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Fanhouse’s Ariel Helwani interviews Dana White, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Josh Koscheck, Amir Sadollah, George Sotiropoulos and Kendall Grove following UFC 106.

Josh Koscheck & Anthony Johnson

UFC 106 pre-fight interviews via Heavy.com.

Once again, Spike TV will air at least two preliminary fights as a lead-in to the UFC 106 pay-per-view broadcast.

Spike TV will telecast live undercard bouts from UFC 106 on Saturday, November 21 at 9:00pm ET/PT from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. The fights on Spike TV will include “The Ultimate Fighter 3” victor Kendall Grove battling Jake Rosholt and “The Ultimate Fighter 6” contestant Ben Saunders facing “The Irish Hand Grenade,” Marcus Davis. The one-hour telecast will run commercial-free. UFC 106 will air on pay-per-view at 10:00pm ET.

This continues a very welcomed trend the UFC started with UFC 103 in attempt to persuade fans to purchase the UFC card over the Mayweather-Marquez fight. Boxing clearly won the battle that night, but the UFC and Spike must have found it beneficial nonetheless because this marks the third time Spike is broadcasting a portion of the prelims.

Image courtesy of UFC.com

While it was a rather bleak looking card at first glance, UFC 96 surely delivered on Saturday night and gave us many answers. If you enjoy stand-up wars, you got what you wanted on Saturday night and with only a handful of submission attempts all night, it isn’t surprising to see that no one was awarded with a ‘Submission of the Night’ bonus.

If my math is correct, half of the fighters showcased on Saturday night are now coming off wins and half are coming off losses. What does that mean for some of them moving forward?

Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson

Quinton Jackson fought to a hard-earned decision on Saturday night and has been offered a May 23rd bout with Rashad Evans with a chance to regain his light heavyweight title. If he accepts, Jackson may decide to hold his training camp in Big Bear instead of traveling back to England. I believe that this is a great opportunity for Jackson and if he is healthy, he should enter training camp and push through. However, if his mind and heart aren’t in it, there is no reason to rush this fight. Jackson would be able to take off some time and fight the winner of Machida and Evans down the line without needing to fight again. This might be the best idea after seeing how it affected him when he learned he was being asked to fight in May, and not in July as previously thought.

Amir Not Even Sure He Won

Sanchez, Grove, and Fisher after the jump.

The Ultimate Fighter Season Seven Finale took place this evening at The Palms in Las Vegas.

Kendall Grove took on former UFC Middleweight Champion Evan Tanner in a match that will likely put the loser on the outside of the UFC looking in.

TUF Finalists, Amir Sadollah and C.B. Dollaway, battled it out to determine who was this season’s “Ultimate Fighter.”

Diego Sanchez looked to regain his old form against the tough Luigi Fioravanti.

Spencer Fisher and Jeremy Stephens fought to finish what was almost started at the weigh-ins.

Season seven TUF contestants, Matthew Riddle and Dante Rivera, also met in the cage to determine who would move on to compete in the UFC’s middleweight division.

Results and wrap-up after the jump.

Has Kendall been training with oompa-loompas? He looks awfully orange.

CR: Sherdog.com

More Evan Tanner after the jump.