So here we go with the sixth episode of The Ultimate Fighter 7 and since the fight of Jeremy May and Matt Brown was announced last week they waste no time in hyping the fight. Matt is getting a lot of respect from the other fighters. Jeremy May? Not so much.
May of course does nothing to help his own cause. He replaces vodka with water and does shots so that everyone will think he’s drunk. Normally you replace water with vodka so people think you AREN’T drunk but since when does Jeremy May do anything normal?
He also promises to give Matt Brown a beating “in a good Christian way”. Having taken a few Christian beatings myself, I can assure him there is nothing good about it.
May also coins the term “Jeremy-jitsu” which not only insults the jiu-jitsu legacy, but sounds like an offensive simulacrum of Yves Edwards “Thugjitsu”.
To top it all off, May blows out his knee during training and that gives him an excuse to skip practice and sit on the stationary bike for a few hours. Not that I think his injury is disingenuous but even Eight Belles hit the dirt with less complaining than he did.
Over at Team Forrest we get a glimpse of Matt Brown alone in the cage while slow piano music plays in the background. I can’t be sure but it almost sounds like the “Incredible Hulk” TV credits in reverse. Brown reveals a checkered past including drugs, streetfights and prison. Either Brownie is playing it up for the camera (ala Marlon Sims) or there are some serious loopholes in the TUF application process.
Forrest hopes the same Matt Brown that brings the hurt in training is the same Matt Brown that shows up in the cage but is also concerned that an enraged Brown will burn himself out in round one.
At the weigh-ins May gives Brown his best Alfred E. Neuman impersonation and Brown responds with the tried-and-true tough guy head fake. Brown thinks May will have to pull something out of his ass to win this fight. Good thing he’s not fighting Tim Credeur or it may have been Matthew Riddle (see episode four).
Speaking of Riddle, he tells Brown to aim for the knee. Normally I wouldn’t take advice from someone like Riddle but anytime you can invoke the image of a stone-faced Sensei Kreese you get a free pass.
May admits to selling his knee injury to get out of intense training. He even uses the expression “sandbagging it.” Wow. Considering how many cuts the UFC has made in recent weeks he better come out and give the fight of his life to erase that idiotic admission.
May also wants to someday open his own MMA school. Note to all interested applicants: See above. (On the bright side he’ll save a ton of money on equipment since he doesnt like to train.)
Griffin tells Matt Brown that May is a piece of meat and he’s an animal that’s going to eat him. A part of me wishes that Mac Danzig was a contestant under Forrest Griffin just to see the look on his face.
Team Brown’s Matt Brown (9-6) vs. Team Blue’s Jeremy May (6-5)
Round 1: May opens up wild, swinging and kicking like it may be his only chance. He comes in Superman style and Brown drops him like he just shot a goose out of the sky. Matt gives a few kicks to the grounded May and then plops down on top. Some ugliness ensues followed by an armbar attempt by Brown who loses it and inexplicably doesnt get back to his feet. May does the work for him and kind of falls into him and Brown works his way into side control but shows no offense. Griffin is SCREAMING at Brown to do something. He doesn’t get anything done and they eventually get back to their feet where some sloppy striking takes place. May starts doing a spastic defense, flopping around like he’s pantomiming an earthquake until a well-placed knee stuns him. Brown then clocks him with a nice fade-away kick to the face. Fight over.
Afterwards Brown was playing badass but his performance left a lot to be desired. May of course had more excuses than the Germans at Nuremburg. The only positive stemming from this fight is the fact that they didn’t dwell on it.
With Team Griffin up 4-0 and still in control, Luke Zachrich is selected to fight Dan Cramer. Tim Credeur calls Cramer this season’s hottest contestant and remarks how he should be in an Abercrombie catalog. Somewhere in the retail world, Fitch is feeling a bit slighted.
Dana is amused at the Griffin style of matchmaking which consists of flipping a coin and calling it a go. Knowing Forrest, this methodology does not come as a surprise.
A Team Brown training session gives us a solid look at Luke Zachrich who admits to having something to prove since he was picked last. Coming from Team Jorge Gurgel, he may have two things to prove.
On the other side, Dan Cramer wants to shed the pretty-boy image and he hopes to accomplish that through hard work and dedication. A huge contrast from someone like Jeremy May – and a very welcome change.
Both guys are soft spoken and serious minded. Part of me desperately hopes they have a strong showing to make it the total package (and erase the memory of the first fight).
Team Brown’s Luke Zachrich vs. Team Blue’s Dan Cramer
Round 1: Cramer charges and they tie up. Some wild exchanges leads to a struggle against the cage. They separate amd Zachrich lands a few. Cramer gets a trip but they dont stay down for long. On the feet they go Griffin/Bonnar. Both fighters going for broke. Cramer getting the better of the exchange. Punches are flying and Zachrich is rocked. Both fighters showing tremendous heart as the exchange continues. Zachrich gets a desperation trip and Cramer gives up his back. Zachrich looking for the rear naked choke but doesnt have enough gas in the tank to secure it. An electrifying first round ends with Zachrich collapsed on top.
Round 2: Both guys sucking wind but Cramer looks to be a little fresher. Cramer comes out firing and backs Zachrich to the cage. Cramer scores a takedown and drops some elbows from the top. Zachrich gives up his back. Cramer trying to find a submission but instead gets mount and unloads. Zachrich too tired to defend and gets stopped. Team Rampage has its first victory.
This was a very exciting fight. Again there was little in terms of technical prowess, but when both fighters go for broke who really cares? Zachrich shows class in defeat by giving credit to Cramer and admits to being wiped out.
This episode ends much differently then last week’s as Rampage walks back outside smiling and singing instead of destroying public property.
Stay tuned next week as Team Rampage gets their first fight pick and Dana compares Forrest and Rampage to Ken and Tito. Ouch. That’s like comparing Bo and Luke to Coy and Vance.
See you in seven!
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Rampage’s team needs a win, or they’ll end up looking like Ken Shamrock’s team. lol
no they will just look like BJ’s team..I mean rampage is trying to actually coach and make them better unlike kenny boy who just took them golfing
Front page of sherdog is reporting Nick Diaz fight in Japan this weekend is now on again!!!
wooohooo, war Diaz
I wonder how it affects a fighter’s mentality? “OK, you fight next week.” “Scratch that. No fight next week.” “Whoops, hope you kept training. You fight next week.”
anyone else I’d agree, but Diaz loves to fight, and is always training!
ok, the first thing I notice on TUF, is it seems like Travis Lutter is doing the cardio workouts for these guys. I understand this is a huge opportunity, and that the adreneline rush can gas you quick, but how long before taping starts do these guys know they are on the show? Come to the show in shape and ready to go minimum 2 rounds.
my one thought is why hold up titles and fights with big name fighters as coaches. While the “star power” may not be there for the average fan, why not have Greg Jackson, pat militich, Bob Cook or any other top trainer be the coaches? We hardcore fans would not only appreciate the knowledge and coaching these guys would provide, it wouldn’t hold up titles or fighters!
This season has been mediocre so far for me, the talent level of the fighters is ok at best! The one thing I’m impressed with is that the winner of these fights is actually getting paid! Hopefully the quality of fights will get better.
Great idea to have pro coaches do the actual coaching!
I agree with the above posts buts just wanted to add this, I think the cardio issue is the coaches on the show fault. These guys have to fight 4 times in a six week period. No professional fighter fights that often. They usually have like 8 to 12 weeks of a training camp lead up to one bout at which they are at their peak. When they show these guys training they are pushing them to the limit with each of them having more than one fight around the corner. It’s over training in my opinion. I think in the gym they should be working on fight stratagies or teaching them moves they may not know, ways to better their technique instead of runningthem into the ground. I’m not saying don’t do cardio or train hard, I just think they are making them do too much with mutiple fights so close together.
Good point. Forrest had admitted that he forgot his fighter from last week had a fight the next day and overtrained him.
The show is as much a PR vehicle for the fighters as it is a search for the next few big UFC stars. It’s that much easier for Dana White to sell the hell out of the Rampage-Forrest PPV after they’ve both been on basic cable every week for two months.
Very true…..it was TUF that saved the UFC from nearly going under.
One other comment, since when is “pink hair and tattoes” the face of mma? I actually like a clean cut guy that my son could look up to fighting. I AM MY SONS ROLE MODEL, but I actually like a nice respectful guy that trains an art or discipline rather than be a street thug.
One final note on coaching if actual trainers wouldn’t work, how bout legends…Bas and royce??
brown wins by ko because may slips on his tobacco spit lol this one will be fast but good
I really hope Brown wins violently, I can’t stand May
cant wait. brown will destroy douchedag may.
Guess where Brown trains…. wait for it..
JORGE GURGEL’s camp…
Yeah boy.. Of course I am rooting for Zachrich (who is actually a hell of a fighter) and Brown to go to the end.
Brown is a crazy dude, and I have seen him roll and spar, nasty stuff.. This dude is a frieght train. I love it on the trailer what Amir says… “I predict Matt Brown, by Murder.”
Brown is something MMA needs.
Vodka down the drain… hahahaha!
brown looks like an intense dude haha
here we go… i cant’t stand May to so… i hope Brown’s gonna knock this teen kids.
Jeremy may got knocked the F$%# out. Great!!!!!!
So Forrest looks… and now sounds like a mouse.
Forrest definitly sounded like something when yelling at Matt Brown, but I can’t quite put my finger on it. He sounded like a terrified 14 year old going thru puberty that is beginning to lose his voice.
Forrest sounded like the really fruity guy from Will and Grace . . . not that there’s anything wrong with that.
That was awesome!
what a kick, nice end to an otherwise strange fight
matt brown by ko lol what an animal. nice head kick to the dome.
may got booted in the grill
I cant see any of these fighters in the ufc. Wide punches, crappy wrestling and no jj does not make good fighters. These guys suck although not quite as much as the show itself. Why are titles being tied up for this garbage? Time for a new plan Stan.
May’s punches were mega wild! Cramer too.
I agree with you on the titles getting tied up for this… they should have two non-titleholders be the next coach…
I say Franklin and Henderson should be the next two coaches
Both fights were gased in the first 2 minutes. They all looked like they wouldn’t last 2 seconds in the WEC… Just for humor, I wish the winer had a shot at Silva, that would be entertaining.
Brown is not even close to what he made himself out to be, had May not gassed he would have killed him. really sucks. Dude should apologize for acting like he is all that.
I agree – he goes full out on sparring because he knows he’s no in any real danger and then when its an actual fight he’s a different man. I was kinda hoping Matt would lose because he acts all solid before the fight, and if Jeremy didnt gas i think it wouldve been different.
Definitely agree with you. Matt Brown didn’t look so tough once the bell rang until May gassed. If that moron would take the sport and his opportunity seriously, he would have had a chance.
His punches look very wild, but he can throw those from way outside with his size & length. They looked wild, but they were actually very accurate and very hard to defend.
What about Riddle telling Brown about Jeremy’s knee problem? Matt Brown looks to be another Rob Emerson and Dan Barrera…practice animals and average in real fights. Had May not gassed, Brown probably would’ve lost. May impressed me with his ability to break that tight armbar, but didn’t do much on the ground (where supposedly he’s best)…
good fights
Cramer has a helluva chin
Didn’t see the first fight (was at the gym). But the second fight was the sloppiest sh#t I’ve ever seen. They looked like two Pintos running on fumes. I mean, they gassed 1 minute into the first round! Sloppy punches, a million missed submissions, and when on top that one guy was too tired to throw a punch! He didn’t even lay ‘n pray, he just layed. Sloppy, crappy fight. Neither one has a future in the UFC.
I felt the same, and was confused afterwards that they were telling them both what a good fight it was. The two of them stood for like fifteen seconds clinching, reminded me of the Hopkins/Calzaghe fight weak. Also when are the big changes Dana talked about coming nothing new so far after that first week.
Yeah, I understand Rampage loving the fight cuz it put him control. But Dana usually tells it like it is, so I have no idea what fight he was watching. If I were Burger King, I’d refuse to pay the $5k to the winner.
C’mon, at least it was entertaining. You obviously didn’t fall asleep watching it. I just knew that that fight was going to end by KO or TKO. I see nothing wrong in watching two youngsters go at it on TUF when they lay it all on the line. You people are acting like they went out at didn’t give it 100%, or didn’t listen to their corners. They just are not as skilled as the fighers we’re accustomed to seeing on PPV’s. Cramer has had 2 fights so far and is 22 years old. He is just a baby in this sport.
ALSO, I put my first post to this thead down at the bottom instead of replying to a comment and going off topic – for those interested in reading my posts.
But VM, I didn’t fall asleep b/c fight #2 was entertaining, I watched in a state of disbelief at such a POOR showing! They didn’t ‘lay it all on the line’, nor did they listen to their corners. I know they aren’t as skilled as PPV fighters, but they weren’t as skilled as 99% of most TUF fighters either. Sorry man, it was just a bad fight, with bad technique, no fuel in the tank, no listening to the corners. I’ve seen more impressive showing s in schoolyards amongst 3rd graders.lol
CB Dolloway on the Cramer/Zacherich fight
“At the start of round two, the noise level was to a point that you could not hear yourself think. There was no way either fighter could hear what the corner was saying and no way that any of us were going to be quiet. I was thinking the whole time that it was a gift to see the fight live. What a great scrap, and what it lacked in technicality was made up for with pure entertainment. They both showed a ton of heart, and thankfully for Team Rampage, we are now in control with Cramer’s win.”
At least I’m not alone here…
But I do understand what you’re saying. Zacherich probably showed the most crisp striking out of those 4 fighters last night.
I worry for those guys then. If they can’t hear with 25 people around them, how will they hear their corners when they fight in front of thousands? lol
Matt Brown is a fighter now all he needs is to learn how to fight. He is too wild to last long against someone as polished as a Frank Mir or BJ Penn but he has the full tilt never quit get after it ness. I missed the fight anyone got a link?
You put mostly anybody up against BJ Penn or Frank Mir (when 100% healthy) they would not last to long as well.
Matt Brown is a hell of a fighter, but he gassed out in his fight because of the anger he had. But that kick was beautfiul.
Matt Brown is a real fighter, and has heavy hands.
NC, do you know what Matt Brown’s walking weight is? He seems to be a VERY small MW and looks like he sould be fighting at WW. I mean, if he and Anthony Johnson stood next to each other, you would think Johnson was the MW and Brown was the WW.
On the show last night, they listed him at 6′0″ and he weighed in at 183.5 lbs. While May was listed at 6′4″ and weighed 184 lbs.
However Sherdog lists Brown as 5′7″ and 167 lbs. That’s a huge discrepancy! Even his record is different. Sherdog says it’s 5-6 while it listed last night as 9-6. Someone got their stats drastically wrong! And I don’t think that Jeremy May is even close to 6′4″.
matt brown vs jeremy was a bar brawl. Jeremy left that arm way out there and it took matt lunch break and then some to realize it was there!
I liked matt brown at first but now it seems he’s all hype. His performance showed why he has a 5-6 record (according to sherdog)
i thought Mays head was gonna come off…geeezzzz
good fights tonight.. im so glad may got knocked out hes a lil bitch. dan and luke put on a good show. next episode looks like the rampage and forrest confrontation. cant wait to see that!
Did you even watch fight number 2? Dan and Luke sucked balls. I’d rather watch grass grow, a little more action to it.
May is a punk. He faked a knee injury admittedly to avoid training before his fight. Biggest punk ever on TUF. Matt Brown looked decent, but Cramer shocked me. He could go far in this. Can’t wait to see C.B. fight.
Punk, yes. Biggest one EVER on TUF. That is a substantial list. This kid doesn’t seem like the yearly douchebag (TUF has one EVERY year), he just seems like a dumb@ss who hasn’t matured past the age of 5. I would say the biggest p#ssy, was Serra’s boy from last year.
CB Dolloway is my pick to go all the way. I seen every one of his fights. I had posted the link a couple of times, but don’t remember it. John had asked me for it a couple weeks back and I found it for him. Perhaps he saved it in his ‘favorites’ and can post the link again.
The Doberman is going to go far in this tourney. They say that Matt Brown is an animal, just wait till CB gets in there. His very first pro MMA fight, he won by SLAM in 18 seconds. The dude was out cold. If any of you guys REALLY want to see it, let me know and I’ll try and find the time to dig it out this afternoon.
Love to see it VM, thanks!
Yeah I had CB and Stanley down as my picks… But seeing as Stanley got cut looks like it’s CB and to be honest so far it doesn’t look like there’s a lot of competition…
May is a bitch ass punk….i am so glad to see him get rocked…the way he looked in the fight he didnt belong there…anyone can throw wild roundhouses and being experienced in boxing like i am thats easy pickens,greatjob brown!
May came in too wild!!! matt brown took his time on his shots and combos!!! ehyd o you think forrest yelled at him!!! OMFG!! KTFO!!!! glad someone put may in his place its one thing for me to respect him as a fighter ut not when he acts so ridiculous and fakes injuries!! always good to see a pete wiliams/mark coleman style knock out!!…oo shoot did i go old school on you guys?
I hated Matt Brown, that crazy tough guy act is just high school BS. Especially since he didn’t really back it up at all.
But I agree that goldbrickin’ that May pulled with the semi fake knee injury was rough, but it came back and lost him the fight so whatever.
Damn I forgot it came on tonight. Anyone have a link to the Brown-May fight?
http://www.mmatko.com
all the fights man.
Much respect to mmamania tho.
Cramer reminds me of Sam Stout.
Nobody has really stood out on this show as someone to be a top 5 guy in MW, or even main card worthy.
If I were Sam Stout, I’d be really insulted by your post.
That’s crazy… No comparison. Stout can throw a combination…
NOBODY had ever come out of a season of TUF and instantly was a TOP 5 contender. No way – its not possible. You basically need to beat a Top 5 to make the Top 5 (for the most part, unless everyone in Top 5 keeps losing).
Tim Credeur looked legit in his fight. So far out of this first round of ‘in house fights”, he has the most potential. But I’m telling you all, look out for CB Dolloway. If he loses in this first or even second round, I will eat my words.
And with some work, Matt Riddle can turn into something, but not right away. If the UFC doesn’t get rid of the WEC MW division, it would be very wise to have Riddle have at least 4-5 fights over there before fighting in the UFC. If he just came right into the UFC after this season and lost his first two fights, he’d be done.
man… this bunch is a whole crew of terds. maybe like 3 decent people. This Jermey May kid is total wack job, he was a all around terd. Jayson Thacker would run through this house tossing people up like he was clubbing baby seals. this group is horrible, then this frat boy all talking this “I work at a golf resort so I dont have tattoos and pink hair”, some one kick this guy in the mouth. Jeremy May should have just got a dislocated knee from homeboy.
“turd”. lol
I dont know about this season…
The fighters have no real charisma and almost seem cookie cutterish. I do like the young guy (Riddle) he atleast seems a little different than the rest.
They need more background info on these guys if they wanna be on the show, really hard to get into the characters.
who ever brown fights next will beat him.
These guys couldnt cut it in the lw division let alone with the other average mw.
When you see 9-6 fight records that kinda speaks volume there. Anyone that comes on the show should be X-0 or X-1.
You arnt gonna discover a new athlete to be the rising star of a weak division when they all almost sport poor records. It shouldnt be that hard to find guys with good records in the grassroots fighting events.
Unless thats what they are trying to do, think they have someone marketable and put him against losers… But silly stuff happens and if a loser slides in and cant cut it what does it make the show look like. Speers is a good example.
Nothing save Serra, Danzig and Nate Diaz have come out of the show in the last 2 yrs or so.
Look at poor K. Jardine he actually does good and they dont reward him…
Gray Maynard and Joe Lauzon as well.
dont forget about manny
The funny thing I’ve noticed about this show is that C.B Dollaway and Gerald Harris don’t get much camera time and they could possibly be the finals match up. This group is more green than this show has had in a while. The only good thing to me is that while all of the fights have been sloppy, only one of them was boring, the Mohawk/Rivera fight.
But, we should have all expected this because every one of these MMA Blogs has been stating this fact for some time, the TUF finals isn’t going to have many fighters from this season on it. This has been stated, so what did we all think that meant? It means that the majority of these fighters aren’t ready for the UFC and at least Dana knows that enough to not even attempt it and damage the UFC’s credability.
What a great episode – not so much technically, but I still loved the episode. Matt Brown looks like he can in fact be an “animal” but what has me worried about him is his record is 5-6, even though if I recall, last night they said it was 9-6. Does anyone remember?
That was one of the best KO’s on the series for sure. He was seriously rocked, and probably would have went down given the correct amount of time, but then he catches a foot to the chin and collapses like a sack of potatoes – AWESOME!
Dan Cramer. I’m from CT and so is Cramer, so I instantly knew who I was routing for. I seen one fighter from New Haven once, but this is a rarity. He trains at American Top Team CT. There are actually a few of them that just opened in CT, but they are called “Best Way Brazilian Jiu Jitsu”. Dan’s standup did look a bit sloppy, but he got the best of it against a striker in Luke Zacherich. Rampage said it best when he said that Dan can “take a licking and keep on ticking”. I would be pleasantly surprised to see Cramer advance past the second round of the tournament. On the ground, Cramer looked decent as well. If Amir wins his first round fight, an nice, even matchup would be Amir vs Cramer.
is it me or does everybody that has fought thus far for Team Forrest ran out of gas in the middle 1st round? I think Forrest is training them way too hard because I have seen Zachrich fight multiple times, and he never looks that gassed.
Brown showed alot of intelligence. He waited May out and did not want to give that kid a lucky punch. He bided his time to finish off an inferior opponent. I am sure that he will put more effort against a more credible fighter.
Zachrich and Cramer was entertaining but sloppy. Although I give them much credit for their heart.
this show gets crappier by the week.
Is it just me or does Jeremy May look like Tony Romo?
Hell no he doesn’t look like Tony Romo. Tony Romo is taking my Boys to the Super Bowl this year. Jeremy May just looks like a tool. A tool that kicked in the face.
Don’t take it the wrong way PW, I’m a die hard Cowboys fan from Houston. I just thought that there was a little resemblance in the face but before he took the kick. Felix Jones + Pacman Jones + Michael Jenkins= NFC championship baby!
Matt Brown gave Jeremy May some sweet chin music.
sweet chin music = did they make out?
Jeremy May is complete human garbage. He can dish it out, but can’t take it. I’ve read on other fighter’s blogs that after someone broke some eggs on May’s pillow, he freaked completely out, and threatened to shoot everyone and their families!! Yet, he thought messing with Matt Brown’s tobacco was just fine?
May is everything that’s wrong with the UFC, and if I ever see him fighting on a UFC card again, I’ll stop watching the UFC for good…