Cameron gives up on yelling out instructions on what submissions to try. He is now sounding as desperate as Credeur looks,

“This is your life Tim, fight, fight!”

The round ends with JT smothering Credeur, and Credeur madly flailing away, throwing punches from the bottom.

*It’s obvious, though this was Credeur’s best round, Jesse Taylor wins all three rounds convincingly!

The Judges scores show how convincingly:
30-27, 30-26, 30-27

Both fighters are completely exhausted. Credeur cries as he hugs Jesse, “You earned it JT, you earned it.”

Jesse raises his arms, then rushes to his corner and promptly vomits in a bucket (which seems to be his post-fight ritual). Credeur in a brotherly tone tells Jesse to calm down. The referee and Credeur are waiting for Jesse so the inevitable can be announced. With bucket in hand Jesse makes it the center of the ring as the scores are read.

POST FIGHT

In the locker room Jesse hugs teammate and cornerman Matt Brown. We hear Jesse’s final thoughts,

“He’s a good friend, but I had to look at Tim as just another guy I have to go through to get what I want”.

We see Credeur outside telling the camera, “JT deserved it. I gave it everything I had, but he had all the answers.”

ANALYSIS

Remember I told you that Cameron Diffley, Credeur’s coach for this fight, had a lot to do with the outcome of this fight?

Well, I know it’s pretty normal for coaches and cornermen to shout instructions to their fighters, but if I were Credeur I would have knocked Cameron right on the noggin and told him to shut his trap.

As if it’s not hard enough to be underneath a dynamo like Jesse Taylor, Credeur had to listen to Cameron “motormouth” Diffley tipping Taylor off on every submission that Credeur attempted.

Maybe it’s just me, but I thought that part of the submission game was catching your opponent unexpectedly. Of course Credeur didn’t help himself either by instructing Taylor on how to avoid a triangle choke during practice.

In the end, I think Credeur is a helluva fighter, but maybe too nice a person to be an MMA champion. If I were to give an award for best person on TUF 7, it’d definitely go to Credeur.

For Jesse’s part, he wanted this fight just a little more. As for his chances in the finale, Amir Sadollah, the kickboxer, is definitely the easier match for him style wise. But, it sure would be interesting to see if JT Money can outwrestle Division I All-American Wrestler CB Dollaway.