Comments on: Phillipe Nover TUF 5 Blog: Junie’s antics; Anderson Silva; who he wants to fight first; and more!

By: dayo

dayo — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:59:16 +0000

Phillipe, You look up to some great fighters in MMA… as a Pinoy I think a lot of us look up to you and I think you are one of the MMA fighter that will bring out Pinoys name together with Brandon and Munoz… I don’t agree with Dana that you will be the next Anderson or St Piere… I think you will be better… I think you will be who you are… If you look at the martial arts history… Pinoys are made to retire fighters… just like PACMAN and Villa and many more…. I think you’ll win the final… You don’t need luck… just be safe…

By: larry

larry — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:57:01 +0000

phillipe nover will be the greatest martial artist and ufc champion in the world.they will talk about him even in the next century.

By: johnny eigenmann

johnny eigenmann — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:39:51 +0000

LOL! I meant I have a hunch that you are in the finals of the TUF LW division. I hope you win the whole thing and whoop BJ Penn’s, KenFlo’s, & Sean Sherk’s butts one day…

I’m so proud of you, kabayan…

By: johnny eigenmann

johnny eigenmann — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:14:47 +0000

Wow! This is so cool… You actually responded to my post.

Good luck to you. I really think you are the “next Anderson Silva” that Dana was talking about. Of course, being the “only Phillippe Nover” is way better that being the “next Anderson Silva”.

Sana ikaw yung nanalo sa TUF. I know you can’t tell but I have a hunch that you won the whole thing. Hahaha!

Good luck ulit sa yo, pare… Uwi ka dito sa Pilipinas, inuman tayo.

By: Phillipe Nover

Phillipe Nover — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:15:37 +0000

Looked up the song Johnny. My girl friend showed me this before. Its a great song man. Pinoy pride!

By: johnny eigenmann

johnny eigenmann — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:30:08 +0000

oh man… i posted this first on the episode 2 blog. i’ll post this again here…

whoa! i didn’t know that you are filipino until i watched TUF online last night and i saw the hat that says, “mahal kita…” lol!

so i started googling and i confirmed that you really are a filipino. i’m so proud of you, phillippe! too bad brandon vera lost to jardine. seems like brandon lost his touch but i’m not giving up on him yet.

meanwhile, you phillippe, yes you… you give pride to every filipino that watches mma.

do you speak tagalog fluently? if yes, check out the song “noypi” by bamboo. it would be a nice entrance song for filipino fighters.

good luck to you and your mma career.

johnny eigenmann from manila

By: Phillipe Nover

Phillipe Nover — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:33:52 +0000

Hey guys

I’m reading all your responses. I have to say I enjoy reading them on my down time. Thanks again for the support.

-Nover

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:34:44 +0000

At least we know Roli has a legit black belt… however the video of his test is a little… odd?

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:18:59 +0000

“Tim” – you will get your wish! Junie is going to play with Roli like a cat does a mouse, then when he tires of of him he will crush him – quite definitively. Bet on it and make yourself a little beer money – if you can find anyone to take that bet.

In reality though, I do kinda feel a lil sorry for Roli because he’s not just gonna get beat, he’s gonna get humiliated ….. and possibly hospitalized.

Junie might be a bit unstable with his short fuse, but he’s the real deal. I can’t see the final turning out any other way than Junie vs Phillipe —- and I can’t wait to see that battle! Phillipe has some serious skills so it should be GOOOOOD!!!!

Thanks for the recaps, Phillipe ~

By: randy

randy — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:54:46 +0000

Let me give you guys some insight into what happens. Junnie wins, nover gets beat in his next fight and junie will be fighting on dec 13th. This quote is also an indication he does not fight junnie

I just think Junie is overrated and I wanted to also put an end to his behavior by shutting him down in the cage.

No fight between these two.

fayett

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:03:08 +0000

Hey saerbarnet.. I understand Junie and Delgado are next up. I am hopefully that Junie wins and in the next round Phillipe gets a chance to kick his ass.

By: timepants

timepants — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:43:27 +0000

Thanks for the great incite and I enjoy reading your blog after every show. I really hope you make it to the finals and win the whole thing.

Vinny is a big bitch and I hope him and Junie get smashed.

PS. I liked your hat.

By: Jones Rep'n

Jones Rep'n — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:46:36 +0000

First of all Dana white was not talking about Joe Duate Everyone thought he was but As you can see He did not make it on the show.. Dana White Said this Guy was Destroying Everyone on the show… The guy has to be Philip Nover. Dana said the Guy was 24 Yrs old and destroying people So that Lefted Nelson, Nelson, Junie Browning. As we can see It wasnt Shane Nelson and For awhile I thought It was Junie Cause I asked Matt brown From season7 if he knew who dana was talking about and he said i know exactly Who he is I actually helped to get him on the show. So Junie Is from Lex Kentucky And Matt brown is from Cincinnati Which is right next to each other but i dunno For some reason I just think Its not Junie one reason is Cause i dont think he is 24 and number two is i heard Philip nover is a beast to but we will find out soon enough

By: charlbert

charlbert — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:37:06 +0000

Phillipe…… thanks for being proud of your roots…. Mabuhay ang Pinoy!!!

Junie respects you man… Tough Filipino…..

By: Justin Van Hook

Justin Van Hook — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:33:48 +0000

RJA…………While I agree keeping junie on is being done for ratings, I think the plan has backfired a bit. I, along with a lot of mma fans I know, have stopped watching the show altogether. For me personally, it is because of this junie garbage. I think it makes for horrible tv, it’s not entertaining to me in the least to watch this kid make an ass of himself, the UFC, and the sport of mma as a whole. For a sport that just a few years ago was described by John McCain as “human cockfighting” and already has an undeserved reputation for being full of thugs and bar room brawlers, it just seems like a poor example for the UFC to set. This is afterall how a lot of new fans find the sport, is that really the first impression you want to leave them with?

By: RJA

RJA — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:50:44 +0000

well obviosly junie’s sticking around for ratings,let’s be honest it’s pretty exciting season because of junie.I’m sure dana realizes that, why else would he still be there,junie makes chris leben look mellow.And i know dana said grown men should be allowed to have a few drinks,but clearly that place is loaded with alchohol for a reason…….makes for good TV.

By: tallsforeverybody

tallsforeverybody — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:36:52 +0000

You’re a classy fighter…keep up the good work and looking forward to your next fight.

Guys like you, Silva, Big Nog, etc…these are the kinds of people I wish were promoted more and offered as examples of how professional fighters are expected to act.

By: nick

nick — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:49:27 +0000

The guy who Dana White referred to as “the next Anderson Silva” was Joe “Hybrid” Duarte. He lost his fight to get into the house so I dont know why Dana keeps changing his mind on whos the next Spider.

By: BJJDenver

BJJDenver — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:59:31 +0000

I wonder if Meltzer realized that Eliot is a LHW and Dana referenced a LW as the next Silva.

By: Guy Gaduois

Guy Gaduois — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:43:08 +0000

What I wonder about the hypocrisy is this: on other reality shows, like ‘Survivor’, you sign off an extensive waiver . . . there is an ‘decapitation clause’ that says you will not hold the producers, network, constestants liable for any harm that befalls you while taping the show.
I’m not kidding, the waivers are extensive, all designed to hold the production harmless.

Is such a waiver in place for the participants of TUF? If so, it could explain why there is a different standard outside the house than in. Last season, Jesse Taylor assaults and batters people on the streets of Vegas, well, TUF doesn’t hold any waivers for the citizenry of Vegas. They will hold TUF and UFC culpable for damages in a big, big way.

Have the participants of TUF signed away their rights to safety by participating in the show? It may be that life is cheap on the plains of the Serengeti and in the TUF house – and all the players/fighters knew that risk when they signed on.

They have as much rights on the show as the furniture has.

I would not be cool with this at all, but it sure explains a lot.

It explains the disregard for Nogueira – ‘easy for him to say, he doesn’t live in this ‘Clockwork Orange’ house’.

It doesn’t explain the great restraint shown by the guys who didn’t turn Junie into a liquified mass of white trash.

Regardless of the motivation, the UFC is allowing an abysmal portrayal of its best product, and that is inexplicable from a business sense. Unless they’re done growing the business to the widest market possible.