Comments on: Phillipe Nover blogs his thoughts on animated Week Three episode of TUF

By: THORAZINE

THORAZINE — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:57:48 +0000

Looks like Phillip’s workout room is a garage convert…. very cool.

Darkmetal that’s a stroke of genius bringing Leban in… unfortunately that’s probably not part of the setup and won’t be, in terms of fairness to the other fighters that don’t get any extra assistance for whatever it is they need psychological or otherwise.

sooo’ Phillip ‘SuperNova’ Nover… lol… niiiiccceeee’

By: Sergio Hernandez

Sergio Hernandez — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:56:43 +0000

Man, congratulations on being Nog’s first pick! That means he thinks you’re the favorite to win at 155.

The pressure is oooooooon! =)

By: matt

matt — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:17:11 +0000

oh yea great job on the article man and good luck (even though its over already)

By: matt

matt — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:16:23 +0000

its true. junie is a great figher, but very mentally weak outside of the cage. i had a hard time growing up too, but i dont get drunk every day. when you get the biggest opportunity of your life, you cant mess it up by partying. id choose training with the current ufc champion over partying 10 out of 10 times. you have all the time in the world to party when you get home, but make the most of your 6 weeks. at the same time, you have to make your own mistakes to learn from them. last season when bisping came in and told them “this is the biggest opportunity of your life, dont drink blah blah” they still did

By: David Andrest

David Andrest — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:51:05 +0000

I’m pretty sure, they picked 205 and 155 separate. He was Nog’s number 1 pick at lightweight.

By: darkmetal

darkmetal — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:33:34 +0000

Great comments, “Nova” (I hope you don’t mind the nickname)

I agree totally on your discussion on personal responsibility; I would also add that any fighter that drinks like Junie cannot help but be physically hampered in their quest to be the “Ultimate fighter”. How well can you train with a hangover every day? Also, it simply saps a person physically, letting a more well adjusted fighter overwhelm you if you drink as much as Junie.

I kind of wish that Dana would call Leben in to have a talk with Junie to straighten him out. It would be something new to TUF, and would connect the Juniors to the Senior class. Can you imagine Leben telling Browning, “Dude, I have been where you have been. I drank to try to kill the feelings, but the feelings only get worse. Everything bad that has happened to me has been due to drinking.” “Kid, you have the chance to win this thing, do you really want to toss it all away?”

By: tufer

tufer — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:11:06 +0000

I am pretty sure Ryan Bader went 1st for Team Nog

By: Mark Aulet

Mark Aulet — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:14:21 +0000

Good Luck buddy. Nice to see a down to earth New Yorker who has skills showing what he’s made of.

By: Powers

Powers — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:11:38 +0000

Good job phillipe. I think you the red team will be able to provide the correct mental support to carry the ultimate wins. 90% mental 10% physical.