War between Sanchez and Guida watched by 2.8 million viewers
The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale that aired live on Spike TV on Saturday evening, June 20 peaked out at 2.8 million viewers according to a recent press release issued through Spike. The broadcast was the most watched show of the day with men between the ages of 18-34 and 18-49. The fact that the series finale was the most watched since season six and the entire season was the most viewed by males between... [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...]
Nick Osipczak Blog: Ultimate Fighter 9: Team USA vs. Team UK Episode 9
We all expected Dave Faulkner to beat Frank Lester, as he was looking really impressive in training and had amazing takedowns and ground game. We all thought he’d definitely be able to take Frank down and deal with him when he got him there. It seemed obvious that Dave would have his way with Frank in that fight. As it turned out, Frank showed amazing heart and a warrior spirit and managed to outlast... [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...]
T.J. Grant vs. Rory Markham at TUF 9 Finale
A welterweight matchup between T.J. Grant (14-2) and Rory Markham (16-5) will reportedly take place at “The Ultimate Fighter 9” finale on June 20 in Las Vegas. The news of the bout comes from a recent report by MMAWeekly.com who cited sources close to the fight. The fight replaces a bout between Matt Brown and Anthony Johnson that was canceled when Johnson injured his knee in training. Brown then... [Read More...]
Ultimate Fighter 9: Team USA vs. Team UK Nick Osipczak blog Episode 7
Unfortunately, after watching the coaches’ challenge, I’d have to say that Michael Bisping is one of the worst tennis players in the world. They weren’t even playing proper tennis rules and neither Mike or Dan (Henderson) could get it over the net. You didn’t even have to serve in the serve box. Mike was as gutted as we were at the end of the match. We all wanted to receive... [Read More...]
The Wrap-Up: TUF 9 U.S. vs. U.K. Episode 8
TThere were many that expected for Team US welterweight Jason Pierce to compete in this episode of The Ultimate Fighter, but a bout with staph infection and a terrible attitude seem like they may play a significant role in whether that will or will not happen. Team UK welterweight David Faulkner has a whole different set of problems on his hands as his gag reflex is making it nearly impossible to keep... [Read More...]
Anthony Johnson off of TUF 9 finale due to knee injury
Anthony Johnson will not be able to face Matt Brown as scheduled on June 20 during the live finale for the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter. FiveOuncesOfPain.com learned of the news from multiple sources close to the fight on Monday afternoon. Johnson, 7-2, apparently suffered a severe knee injury while preparing for his welterweight contest vs. Brown. There’s no word regarding how long he... [Read More...]
The Wrap-Up: TUF 9 U.S. vs. U.K. Episode 7; You can stick your tennis up your …
Team U.S. lightweight Richie Whitson realized that he had contracted a skin infection called Impetigo during the opening moments of last evening’s seventh episode of the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter. Team U.S. welterweight Jason Pierce seized the opportunity to grab an aerosol can and proceed to spray every inch of the house in a fashion that would make a reclusive Howard Hughes proud. Pierce... [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...]
Nick Osipczak’s TUF 9 Blog: Episode Five
We were really buzzing going into Dre’s (Winner) fight with Santino (DeFranco). The first fight had gone well, the training was going well and we were all bonding brilliantly in the house. Everything was looking great for the team. If anything, we were perhaps too confident at this point. We could see the cracks emerging in the American team and we all thought we’d just go out there and... [Read More...]
Nick Osipczak: TUF 9 Episode 4 Blog
This was my big moment. It was my first fight in the competition and my first fight on The Ultimate Fighter. I was the first one to compete and I didn’t really have that much time to train beforehand. I knew going into the show that the longer I was in there the better I’d become. I’m a very quick leaner and I love spending time in the gym working on things. I would have preferred not to fight... [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...]
TUF 9 Blog: Nick Osipczak recaps Episode Three
Throughout episode three, I just kept thinking how glad I was that they portrayed Rob Browning exactly how he was in the house. He was every bit as annoying as he came across on television. I stand by my comments made on the show and I was glad to see him lose and take a beating. The first I knew of Rob being in the house was when he launched an egg at me. Thankfully it bounced straight off and didn’t... [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...]
Eric Schafer vs. Tomasz Drwal likely for TUF 9 finale
A light heavyweight bout between Eric “Red” Schafer and Tomasz Drwal is expected to take place during the live finale for the current ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter. The news was first reported by John Morgan of MMAjunkie.com, who states in his report that signed bout agreements have yet to be secured but that both fighters have verbally committed themselves to the fight. The TUF... [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...]
TUF 9 Blog: Team U.K.’s Nick Osipczak makes his 5 Oz. of Pain Debut
Nick Osipczak is undefeated as a professional fighter with a 3-0 record. A native of the U.K., Osipczak is representing his home country during the current ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter: U.S. versus the U.K. His TUF 9 recap blog will appear on FiveOuncesOfPain.com on a weekly basis every Wednesday immediately following the show’s 10 p.m. ET airing on Spike TV. In episode two I thought... [Read More...]
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