat Luke Zachrich on Episode 6)
Gerald Harris (Lost to Amir Sadollah on Episode 7)
Pat Schultz (Lost to Cale Yarborough on Episode 7)