Since it debuted in 2005, The Ultimate Fighter has allowed dozens of mixed martial artists to realize their dreams. The reality show launched the careers of future UFC champions Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Michael Bisping and T.J. Dillashaw.In May, the UFC announced a new format for its latest season: The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions, or TUF 24, invited flyweight champions from promotions around the world to enter a 16-man tournament. The winner would get a shot at UFC pound-for-pound king Demetrious Johnson (24-2) and his belt.Johnsons title defense, his ninth, headlines the TUF 24 Finale on Saturday in Las Vegas. Former flyweight title challengers Joseph Benavidez (24-4) and Henry Cejudo (10-1), coaches of respective teams, serve as the co-main event.The season hasnt been characterized by initial opportunities for the TUF 24 class as in years past, but by the second chances it has provided. Tim Elliott (13-6), drafted first overall, was one of two former UFC fighters in the field and made the most of this unique moment in his career.I saw the opportunity and felt like it was maybe my last chance to get back in the UFC, so I jumped on it, said Elliott, ranked the No. 3 overall seed.After a three-year stint in the UFC, Elliott was cut in the summer of 2015. Losses to title challengers Benavidez, Ali Bagautinov and John Dodson dotted a 2-4 record with the promotion. Seven weeks after his release, Elliott debuted with Titan FC and won its flyweight belt from Iliard Santos (30-11-1, 1 NC), another UFC vet. He made two successful title defenses before joining the Ultimate Fighter cast.When I got signed to the UFC, I wasnt ready, Elliott said. I was green. I was just getting started. I was hired by the UFC and fired by the UFC before I ever even had any punching technique.After a pair of first-round submission wins to start the TUF tournament, Elliott reached the semifinals. There he beat dark horse Eric Shelton by majority decision, a fight that aired Nov. 23, to earn a berth in the championship. Hell face No. 5 seed Hiromasa Ogikubo (15-3), Shootos bantamweight champion (that promotions 125-pound weight class), for the right to take on Mighty Mouse. The title eliminator between Elliott and Hiro, which took place in August, airs for the first time Wednesday night on FS1.I think my competition in Titan was as good as a lot of my competition in the UFC, Elliott said. I think any of those guys couldve been on the show and couldve won some fights.I expected everybody in the house to be top-notch, and a lot of the guys really were.There may not be a title opportunity on the line, but Brandon Morenos fight on Saturday represents his dedication and passion to the craft. Moreno will make his second UFC appearance, this time on a full camp, opposite Ryan Benoit (9-4) on the undercard of Saturdays TUF 24 Finale.Moreno (12-3) had never experienced the Octagon before his invitation to join the TUF season. The World Fighting Federation flyweight champ was seeded dead last in the field at No. 16. That meant he had to face No. 1-ranked Alexandre Pantoja (16-2) of Brazil in the opening round. Moreno lost via rear-naked choke in the second round.I felt horrible when I lost that fight. My heart was broken, Moreno said. In the first episode of The Ultimate Fighter, I lost my chance. It was horrible for me. But I continued training, continued to learn with Benavidez and the other coaches: Danny Castillo, Robert Drysdale, Juan Archuleta. I continued with my experience on the show. I learned a lot.The 22-year-old demonstrated flashes of potential, both in the loss to Pantoja and in those subsequent training sessions, but he was asked to fill in on eight days notice to debut Oct. 1 opposite heralded prospect Louis Smolka (11-2). The widely held assumption was Smolka would roll through a comparatively inexperienced Moreno en route to padding his own title-contention résumé, but Moreno showed no signs of stage fright, tapping the 6-to-1 favorite in the first round with a guillotine choke.When I won the fight ... I dont have words for that moment, said Moreno, who has nine submission wins. I feel really, really comfortable with chokes, with my guillotine, especially.I actually put on my Twitter account that I put $500 on him, Elliott added. If my wife wouldve let me, I wouldve bet $10,000. I knew Brandon was going to win that fight. Brandon was one of the best guys in the house. ... I told my father as soon as I got home from the show, This guy is liable to be UFC champion someday.The upset not only secured Moreno another bout in the promotion but vaulted The Assassin Baby to No. 12 in the UFC flyweight rankings.I know my next fight will be [a] really, really hard challenge, Moreno said.Selection to any TUF season speaks to a fighters potential. Nonetheless, longevity at mixed martial arts highest level is determined by how that platform is utilized. Subjective factors like marketability may affect title shots or getting your headshot on a promotional poster, but MMA is a meritocracy at its core. With very few exceptions, wins mean stability.To this point -- Elliott in exhibitions and Moreno in an official fight -- these two contestants have capitalized. Fighters in their position understand the hunger of regaining an opportunity lost. Redemption, it seems, motivates more than mere possibility.Ive gone to different countries, different places to learn more, Moreno said. This opportunity is unique in the world. Ill take the opportunity.Elliott agrees.I had success in the UFC in the sense that I came in and I made fights close, he said I just didnt have the technique to really do damage. Ive had those big fights. Ive faced adversity. I went through the TUF house, and I feel like Im ready now. Nike Free 5.0 Sort Herre . Haas said he "felt a lot of pain" in his right shoulder when he slammed his racket to the ground in frustration after losing his serve at 3-3 in the first set. Nike Vapormax Køb .Y. -- Leading 3-0 with only 11:25 left, the Colorado Avalanche committed a seemingly meaningless penalty to give the New York Islanders a power play. http://www.sportsskooutletonline.com/nike-free-sko/nike-free-5-0.html . 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India lost 3 for 8 in a frenetic passage and their position worsened when Virat Kohli fell for 62, but R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja prevented an all-out collapse to take India to within 12 of Englands total by the close.India had established a position of strength when Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara added 75 for the third wicket, seemingly putting Englands 283 into context. But, two balls into the final session, Pujara pulled a long hop from Rashid towards deep midwicket where Chris Woakes did remarkably well to make the ground then dive low for the catch. Even better, though, was to follow when Jos Buttler pulled off a stunning stop and shy - from his knees - at backward point to send back debutant Karun Nair.Between those two moments of individual brilliance Ajinkya Rahane had failed to pick a googly from Rashid and Kohli edged Ben Stokes, which led to Stokes intimating silence in his celebration following his ICC fine for his verbals towards Kohli when he was dismissed on the second day. India were 204 for 6 and England had visions of batting before the close with a useful lead, but they were thwarted by Ashwin and Jadeja who picked their moment before the second new ball to take on the spinners.Ashwin, who was not moving comfortably between the wickets, went to his third fifty of the series with his seventh boundary and Jadeja went from 8 off 34 to 31 off 59 as the pair reached stumps with an unbroken stand of 67. England will cling to the fact that they are bowling last on the surface, but it has held together well so far, while India will fancy the vulnerability of Englands batting even if the lead is smaller than they would have wanted. England were bowled out within four overs of the resumption this morning and, initially, signs were ominous as the new ball did not swing for James Anderson and Chris Woakes. When M Vijay was dropped at midwicket - Buttler unable to cling on to a flick off Moeen Ali - England needed a pick-me-up and, as so often, it came from Stokes. With his fourth ball he draw Vijay into a flat-footed poke outside off and although the umpire Chris Gaffaney did not raise his finger Vijay walked knowing the replay would confirm the edge.It had been a curious, half-hearted, stay for Vijay who was also involved in an intriguing moment when he defended a delivery back to Anderson, who spotted the batsman had held his pose outside the crease. Anderson shied at the stumps and hit Vijays pads, leading to a query for obstructing the field, but it was rightly ruled that Vijay had not moved from his position to block the throw.England thought they had removed Parthiv Patel, caught down the leg side when he had 12, but the DRS showed the ball had only flicked his shirt. In his first Test for eight years, and thrust to the top of the order after KL Rahuls injury, it was an impressive performance from Parthiv to quickly adjust to the challenge.His diismissal was a very modern lbw.ddddddddddddUsing his feet to Adil Rashid he was beaten by the turn but, having come down the pitch, the umpire understandably said not out. Jonny Bairstow, though, was convinced of the value of the review and he was vindicated when the ball was shown to be hitting leg stump.And so the Kohli-Pujara double-act was back together. They soaked up the pressure of Englands quicks and the ever-improving Rashid, who bowled consecutive maidens for the first time in his Test career, and began to profit towards the end of the second session when Gareth Battys brief, and delayed, entry to the attack proved expensive.There had also been a missed chance - albeit a difficult one - to break the stand when Pujara, on 35, glanced Stokes down the leg side but Bairstow could not hold on, low to his left, with one hand. Pujara went to his fifty from 100 balls to continue a golden run which has included two centuries in this series and, as he and Kohli strode in together at tea, a pivotal final session for Englands series prospects loomed.Sure enough, a momentary misjudgment transformed their prospects. In Vizag, Pujara had reached his century with a six over midwicket - to bring comparisons with Virender Sehwag - but on this occasion he will have wished he had left it to Viru. To be fair, though, the ball was there to whack, but he did not connect cleanly. Woakes sprint and dive provided the boost England needed.It also took Rashids bowling average below 40 for the first time in his career. It was notable how much faith Alastair Cook put in his legspinner: Batty did not bowl until the 47th over and Moeen bowled only nine overs all day. Partly that will have been because of the right-handers being at the crease, but it was not long ago that even that fact would not have elicited trust from Cook. That faith was rewarded again when Rahane, whose series has not got going, was befuddled by Rashids googly.It takes a lot to knock Kohlis equilibrium at the crease, but a combination of the two quick wickets then Buttlers reflexes at point led him to sell Nair a dummy came closer than most scenarios. Yet it still needed a brilliant piece of opportunism to throw down the stumps. To Kohlis credit he refocused and reached a 111-ball fifty as he and Ashwin responded with a counter-attacking stand of 48 in 10 overs.By now, Cook had returned to Stokes and he hung the ball just far enough outside off to tempt Kohli who had profited from the glide to third man. In attempting such a shot, he played away from his body to give England the wicket they craved. As his team-mates hooped and hollered, Stokes silenced himself while Kohli made a swift about-turn.India were in danger of conceding a deficit that was more than just an irritant, but not for the first time the depth of their batting - much like Englands - came to the fore. Ashwin timed the ball beautifully despite having to battle discomfort from what appeared to be a leg problem. Like Stokes for England, a shudder is surely felt whenever Ashwin appears in pain. He and Jadeja have kept India on an even keel at worst: it is unlikely to be their last telling contribution of this match. ' ' '