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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 19, 2007 18:45:17 GMT -5
Well, Seeing as there wasn't one made as of yet, I thought it certainly deserved one. So far, Team Pulver is up 2-0 over Team Penn and in my opinion, I think after tonight's show goes down they will be up 3-0 as well. What I mean by that is, so far they have won 2 fights over Penn's team. I'm not sure who will be doing the fighting on behalf of Team Pulver, but I'm kinda rooting for Nate Diaz. I think he'll provide an exciting knock-down, drag-out fight no matter who he's in there with. On the other hand, so could Corey. Either way, it should be a great fight none-the-less. Also, I cannot wait until Gabe gets in there because I know he's going to get crushed. He's one of those guys who talks a big game and thinks he's tough and a bad ass. That's until he gets in there with someone who hands his ass to him and I for one, can't wait. Someone needs to shut Gabe up and I really hope it happens on tonight's show. I'm really looking forward to tonight's show. Should be a good one for sure. Anyways, I think this thread should be stickied because I'm sure alot of people would want to post their thoughts and opinions about this season of The Ultimate Fighter.
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Post by rawiswar98 on Apr 19, 2007 19:30:48 GMT -5
Well last week's show was exciting but, my favorite season was when Matt Hughes was a coach.
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Post by Kliquid on Apr 19, 2007 19:37:10 GMT -5
BJ Penn is glorious. It's not his fault that his team sucks. LoL.
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Post by gregthebunny on Apr 19, 2007 19:48:07 GMT -5
I will admit, the head games Penn and Pulver keep playing with each other is making this season entertaining.
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Post by Arik Cannon on Apr 19, 2007 22:18:00 GMT -5
God I wanted to see Gabe get killed tonight. I actually find almost every fighter annoying on this show. The only one so far who doesn't seem like an bunghole is Gray. Then again, he hasn't been given too much TV time yet. And for god's sake, can't any of those 's wear their hats the right way? People who cock their hats bug me. They reminde me of Emmanuel Lewis from Webster back in the 80's.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 19, 2007 22:55:52 GMT -5
Yeah, I too wanted to see Gabe go down. I really can't wait until it happens because I know it will eventually. I'm really enjoying this 5th season of The Ultimate Fighter!! It's great.
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Post by rawiswar98 on Apr 20, 2007 15:47:22 GMT -5
I hope that Nate Diaz wins
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Post by Schillinger on Apr 21, 2007 0:42:12 GMT -5
TUF is garbage. Seems to me that the producers of the show are more concerned with these guys' marketing/acting ability than anything else. I'm not saying that some of the fighters aren't skilled, because many of them are. But you also have guys that clearly lack the necessary skills to compete in the big leagues, and were only chosen because of their marketing ability. The people with hardcore fighting skills will end up in the UFC based on that alone, and that's how it should be.
TUF is simply just a glorified reality TV show, and I'm glad that its ratings are going down. I hope it is canceled and all the teenybopper fanboys disappear with it.
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Post by Patrick Bateman (original) on Apr 21, 2007 17:21:13 GMT -5
TUF is garbage. Seems to me that the producers of the show are more concerned with these guys' marketing/acting ability than anything else. I'm not saying that some of the fighters aren't skilled, because many of them are. But you also have guys that clearly lack the necessary skills to compete in the big leagues, and were only chosen because of their marketing ability. The people with hardcore fighting skills will end up in the UFC based on that alone, and that's how it should be. TUF is simply just a glorified reality TV show, and I'm glad that its ratings are going down. I hope it is canceled and all the teenybopper fanboys disappear with it. But you know what it took a one dimensional fighter (in Josh Koscheck) and turned him around. He now has standup, BJJ, to go along with his unstoppable wrestling ability. Think about what you say.
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Apr 21, 2007 18:30:00 GMT -5
TUF is simply just a glorified reality TV show, and I'm glad that its ratings are going down. I hope it is canceled and all the teenybopper fanboys disappear with it. Personally, I can't get as worked up about other fans ('teenybopper fanboys") as a lot of MMA enthusiasts seem to. I just really don't care who else watches UFC, or what they enjoy about it. It doesn't affect my life at all. It seems the majority of MMA followers (on the net anyway) are more concerned with what OTHER people like/dislike, and are hellbent on changing everyone's opinion to their own. Why bother? There will be new fans, dumb fans, smart fans, long-term fans, and fans of all shapes and sizes, no matter how much I belly-ache about it. So why blow a gasket over what other people like to watch? Just my opinion, obviously.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Apr 26, 2007 22:09:55 GMT -5
Another great episode of Ultimate Fighter is in the books and Team Pulver is now up on Team Penn 4-0. Just complete domination so far. And I believe next week will be no different when Corey goes one-on-one with Gabe. During the preview for next week, they said Gabe has to cut 22 pounds.
If he's able to do that, it'll completely exaust him and he'll end up losing for sure. I mean, he'll have a hard enough time with Corey if he's already at the scheduled weight, not to mention the effort and pressure and stress it'll take to drop 22 pounds. That's alot of weight to drop, but I think he'll do it, but get demolished by Corey. No question about it.
Next week, Team Pulver goes up 5-0. Just watch and see. Corey will crush and obliterate Gabe and I can't friggin' wait.
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Post by Arik Cannon on Apr 26, 2007 22:19:21 GMT -5
I also want to see what Noah does to piss off the one the trainers on next weeks episode.
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Post by rawiswar98 on Apr 27, 2007 16:04:43 GMT -5
I also want to see what Noah does to piss off the one the trainers on next weeks episode. The Trainer that Noah pisses of I can't stand !!!
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Post by 6 seasons and a movie on Apr 29, 2007 18:48:45 GMT -5
Yeah team Pulver should be going 5-0 next week and looks to have some guys that could be in the final fight. Hoping for Diaz to win, but Corey's height may make him difficult to beat.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on May 1, 2007 12:50:16 GMT -5
For those that are watching this season, is anyone else wondering why exactly the elminated guys are still there?? I mean, for the guys that have already lost their fights, they are still there for some strange reason. Normally, on any other season once they lost their fights, they would get in the truck and be sent home.
But, on this season, they lose their fight but they are allowed to stick around and I've been wondering why. Maybe they will still get another shot at it near the end or maybe the coaches still have a surprise in store for the eliminated fighters.
I'm not really sure, but I don't see any reason why they should still be allowed to be there. Once you lose your fight, you should be gone. That is unless they have something in store for them. We'll have to wait and see what happens. Should be interesting.
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Post by gregthebunny on May 1, 2007 19:02:30 GMT -5
For those that are watching this season, is anyone else wondering why exactly the elminated guys are still there?? I mean, for the guys that have already lost their fights, they are still there for some strange reason. Normally, on any other season once they lost their fights, they would get in the truck and be sent home. But, on this season, they lose their fight but they are allowed to stick around and I've been wondering why. Maybe they will still get another shot at it near the end or maybe the coaches still have a surprise in store for the eliminated fighters. I'm not really sure, but I don't see any reason why they should still be allowed to be there. Once you lose your fight, you should be gone. That is unless they have something in store for them. We'll have to wait and see what happens. Should be interesting. They did it on a previous season as well (I think it was this past season actually) Basically they let the eliminated fighters stay so that the fighters still in it have a full team of fighters to train/spar with at all times.
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Post by Bearski on May 2, 2007 5:32:05 GMT -5
come on corey! i can't wait to see gabe cut all that weight just to get knocked out, i really hate gabe! i watch ufc 63 just to see melvin do him with a body shot!
been a great season of tuf, jus watched episode 4, we get it the tuesday after you get it on the thursday.
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Post by moogie101 on May 2, 2007 8:26:57 GMT -5
Got to say I'm enjoying this series, yeah as usual there is a lot of playing to the camera & too much marketing of particular fighters but thats what you get with a reality show We get to see some top notch MMA fighters training plus some decent fights especially Diaz's win. Very disappointed with Andy Wang though, a black belt BJJ fighter who Penn was begging to take the fight to the floor & instead got caught up in a brawl. Like most here I hope Gabe loses, however I've got a sneaking feeling that BJ will be getting his first win
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Post by gregthebunny on May 3, 2007 21:11:43 GMT -5
I hope Gabe is ready to kill himself to make weight.
I'm not even a pro fighter, and even I know not to eat crap like Ice Cream Cake when you need to be ready to be at weight at any time.
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Post by gregthebunny on May 3, 2007 21:49:50 GMT -5
Someone needs to make Gabe sit down and watch Dana's "Do you want to be a ing fighter?" speech on loop for a long ass time till he gets his sh*t together.
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