TUF Recap! | SPIKE

Holy knock out, Batman! It was an explosive night of The Ultimate Fighter with fighters removed from the house, team selection and a first official fight ending in a brutal knockout. Hit the jump for a full breakdown of the team selection.

Team Mir won the coin toss and chose first fighter pick, going with Krzysztof Soszynski who wowed the training center with his seven punch victory over Mike Stewart. The rest of the picks are as follows, in order.

Team Mir		Team Nogueira
	Krzysztof Soszynski		Ryan Bader
	Vinny Magalhaes		Shane Primm
	Eliot Marshall		Kyle Kingsbury
	Tom Lawlor		Jules Bruchez
	Junie Browning		Phillipe Nover
	Shane Nelson		Efrain Escudero
	Dave Kaplan		John Polakowski
	George Roop		Roli Delgado

With the teams chosen, it was time for Team Nogueira to select the first match. Nogueira picked golden boy Ryan Bader to face Tom Lawlor. Nogueira was impressed with Lawlor's wrestling and wanted to remove him early. Check out a breakdown of the fight here.