By the end of tonight's episode we knew who would be going on to the Staples Center and competing for the $500,000 dollar prize and the right to call themselves "The Contender" champion. Now, let's see how the action took place. The show started with Steve Forbes expressing how thrilled he was that they were now only one fight away from the grand prize, "I'm excited to be in the final four, we started with 16 guys, and now we are one fight away from a half million dollars."

Grady Brewer and Norberto Bravo returned to "The Contender" house after their successful victories to cheers and congratulations coming from the remaining two fighters and the trainers Jeremy Williams and Tommy Gallagher. Williams, while talking to the remaining four fighters said, "At this point, any of you guys who win, you deserve it." Then he reminded them that they still have to a couple days to train, so "let's go."

Back in "The Contender" gym we saw Gallagher and Forbes going over a game plan for their fight against Cornelius "K9" Bundrage. "I'm prepared for K9 to use a little bit of dirty tactics, the holding and the head butting."

Bundrage, now shown training with Williams, thinks he will be too strong for him, "I believe my power will be a little too much for him, I just got to be (then he paused to bark a couple of times) a dog when I'm in there."

Next we saw Gallagher training his other fighter for the evening, the underdog, Brewer. "It's always better late than never to have an opportunity like this, I struggled trying to make my career in boxing, and this opportunity right here, I'm not going to let it slip through my fingers."

Finally, ending the training part of the show we saw Williams going over a few things with Bravo. "My plan is to put a lot of pressure on him, break him down that way," said Bravo.

"You guys have shown so much heart, so much determination to reach the final four. You guys should really be proud of yourself," Sugar Ray Leonard said to the final four before showing them a video tribute of all the fighters they had eliminated up until this point. Leonard said, "After watching this, you will have an even better appreciation of where you are."

After watching the video on a big screen TV, Leonard presented them with another prize, while pointing to the TV he said, "When you guys go home, you'll be taking one of these beauties with you," predictably much to the delight of the fighters.

It was now down to business, though, and after a commercial break we saw Bundrage in the dressing room preparing for his fight with Forbes. Bundrage talked about how he thought that every fight he's ever been in he's been the underdog, and that's giving him added motivation. In Forbes dressing room he said, "You have to make sure you don't make any mistakes because he is strong. You have to be in control of a guy like that."

Inside the fight arena every fighter who participated in "The Contender" season two was introduced to the crowd and a standing ovation. Forbes entered the ring first, saying, "I'm going to go in to this fight like I've done every other fight, relaxed and focused, and let it come." Bundrage simply said, "I have to go in there and take care of my business."

Forbes' wife looked a bit concerned after it appeared Bundrage got off to a great start, winning round one. There wasn't a lot of action, but Bundrage landed the more telling shots. In between rounds, Bundrage's trainer Williams warned that Forbes would beming out harder this round because he lost the first one.

Bundrage's dirty tactics came out a little bit in round two, as he hitForbes behind the head twice, he was promptly warned by the ref not to do that anymore. Forbes definitely came out stronger though, throwing multiple combinations and appearing to take the better part of the round. At the end of the second, much to the chagrin of the crowd, Bundrage continued his roughhouse tactics, this time placing Forbes in a headlock.

Between rounds, Gallagher told Forbes, "You have to do what he's doing, if he's hitting behind the head, hit him behind the head."

"K9" once again hit Forbes in the back of the head and was given his final warning by the ref. The third round seemed like a very close with Bundrage, perhaps, getting the better of it from an uppercut he landed.

"Come on baby, we need these two rounds," came from the concerned wife of Forbesas round four got underway. Forbes took her advice as he came out strong landing just about everything he threw, including a big looping right hand that stopped Bundrage in his tracks. Going into the final round it was anybody's fight.

With the crowd in a frenzy, Forbes closed the show down the stretch. After landing an eight punch combination to Bundrage's midsection, Forves brought it up stairs and landed about five more punches. The final scorecards were read and the winner by unanimous decision was Steve Forbes.

"I feel really good, I came in here with a plan, I wanted to be the last man standing, I'm only one away," said the victor.

Bundrage, understandably upset, said, "I came up a little short today, but I proved to the whole world that all you have to do is believe in yourself and train hard and have faith in God and you can go far." With Forbes in the championship fight there was only more to go.

Fittingly enough, the last fight on the last taped show of "The Contender" may have very well been the best fight ever on the program.

Before the fight Grady Brewer had said he wanted to go out and dictate the pace starting with the first round, but it wouldn't quite go that way. Almost near the end of an action packed round, Bravo landed a beautiful left hook that sent Brewer to the canvas. Brewer visibly shaken rose at the count of six. Luckily for Brewer, the bell rang and he would have a full minute to rest.

Brewer bounced back with a vengeance, landing shot after shot at Bravo over the second round. Brewer's trainer, Gallagher, had asked him to just box but it was certain, much to the delight of the crowd, that he wanted a brawl. After two rounds, it appeared Brewer was down by a point because of the knockdown, but the rounds were now even.

Both fighters landed hard shots in round three. Most of Bravo's good shots were directed Brewer's body and Bravo's head. The fighters fought hard all the way to the end of the bell and the crowd screamed wildly. Gallagher told Brewer that the fight was now a draw because he thought Brewer had won the last two, making up for the point difference from the knockdown.

Round four was the kind of round that makes me wish they showed the entire round, or that day when we will be able to see it all on DVD. Both fighters bounced shots off each other ala Gatti-Ward. The action was so evenly contested it was hard to pick a winner for this magnificent round.

It was more of the same in round five, heavy artillery coming from both directions. However, this round seemed a little bit easier to score because Brewer landed the more powerful shots, which was easy to tell because of the awful swelling beginning around Bravo's eyes. After the crowd gave the fighters another round of applause it was time to hear the scores, 47-47, a draw came the first score, 48-46 the second, and 49-46…for the winner by majority decision, Grady Brewer.

So, there you have it, next Tuesday, fighting for the half million dollars will be Steve Forbes, one of the favorites, and Grady Brewer, the biggest underdog in the tournament. Bundrage and Bravo will be fighting each other for the third place trophy, while a host of the other contenders will be fighting in undercard action.