Team Tompkins' Ronnie Mann and Robert McMullin

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UFC Division Snapshot: UFC Fight Night 22 Edition

After every UFC event, TapouTVTC.com takes a look at how each division shapes up. For more information on the Division Snapshot, take a look at our first snapshot.

Nate Marquardt: +15 (Was 25, now 10) (middleweight)

It is hard to evaluate this win, as we did not get to see a lot of Marquardt's gameplan. He jumped on a mental error by Palhares early, and that was the fight. Marquardt remains in the upper echelon of the middleweight division, but his next fight will tell us more. 

Rousimar Palhares: -23 (Was 4, now 27) (middleweight)

A win would have put Palhares firmly in title contention, but one grievous mental error is all it takes to tumble back down the ranks. Palhares learned that lesson hard, and you can bet he won't make the same mistake again.

Charles Oliveira: +7 (Was 18, now 11) (lightweight)

Oliveira looks like a future star, showing off a striking game that no one (especially Escudero) knew he had. Between his high level jiu jitsu, creative striking and buckets of charisma, Oliveira is certainly someone to watch in the next year. 

Efrain Escudero: -13 (Was 16, now 29) (lightweight)

The former "Ultimate Fighter" winner is now 1-2 in his last three fights. Escudero got the striking match he thought he wanted, but Oliveira proved to be a handful on the feet as well. Did missing weight factor into his poor performance?

Jim Miller: +0 (Was 3, remains 3) (lightweight)

Miller remains one of the top lightweights in the division, and is very much in the title mix. Remember, his only two career losses are to lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and number-one contender Gray Maynard.

Gleison Tibau: -16 (Was 7, now 23) (lightweight)

Tibau claimed his boxing had vastly improved, but he looked much the same fighter against Miller that he has always been. When Tibau was able to score takedowns, he was afraid to engage on the ground, electing instead to stay in a stand-up battle that he was losing.

Cole Miller: +7 (Was 14, now 7) (lightweight)

Miller's reach was a big problem for Pearson, who was tagged repeatedly with counter punches as he tried to engage. The win has Miller talking of title aspirations, but he'll have to prove that he can win more than two fights in a row before that becomes a true possibility.

Ross Pearson: -23 (Was 5, now 28) (lightweight)

It was not a good night for "Ultimate Fighter" winners, as Pearson and Escudero both fell. When your opponent is that much taller, throwing looping hooks is not going to win you the fight. Pearson wasn't able to get inside on Miller, and it cost him.

Preliminary bouts and full snapshots after the jump...

UFC Fight Night 22 post-fight thoughts

- What was Rousimar Palhares thinking taking his eyes off of Nate Marquardt? The first thing any combat fighter learns is to never take your eyes off of your opponent. Palhares broke that golden rule, and he paid dearly for it.

- I'm glad that Joe Rogan, Herb Dean and the athletic commission were quick to head off "Greasegate 2.0" before it could gain any momentum. Every report that has come out since last night has indicated that Marquardt was clean, but these sorts of things can turn into a firestorm if not dealt with quickly.

- Charles Oliveira is only 20, and he is already well on his way to becoming a star. It wasn't just that he dominated Efrain Escudero, but that he put on a show while doing it. Oliveira does need to tighten up his striking, and I wonder how he would do against someone with crisper boxing, but his combination of flashy moves and high-level jiu-jitsu will prove a handful for a lot of fighters.

- Escudero wanted no part of Oliveira's ground game, but he certainly didn't expect Oliveira to be so dangerous on the feet (in fairness, none of us did). I thought Escudero looked a little flat, and I wonder if missing weight had something to do with it.

- Another UFC event, another referee complaint. In the third round of his fight, Oliveira took a hard knee to the groin and was obviously hurt. I don't know which was worse, the ref telling Oliveira he needed to hurry up (Oliveira is allotted five minutes) or the ref trying to speak to Oliveira in Spanish (Oliveira speaks Portuguese). It does not matter how much the fans boo, a fighter has five minutes to recover from a foul. If the ref is so sensitive to booing that he tries to hurry a fighter up, he is in the wrong profession.

- Jim Miller did a good job of making adjustments. Gleison Tibau caught and countered four of Miller's kicks in the first round, and none after that.

- It was good judging not to give the second round to Tibau based on his two takedowns. Miller had the more damaging strikes, and Tibau did absolutely nothing to follow up those takedowns.

- Cole Miller did a great job of using his reach and counter-punching to repeatedly tag Ross Pearson with straight rights. This was Miller's third Submission of the Night bonus.

- Pearson left himself open for counters with his looping punches. When facing an opponent with that sort of height and reach advantage, , needed to get in closer and work the body.

- Not a good night for Ultimate Fighter winners, as Pearson and Escudero combined to go 0-2. Could this be indicative of a larger problem? Going back two fights, the combined record of all Ultimate Fighter winners (excluding Travis Lutter and Court McGee) is a pedestrian 16-14. If you exclude Nate Diaz and Ryan Bader (the only TUF winners to win their last two fights), that mark drops to 12-14. 

Dustin Hazelett vs. Mark Bocek in the works for UFC 124

Dustin Hazelett will try his hand at lightweight for the second time in his career when he takes on Mark Bocek at UFC 124 on Dec. 11 in Montreal.

Hazelett (12-6, 5-4 UFC) has fought at lightweight once already in the UFC, defeating Diego Saraiva by unanimous decision at UFC 67 in 2007. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt will hope to rebound from back to back (T)KO finishes at the hands of Rick Story and Paul Daley.

A fellow Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, Bocek (8-3, 4-3 UFC) is coming off of a unanimous decision loss to Jim Miller at UFC 111. Before that setback, Bocek had won three straight in the Octagon.

Hazelett last three fights:
Loss (TKO - punches) Rick Story - UFC 117
Loss (KO - punches) Paul Daley - UFC 108
Win (Submission - reverse armbar) Tamdan McCrory - UFC 91

Bocek last three fights:
Loss (Unanimous decision) Jim Miller - UFC 111
Win (Submission - standing rear-naked choke) Joe Brammer - Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale
Win (Submission - rear-naked choke) David Bielkheden - UFC 97

UFC Fight Night 22 quick results and bonuses

Main card:
Nate Marquardt def. Rousimar Palhares by TKO (punches) at 3:28 of round 1
Charles Oliveira def. Efrain Escudero by submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:25 of round 3
Jim Miller def. Gleison Tibau by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Cole Miller def. Ross Pearson by submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:49 of round 2

Preliminary card:
Yves Edwards def. John Gunderson by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Kyle Kingsbury def. Jared Hamman by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Dave Branch def. Tomasz Drwal by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Rich Attonito def. Rafael Natal by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Anthony Waldburger def. David Mitchell by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Brian Foster def. Forrest Petz by TKO (punches) at 1:07 of round 1

$40,000 post-fight bonuses:
Submission of the Night: Cole Miller
Submission of the Night: Charles Oliveira
Knockout of the Night: Brian Foster
Fight of the Night: Jared Hamman and Kyle Kingsbury