Season eight of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) is officially off and running as episode one opens with a group of 32 mixed martial artists all poised to rumble there way onto the final roster.
The episode begins with the usual starstruck contestants wandering around the practice gym until Phillipe Nover realizes Ken Shamrock was actually inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame and passes out.
Jose Aguilar immediately shows his composure and blames Al-Qaeda for a possible anthrax or carbon monoxide attack.
Not to be outdumb, Jason Guida decides he’s only worth 500 bucks since thats all it would take for him to fight either Chuck Liddell or Anderson Silva. I’m sure all the guys who’ve been struggling to increase fighter salaries are happy to have Jason in their corner.
Dana announces the coaches and Nogueira gets the Michael Bisping treatment as subtitles chase every word he speaks. Mir seems content just being employed.
Now that the fights are announced most of the guys suit up and start getting their sweat on but Guida Sr. is having trouble holding down his lunch and starts cramping up like he just received the Kiss of the Dragon.
Cut to a scene where Guida is on his back screaming as his teammates pull his legs apart and I wasn’t sure if I was watching The Ultimate Fighter or The Ultimate Abu Ghraib.
Needless to say Jason doesn’t make weight and he is replaced by Mike Stewart.
I’m sure Clay is glad he put in a good word.
Like Season 7, the fighters are split up while Dana, Mir and Nogueira evalute them as they fight. Also like Season 7, they get right down to business.
Light heavyweight elimination #1: Mike Stewart (1-0) vs. Krzysztof Soszynski (16-8-1)
Round 1: Soszynski comes right out of the gate and pummels Stewart into a TKO stoppage. That must feel good: You make the show and get sent home all in the same day.
Soszynski wins via TKO
Lightweight elimination #1: Fernando Bernstein (2-0) vs. Dave Kaplan (2-1)
They trade blows pretty evenly back and forth until Bernstein ends up on the ground where Kaplan easily submits him with a rear naked choke. Bernstein said he was called “The Machete”. Dana says he looked more like a butter knife.
Kaplan wins via rear naked choke
Lightweight elimination #2: Joe Duarte (3-0) vs. Phillipe Nover (4-0-1)
Round 1: Duarte eats a head kick and then a shot to the sack. After some deep breaths they resume and go to the fence and wrestle for position. Herb lets them dance for a while then breaks it up. Nover eats a huge punch and ends up on the floor. Duarte gets his back but can’t finish him.
Round 2: Nover scores a nice takedown and whales on Duarte’s face until he gives up his back and gets submitted via rear naked choke. Maybe passing out was a good adrenaline dump because Nover looked pretty good in the cage.
Nover wins via rear naked choke
Light heavyweight elimination #2: Eric Magee (3-1) vs. Jules Bruchez (0-0)
Magee opens with a takedown and muscles his way into a guillotine. Bruchez reverses and gets his back. Magee gets strecthed out and then choked out. Third straight rear naked choke.
Bruchez wins via rear naked choke
Light heavyweight elimination #3: Vinicius Magalhaes (2-2) vs. Lance Evans (2-2)
Highlights only. Lance throws in the towel after getting hit in the ribs. So much for the siblings.
Magalhaes wins via TKO
Light heavyweight elimination #4: Antwain Britt (4-1) vs. Ryan Jimmo (6-1)
Highlights only.
Britt wins via majority decision
Lightweight elimination #3: Brian McLaughlin (5-0) vs Brandon Garner (4-1)
Highlights only. Garner throws a knee to a downed McLaughlin and the fight is ruled a no decision when McLaughlin can’t continue. Garner gets the boot for throwing the knee despite it being unintentional.
Fight ruled a no contest
Lightweight elimination #4: Junie Browning (2-0) vs Jose Aguilar (2-0)
Aguilar likes to be called “Freddy” and tries to be mystical while comparing himself to Hitler. He then mimics a few Diego Sanchez moves while Browning can barely stay awake. Browning also thinks he has a better shot at preganacy then at losing.
Round 1: Quick exchange on the feet and they go to the ground. A few reversals and Browning ends up in side control and then mount. He works it until they go back to their feet. Browning seems to get the better of the exchanges and they go back to the mat. Browning starts to control the fight with dominance on the ground. Aguilar is taking a beating now. Mir very vocal throughout. The round ends and Aguilar throws in the towel. So much for being straight-up criminal. What respectable criminal turns themselves in?
Browning wins via TKO
Overall some pretty decent fights but I was hoping to see more of Guida and Evans. Judging by this experience, they probably aren’t ready for the ranks of the UFC.
Stay tuned next week as the tournament continues and Nogueira says five words during the evaluations instead of three.
See you then!
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Jason Guida is a tool.
Jose Aguilar is a bigger tool, Dawg!
LMFAO!!!!!!! Im glad that idiot got handled! And im glad that Rashads g*y brother didnt get in the house either.
You sure he wasn’t the brother of Florida Evans?
Whos Florida Evans??? In the Rashad interview about Chuck they asked him about how his brother did on TUF.
He went old school. She’s JJ’s mother in Good Times.
Ever watched the show “Good Times?” It was a joke.
Oh dam LMAO! I would never have guessed that! DYNOMITE!
Give the kid a break Evans #2 looked like he broke a rib.
Jose Aguilar: “I’m a straight up Criminal!”… I’ll tap out from my stool.. Ok Coach?
Joe Duerta has already signed a contract with a canadian fight promotion
Jason Guida has signed with EliteXC
Why did Jason talk smack about Gabe.. and he did the Gabe.
????? I don’t get it.
That Junie Cat is funny.. he said “Jose beating me… he has a better chance of getting me pregnant..” hehehehe
Who cares about “Duarte” and Guida. One couldn’t beat a guy that fainted 2 days before and the other couldn’t make weight.
Aguilar reminds me of those punks in my old neighborhood.
He talks alot of smack but turns into a bitch when its time to man up.
I used to run with like this when I was younger, but then I decided to grow up.
I used to get into fights w/ punks like Duarte. LOL.
Thank god I grew up too.
Oops, I meant Aguilar.
I need to be with Hitler, take me back to the DC times dawg!
That guy is an IDIOT, Sooooooo thankful we dont have to watch him all season.
I agree. It’s one thing to simply be stupid, but to relish it? Take pride in it? WALLOW in it? Now, that’s straight up criminal. Dawg.
Did he say “D.C.” times? I thought he said “B.C.” If he did, that makes it even funnier.
Yes, he said D.C. times, then corrected himself with “B.C., whatever.”
I had all the boys round watching and there was a mixture of pure anger, disbelief, and people pissing themselves when this fucking idiot came on.
Compare me to hitler…napoleon…OMG What a PRICK!!
I was so glad that fool got a whipping…hopefully this twat gets his ass kicked not only when he steps in the ring but also when someone happens to recognise him from the show and beats his ass for the fun of it.
It’s kind of sad that Jason Guida couldn’t make weight when he has a brother who’s known for his cardio and heart. Should’ve been training with Clay and not Gabe Ruediger.
Clay Guida’s brother couldnt make weight and Rashad Evans brother couldn’t make it on the show… tough foot steps to follow.
shad’s brother seems like a straight bitch! Please Buster dont defend him too! lol
Lance is no Rashad…he must have been adopted. I think his new name should be Lance “Tootsie Roll” Evans.
lmao!
Duarte got terrorized. that cat who fainted is a bad mofo
Wasnt some of the bloggers here saying that Duarte was the LW Anderson Silva?
Is that the guy Dana was refering to as the next Anderson Silva?
I dont think so? It was ViolentMike (I think) who said that Duarte was the guy.
Hahah yeah DW said Joe Duarte was the next Anderson Silva
Use your heads people. Dana said the guy was destroying guys like Anderson Silva.. Yet Joe Duarte didnt make the show… Obviously he is not the guy DW was talking about, that was just the popular guess.
i think its either nelson or nover. Probably nover since nelson is a gracie fighter and probably isnt an anderson silva like striker.
dana said “I was going off when I saw this guy,” White said. “He’s 24 and he’s destroying people. It’s sick how bad ass he is. I’m getting goose bumps talking to you about him.”
Nelson and nover are the only 24 year old fighters. So unless someone had their bday during the taping then these are the only 2 candidates.
oops nover is the gracie fighter so its probably nelson. Nelson trains with bjpenn.
Duarte has signed with a Canadian fight promotion and Jason Guida has signed with EliteXC
Yes, I was one of the people that said Joe Duarte, because I read an article on Yahoo all about it saying that it is most likely him. I posted his 2 fights, and his opponents were just pathetic. If you look back, the other name that I was throwing out there was Junie Browning. His previous fights that are on the net are very impressive and shows his incredible athletecism.
I don’t know how old Junie is. I asked a while back and someone responded and it wasn’t 24, and Duarte was. That is why he was my, and everyone else’s leading candidate. What a joke he turned out to be. I actually felt bad for the fainter when he had to fight Joe. And when I fast forwarded the commmercial, I went a little too far and it looked like the fight was over in 14 seconds, but homie got kicked in the nuts which I noticed when I rewound and watched…
Here’s where I had read about him. Someone else on mania had posted that first link and that was the first I ever heard of him. A friend of mine said that it was Junie Allen Browning.
http://www.cagepotato.com/2008/07/03/is-joe-duarte-the-next-anderson-silva/
http://blogs.chron.com/fighting/2008/08/is_the_next_anderson_silva_goi.html
However, I wouuld think that the “next anderson silva’ would be a little taller and lankier than Junie… I am thinking that we may not have seen this said fighter fight yet, and we will see him next week and our jaws will drop when we see his performance.
Quote of the night, if I remember it correctly,…”He has a better chance at getting me pregnant then beating me” from the eloguent -Junie. It was something like that…LOL….I couldn’t stop laughing.
If there’s any chance he could get pregnant then Dana may need to rethink his application and screenng process.
I loved everything that Junie had to say.
“The difference between me and the rest of the other kids here is that I can actually fight. The rest of these kids are just here for a free TapOut Shirt”
He is going to be FULL of quotes this season!
Yeah Mania- there should be a separate thread for Junie quotes and discussion this season
MANIA, PLEASE, OH PLEASE, try and get in touch with Junie Carter and see if you can get him to do recap write ups of his experience after each episode. I’ve seen similar things on similar sites and they are GREAT.
It is going to be VERY unfair to the fighters that are on Team Nog come fight time. During yesterday’s fights, all you hear is Frank Mir giving PERFECT instructions to the fighter his trainers were cornering. And from Nog’s corner, the ONLY thing I heard was whenever thier guy thew a kick, thier corner would do the Brazilian, “AAAAAAAAYYYYYY!” I don’t think that that will help thier fighters too much…
Also, I was fast forwarding the commercials, but I just read that TUF Season 9 will be USA vs UK.
In that case, this season should have been USA vs Brazil.
Defintely agree USA vs Brazil would have been a lot better.
2 things how do you come onto the show that over weight and out of shape to be kicked off with out even fighting. 2nd Jose is a d-bag dawg like straight up bro he belongs with napoleon and alexander, wow what a d-bag i hope he gets KO’d
Jose is a D-bag dawg like straight up bro he is criminal dawg, wow what a tool!
Im happy he didnt make it into the house so I dont have to hear his dumba** the whole show!!!
even better was how he couldn’t continue, from his stool in between rounds. hahahahaha
That dude got straight up tooled from the opening bell. Then in his walking away segment he declared it a case of the sun shining on every dog’s ass once in a while. If that ass-hat had made it into the house he would have been less popular than Koscheck, Southworth and Marlon Sims put together.
At least Marlon Sims gave us awesome stories like the time he beat up 50 marines at a Hooters once. Or the time he saved Jean-Claude Van Damme from taking another hug from Fedor. And who could foget the time he fed all the children in Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan combined. There will never be such a man as Mr Indestructable.
Oh my God, that post was hysterical.
Thanks, man.
LOL! Literally, dandeman that is some funny stuff! Hilarious!
Yea he does belong with them where they at now?
they got some pu$$ys on this season
Yeah but he couldn’t make weight and he went home, so did Adolf Jr.
Fainting guy definitely did a great job getting the right kind of attention. Maybe he’s actually the guy who’s supposed to be the “Lightweight Anderson Silva”? He was throwing some pretty sick knees.
Already a big fan of Junie Brownie, despite his retarded name. He’s cocky but not arrogant. And he’s a sick fighter.
Yeah, I’ll be pulling for Junie. He’s got a good personality to put on the show.
yeah, Junie all the way. He’s got some great one liners “Him beating me… hes got a better chance at getting me pregnant” hahahaha
He is hilarious, but I don’t know if saying you hate Brazilians is a good idea.
Junie,”Ihear there’s free alcohol in the house. That’s not good.”
Did he really say that? I thought Mir said he said that so Nog wouldnt pick him because Mir really wants him
john, you may be right. I was guessing b/c they only had captions and no sound for the t.v. at the bar I was at. Either way, that’s some funny stuff.
John’s right. Mir was trying to steer Nog away from him.
AHHH, That Mir- he’s a sly dog.
the russian and browning look badass
if aguillar had made in into the house i straight up couldnt have watched another minute of this season for fear that he might be interviewed again for even one second. the thirty seconds he had on camera cost me roughly 94% of my braincells and now i am just going to go to bed…
LOL… gud stuff.
lol browning can talk some sh*t! hey dana how do you want me to beat him?…by triangle!…okay dana i got the triangle in am i in or what?
this season is already off to a bad start for me, if the next episode doesnt impress me i probably wont watch it, i already cant stand some of these dudes.
Does it conflict with re-runs of Gilmore Girls?
hahahhaha!
LOLOL.
What do you want, a housefull of Mac Danzig personalities???
Not sure if you realized yet, but reality shows do MUCH better when they have at least one character that you love to hate.
Joe Duarte, Lance Evans, and Guida Sr. All got owned. Lol
At least the first 2 fought. Guida got owned by his own fat.
Funniest comment Ive ever seen on here!!!
And you have the best screen name I’ve seen on here! Not kidding about that.
Joe DeertA what
And can I say how much I am looking forward to the 1st 3 weekends of October. Love the cock blocking counter programming. Thanks UFC!
I wouldnt waste a second of my life watching that crap of an event (again), known as UFC 86
I’m wit that bro.. I’ll watch spike on the 11th for the replay of UFC87.. and then UFCocho nueve..
Cripes John, are you still bitter about Forrest punking Rampage and sending him on a chemically-enhanced road rage trip through LA?
Oh come on John! The 86 card didn’t suck. The Rampage/Forrest fight didn’t suck. It was a close fight and everyone has their opinions, but come on. Uncross your arms and take the pacifier out of your mouth already. It was a good night of fights that I wouldn’t mind seeing again. It’s not like most of those UK ppv’s.
I agree with John.. 86 sucked balls. That was the worst night for me this summer.. I want to erase those images of 86 from my mind.
Actually, you should be thanking EliteXC and Affliction. Had it not been for them do u really think the UFC would just do this out of the kindness in their heart? Its called COMPETITION and its great for the sport
True.
And I love it. Of course it pisses the spouse off that we pay for ppv’s every month and this ‘competition’ gets them on tv so soon for free, but the joy out weighs the nagging.
Ryan Bader, gonna go all the way at 205, reppin AZ Combat’s for CB Dalloways loss to AMir.
The sun shines on every dog’s butt someday. And toolbag didn’t want to mess up his pretty face. He’s such an idiot, he didn’t even realize that he was calling the other guy lucky in one sentence, and then acknowledging that the guy was smashing him in the next.
Truth.
That’s not what Napoleon, Alexander, Hitler dudes do dawg. Seriously man. You’re just too low to comprehend how criminal he is dawg. I mean who taps out in the octagon during a match? Not this conquistador dude (puff, puff, pass). Real men tap out from the stool man. You gotta preserve the sexy dawg. That’s gangsta man.
Guida’s Fat didn’t tap.
You are on a roll…
Yeah . . . a jelly roll.
Hey Guys,
During the Marathon of the 1st Ultimate Fighter, Dana White talked about the “next Anderson Silva” again. Except this time, he said the guy was 22 years old. Not 24. So that puts Browning into the mix, but we have seen Efrain Escudero fight yet. He is 10 - 0 with 9 submissions. I know Silva is known for his strikes, but he is also excellent on the ground. Who knows, maybe he uses Anderson like striking to get them on the ground, then he submits them? I thought Browning looked good, but I don’t know if I would go that far.
Keep in mind, the show is taped, so White’s opinion is based on more than just the prelim fight.
****FYI, Escudero has a new website claiming to be the “home to the MMA Phenomenon” and he hosts a party at a local bar to watch the show on Wednesday’s. Would a fighter who lost on the show pump a weekly party at a bar for the show if they lost??????*****