The Wrap-Up: TUF 10 Episode 1; ‘The bloodiest ‘Ultimate Fighter’ [expletive] fight, ever’
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The highly anticipated tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter is finally here and so far has not dissappointed, at least not on the entertainment side of things. In the opening scenes of the 10th season of TUF, there is definite heat building between the heavyweight coaches Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans. “You’re too slow and your head’s too big and easy to hit,” said Evans. “You... [Read More...]
The Wrap-Up: TUF 9 U.S. vs. U.K. Episode 12
This week’s episode will conclude season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter as well as the last spot in the finale this Saturday at the The Palms in Las Vegas. The winner between the American Frank Lester and U.K. fighter James Wilks will go on to fight welterweight and Team U.S. favorite DaMarques Johnson in the finale. Dan Henderson heads over to the house for a big barbecue with his team. Henderson commented... [Read More...]
The Wrap-Up: TUF 9 U.S. vs. U.K. Episode 11
This week the final lightweight match-up of the season will be decided after the final four lightweights face off. Lightweights: – Andre Winner vs. Cameron Dollar – Ross Pearson vs. Jason Dent Before Dollar starts his training at the gym he reveals to coach Dan Henderson that he has a few heart ribs. Henderson says Dollar will be alright come fight time but then corrects himself saying that they... [Read More...]
The Wrap-Up: TUF 9 U.S. vs. U.K. Episode 10
With the score between the U.S. and U.K. tied at 4 wins each we are ready to move into the semifinal fights. This week and as seen in advertisements leading up to this week, Dana White comes up with the idea of teammate vs. teammate for the semifinals which would ensure a Team U.S. against Team U.K. finale. White’s idea would certainly make things exciting for the finale however, neither coach takes... [Read More...]
The Wrap-Up: TUF 9 U.S. vs. U.K. Episode 9
Team U.K. holds a 4-3 lead over Team U.S. after last weeks episode but this week is the last quarterfinal fight this season. At the end of last weeks episode we saw that Jason Pierce was taken out of the competition and Team U.K. fighter David Faulkner was in need of an opponent for this weeks episode. The two U.S. fighters who are able to be brought back to fight Faulkner are Mark Miller, who sustained... [Read More...]
The Wrap-Up: TUF 9 U.S. vs. U.K. Episode 6
Team U.K. still holds a 2-1 lead over Team U.S. going into episode 6 of The Ultimate Fighter as we learn that Michael Bisping’s absence for Dean Amasinger’s fight against Damarques Johnson was due to oversleeping. At the house this week we are shown more dislike and hatred amongst the U.S. fighters as Cameron Dollar admits that, “This house does so many weird things to you”. Dollar also feels... [Read More...]
The Wrap-Up: TUF 9 U.S. vs. U.K. Episode 5
With Team U.K. now at a 1-0 lead over Team U.S., this weeks episode of The Ultimate Fighter begins in the hands of Michael Bisping as he selects U.K. lightweight Andre Winner against U.S. lightweight Santino DeFranco. Bisping shows his usual confidence in his team while I caught on to Dan Henderson’s remark that Santino “could” beat Andre; an attitude towards a fight that neither a fighter or... [Read More...]
The Wrap-Up: TUF 9 U.S. vs. U.K. Episode 4; 5 Oz’s Blogger Nick Osipczak wins by knockout
Both teams are set for their first match up in episode four of the The Ultimate Fighter: U.S. vs. U.K. This episode (my favorite thus far), started off skipping the antics, skipping the drama and going straight to giving the viewers a preview of how each team has started their training this season. Michael Bisping introduces Mario “Sucata” Neto (Grappling) and Dave Jackson (Thai Boxing), who are... [Read More...]
TUF 9 Episode 3 Recap
The third episode of the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter kicks off with both teams arriving at the house (U.S. arrived first) and becoming acquainted with one another. We know from last weeks episode that four U.S. fighters (Frank Lester, Kiel Reid, Jason Dent, and Rob Browning) will fight for the remaining two spots that were left vacant. Both the U.S. and U.K. fighters get along well except... [Read More...]
