Original sentence: A member of the Purdue wrestling team, Fitch – a four-year letterman – wrestled under the tutelage of Tom Erikson and eventually became the team captain of his wrestling squad.After failing to make the selection process for the first season of The Ultimate Fighter – a last-minute decision by the production team that left Fitch stranded in an airport with his luggage already boarded – he earned a shot in the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 3, 2005, where Fitch defeated Brock Larson in a middleweight bout.Erikson – a former PRIDE fighter – would occasionally bring other mixed martial artists to the wrestling gym, and Fitch would be introduced to such fighters as Mark Coleman and Gary Goodridge.Fitch dominated Pride Fighting Championships veteran Akihiro Gono en route to a convincing unanimous decision scored 30-27, 30-27 and 30-26 at UFC 94.Fitch was defeated by Georges St-Pierre via unanimous decision with scores of 50-43, 50-44, 50-44 in UFC 87
Edited sentence: A member of the Purdue wrestling team, Fitch – a four-year letterman – wrestled under the tutelage of Tom Erikson and eventually became the team captain of his wrestling squad.After failing to make the selection process for the first season of The Ultimate Fighter – a last-minute decision by the production team that left Fitch stranded in an airport with his luggage already boarded – he earned a shot in the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 3, 2005, where Fitch defeated Brock Larson in a middleweight bout.Erikson – a former PRIDE fighter – would occasionally bring other mixed martial artists to the wrestling gym, and Fitch would be introduced to such fighters as Mark Coleman and Gary Goodridge.Fitch dominated Pride Fighting Championships veteran Akihiro Gono en route to a convincing unanimous decision scored 30–27, 30–27 and 30–26 at UFC 94.Fitch was defeated by Georges St-Pierre via unanimous decision with scores of 50–43, 50–44, 50–44 in UFC 87