Episode 6 featured two fights.  After last week's debacle involving Gabe Ruediger, this was much-needed.

The first fight -- pitting Joe Lauzon (Team Penn) against Brian Geraghty (Team Pulver) -- was a short one.  Lauzon, who already defeated coach Jens Pulver in UFC 63, made quick work of Geraghty.  Lauzon slammed Geraghty to the mat, grounded and pounded for a few seconds, jumped on Geraghty's back, and ended the match early in the first round with a rear naked choke.

Lauzon was impressive.  His win gave Team Penn its first victory of the season, but Team Penn still trailed Team Pulver 4-1 going into the episode's second fight.

The second fight matched up Corey Hill (Team Pulver) against the resurrected Rob Emerson (Team Penn), who was brought back to replace Ruediger.  You will remember that Emerson had already lost to Nate Diaz earlier in the season.

The one bit of information we learned during this episode was that Hill was a very inexperienced fighter coming into TUF 5 -- in fact, he only had two amateur MMA fights under his belt going into his bout against Emerson, so Emerson had the clear experience advantage.  Hill, on the other hand, had the height advantage standing at 6 feet, 4 inches -- a full eight inches taller than Emerson.

Hill and Emerson picked their spots during the first two rounds, attacking with brief flurries before pulling out and circling in the Octagon.  Most of the first two rounds were fought standing up, but the real action occurred on the ground as the second round came to a close.  Emerson had Hill in a nasty heel hook but Hill was saved by the horn.

Based on the evenness of the first two rounds, the fight went into a sudden-death third round to settle matters.  The third round was fought standing up again and neither fighter did much to differentiate himself, in my mind.  Still, the victory went unanimously to Hill (though Dana White felt that Emerson had won the fight.)

Hill is definitely an imposing presence in the lightweight division because of his height and reach.  His inexperience could hurt him as he advances in the show.  It will be interesting to see how he does against the top fighters so far in TUF 5 -- for example, Lauzon, Diaz and Manny Gamburyan.

As things stand, Team Pulver is up 5-1 going into next week's episode and controls the fight selection.