All Entries Tagged With: "The Ultimate Fighter"
George Roop: Past, Present and Future
Tucson’s very own George Roop, better known as TUF season 8 semifinalist, recently went toe-to-toe with wrestler Diamond Dave Kaplan in the opening fight of UFC 98 and came out the victor. He is itching to take the lightweight division by storm, and took the time out to answer some of my questions. Since your fight wasn’t aired, can you give a play-by-play for people who didn’t see it? It was a very close fight. Well, in the first round I came out and just tried to use my distance, and… (Full Story)
Breakdown UFC Fight Night: Cole Miller vs. Junie Browning
April 1st is quickly approaching. Mixed with all of the jokes will be a good night of mixed martial arts action. The UFC will provide fight fans with another free event on Spike. The main event will showcase WEC welterweight champ Carlos Condit against Martin Kampmann. We will get to that fight in a later installment. We start with one of the most anticipated bouts on the card Cole Miller vs. Junie Browning…. (Full Story)
Philly beware, UFC is coming in 09!
The video after the jump has huge information for those of you that live on the east coast! Dana White himself says that the UFC is coming to Philadelphia in 09!!! This is monster news for anyone from PA. This not only will give you something else to boo other than Santa or McNabb, it gives your city something to cheer for! This could be just what you needed to finally get rid of those bad T.O. memories. Prior to the Phillies winning last year’s World Series your state had officially… (Full Story)
TUF Champions: Rashad, Forrest, and Reality
Whenever I see an article about the Ultimate Fighter, something in my brain goes off. It’s a “proceed with caution” impulse that keeps me from jumping to conclusions about a piece. I expected to see more TUF recaps with UFC 92 and (more recently) all of the Time Warner insanity, but it seems more or less passed over, and I hadn’t seen a real retrospective about the change in the reality show. Then, of course, I went to check out Sports Illustrated, and found an article by Arash Markazi (the… (Full Story)
Time Warner Customers may miss The Ultimate Fighter
Reports have been circling the web that Time Warner and Viacom have not yet agreed to extend their contract for television channels like MTV, Nickelodeon, and SpikeTV. Apparently Viacom wants huge increases while Time Warner is standing firm due to a sagging cable market. Under pressure to boost its revenue amid an advertising slump and threats to its business model posed by the rise of the Internet, Viacom is seeking fee increases of between 22% and 36% per channel from Time Warner Cable,… (Full Story)
Self Defense: Junie Pleads His Case
Admittedly, I’ve learned more about this season of the Ultimate Fighter from reading the delusional musings of Junie Browning on his blog. He posts after every episode, as the UFC mandates, and so it’s been interesting to hear his defenses of his stupidity. Of course, with the airing of the final episodes, he decided that it would be a good time to defend himself, and he came off like a retarded Clarence Darrow impersonator. My thoughts on Junie and the season of the show are up already, and… (Full Story)
Phillipe Nover: From the ER to the Octagon
Quite the paradox: Heal others by day, fight them by night. That is the motto of Ultimate Fighter Finalist, Phillipe Nover. During the day, Nover makes his living as a registered nurse in the ER of Coney Island Hospital in New York. Come nightfall, Nover trains at Universal Defense Systems with Ralph Mitchell in Brooklyn. UDS specializes in the arts of Filipino Arnis, Muay Thai, kick boxing, Fung-Fu, Judo, Jeet Kune Do, and Savate. Additionally, Nover has worked his way up to a brown belt in… (Full Story)
MMA Opinion “Opinionated” Podcast – Episode 11
Josh Stein and Dustin Zuch talk about The Ultimate Fighter, Jon Fitch vs. Dana White, and XARM. This is the eleventh episode of the MMA Opinion “Opinionated” podcast. To listen to the podcast, you may subscribe to the Opinionated podcast in iTunes, download it using the link below, or stream the audio by clicking the link. Please leave some comments about the topics and let us know what you want to hear. We hope to have more guests on our next shows along with some podcasts immediately… (Full Story)
Tommy Speer Hangs It Up!
Attached to this article is a video about the recent Cagefest Extreme event in Norfolk Virginia that was published at www.hamptonroads.tvby Craig Kimberley. It is a great piece of work and they deserve great comments for the video. The production follows Beau Baker and Tommy Speer from the weigh-ins to post fight interviews. You will also notice Antwain Britt and C.T. Turner, and the finish of that fight. It was a good night for MMA in the Hampton Roads area and the main event did not… (Full Story)
Walking and Talking: Junie Browning and Fourth Graders
The more I watch Junie Browning, the more I’m reminded of how proud I am of the kids I used to coach in jiu-jitsu. Part of training is showing respect, part of being a great fighter is acknowledging the abilities of your opponent. This is what keeps us prepared when we fight, this is what makes us stronger, smarter and wiser as fighters, and it gives us something to build on and something to aspire to. The more I watch Junie Browning, the more I wonder if this kid is really just an idiot, or… (Full Story)
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