And we bid a fond farewell to The Ultimate Fighter on Spike. This is the final episode (not counting the finale, which is basically a “Fight Night” card) that will air before the UFC takes its programming over to the Fox networks. Spike and the UFC have had seven years of remarkable brand-building together.

This one probably won’t have a lot of the shenanigans we’ve seen through TUF history. We have two fights, and the Bisping-Mayhem feud has fizzled.

We still have a feud between John Dodson and Johnny Bedford. Or at least a one-way hatred between Bedford, who has decided to judge lest he be judged. Or something like that. I’m not sure what they covered in their Bible study.

Each guy thinks he has the advantage in the matchup. What a surprise. Dodson smiles a lot. Bedford does not.

Dustin Pague says he thinks Johnny, his Bible study buddy, has it in the bag. Better wrestler, taller, etc. Marcus Brimage thinks Bedford’s TOO tall and won’t be able to catch up.

Bisping to Mayhem: Who wins? Mayhem: The fans win. Mayhem has let his assistants split cornering duties, the easiest solution to the traditional “Hey, we have two guys from the same team” dilemma.

Dana White thinks Dodson is talented but may have trouble against a guy who’s a full head taller. Regardless of what happens here, Dodson is surely a future cornerstone of the UFC’s flyweight class whenever it finally launches.

Bedford says he can’t turn this into a big vendetta, that fighting with emotions is a bad thing. Little late for that, isn’t it?

Brittany Palmer, recently reinstated as an Octagon girl, does the walk. Herb Dean is in charge.

Tale of the tape: Bedford has a seven-inch height advantage and six-inch reach advantage.

First round: Bedford lands a good right early and clinches. Dodson gets inside with good combo. They trade, and Dodson lands a good knee. Bedford clinches, breaks. Bedford paws at his bleeding nose. Dodson’s corner asks him to throw an inside leg kick, and he does. Bedford gets a good Muay Thai clinch and throws knees, but Dodson lands a right as they break. With 1:40 left, Bedford finally tackles Dodson for a takedown and tries to pound him quickly, but Dodson gets up. Great left to the body from Dodson, too. Couple more exchanges, with Dodson quicker. Dodson even catches a kick and trips Bedford to the mat, kicking him in the midsection before he stands. 10-9 Dodson, surely.

Second round: Trade, trade, trade, BOOM! Dodson lands a left that nearly puts Bedford out cold. Dodson pounces to pound, and there’s not much more he needs to do convince Herb Dean to stop it. when Johnny wakes up, the doc asks where he is. He says Ohio. Guessing he won’t doubt Dodson’s punching power any more.

“It’s sad to see someone knocked out like that,” says Michael Bisping in a comment guaranteed to make every Internet forum explode with pictures of Dan Henderson knocking him unconscious.

Dodson moves to the final to face (yawwwwwwn) T.J. Dillashaw.

Back in the house, the focus turns to Diego, who sharpens a butcher’s knife on a rock.

Bisping hails Diego, his No. 1 pick. Bisping hasn’t outcoached Miller by any stretch of the imagination this season, but Diego could single-handedly make the final tally swing his way. (Currently in head-to-head matchups: Miller 6, Bisping 4. If Diego and Dillashaw win out, it’ll be 7-6 Bisping — with Diego and Dillashaw combining for six of those wins.)

Miller slaps his head as he tries to talk about Bryan Caraway. “I love him, but he’s bananas.”

(Would now be a good time to mention that Caraway is the longtime boyfriend of Miesha Tate, a prime player in the suddenly burgeoning world of women’s MMA matchmaking gossip.)

At weigh-ins, Bisping and Miller bet $100 on the fight. Bedford says people are stupidly counting out Caraway, who has more experience. And Diego’s just 13-7. He lost a fight right here in Fairfax County, Va., where a lot of these guys have fought.

Back to the house for some “last night in the house” hijinks, with Caraway and Brandao left out. Diego says an angel has told him he’ll be able to go back to Brazil and help people this Christmas.

And … that’s it? No wholesale destruction of the house? Just a few moments of guys drinking and playing beer pong? Times have changed.

To the cage we go, and Diego increases the size of the hole in the door. The UFC training center doors are apparently made of the same material 5-year-olds break to get their orange belts.

When the show switches to the Fox networks, it’s supposed to feature live fights. So for the last time, we can say this — it’s 10:49, so this is not going three rounds. Or two.

Bryan goes for a takedown right away. Diego fights it off and sprawls out of another attempt. Bisping: “Let your hands go! He can’t take you down.” They clinch instead, and Bryan lands a knee. Back to center, and Diego lands a leg kick that makes Bryan spin. Still, after two minutes, Bryan doesn’t look at all overmatched. He shoots again and misses, and Diego tags him a couple of times on the way back up. Diego swings wildly, which a quick, experienced foe will exploit at the UFC level. But he lands one that drops Bryan and leaves him hanging on from his back. Somehow, Bryan stands, but he walks rights into a kick that puts him down again. Somehow, he stands out of that, but it’s safe to say he’s not going to be coming back to win this fight. He stumbles to hit the mat a third time, but he’s not really able to defend himself. Josh Rosenthal rightly steps in.

Dana’s impressed with Bryan’s heart and Diego’s power.

So the finale is set, and I’m hitting publish so I can get out at the same time as Junkie.

Well, let’s wait a second. Diego starts yelling at Dennis Bermudez, his final opponent, accusing him of talking (bleep) in the house. There’s no evidence of that, and Dennis says he wasn’t as he shrugs.

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