Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:28 pm EDT
Welcome to another week of "The Ultimate Fighter." Take a break from trying to win UFC 104 tickets, and enjoy this recap, won't you? As last week is reviewed, we find out that Team Rampage lost. Again. This time, it was Wes Sims losing to Justin Wren.
At the house, Darrill Schoonover is drinking beer at 8 a.m. That may come to bite him in the butt as Rashad Evans brings in Phil Nurse to coach, and he runs the team ragged. Evans mentions that he is disappointed in Schoonover's cardio. I wonder why it's so bad? This makes Evans have a quick intervention. It's nowhere near as good as an intervention as when the Walsh family tries to keep Dylan McKay from drinking.
For some reason, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has decided to pick on Schoonover. He already gave him the nickname of "Titties," and continues to bully the hell out of him. When Schoonover finally fights back, Jackson then gets in his face.
Schoonover needs to put his faceoff with Rampage behind him, as he and Zak Jensen are picked to fight. Rampage says, "Got Milk?" as Jensen and Schoonover face off. No one laughs the first time, so he repeats it. Schoonover gets pissed and walks towards Rampage, but nothing happens except Jackson continues to run his mouth. Evans tries to be the voice of reason, but I don't think reason works with Rampage.
Moving onto Zak Jensen, Kimbo Slice says, "If Shrek had a little brother, it would be him." They call him Linderman and his team loves picking on him. Sims starts a pool, gambling on when Jensen is going to "flip out." The winner gets a care package from Sims, which might not really be a prize.
After Rashad "roughs up" Schoonover to get him ready for his fight, it switches to Team Rampage and a special present coach Tiki Ghosn has for his team. It's a caricature painting of Team Rashad, who they call Team Cocky. Schoonover is depicted as wearing a bra with a large breasts.
Is Kimbo in?
While practicing with Wes Shivers, Jensen gets a cut over his right eye. As it pours out blood, Kimbo Slice assumes that he will get to fight again. Tiki counsels Kimbo to calm down about the chance to fight, but keep practicing. Unfortunately for Kimbo, Jensen doesn't see a problem with the cut.
At Team Rashad's practice, the coaches get there early and spot the painting. Rashad laughs at it, but is worried about what Schoonover's reaction would be, and takes down the painting. Rashad tells his team about the painting but doesn't show it to them and reminds them to stay focused.
Since Jensen was the last fighter picked, no one expects much out of him, including Dana White. Even he expects Schoonover to win. Kimbo Slice and McSweeney bet Tapout shirts on the winner of the fight. People really will gamble on anything.
To really show just how immature Rampage is, he and Tiki write "Titties" on Schoonover's door. Schoonover blows it off, but he's clearly pissed. Rampage, showing his excellent coaching abilities, "pumps up" Jensen by repeating, "The guy has titties." I don't see how that would help Jensen win.
Darrill Schoonover (Team Rashad) vs. Zak Jensen (Team Rampage)
Round 1: Schoon drives Jensen into the fence, and as they move away, Schoon lands a ton of knees and punches. Jensen gets a takedown and tries to work ground and pound until Schoon locks in a triangle choke. Jensen lasts for a while, but is finally choked out. Schoonover wins.
That moves Team Rashad's record to 6-0. Rampage and Tiki bring in the "Team Cocky" painting, but they are disappointed that no one gets mad. Apparently, Team Rashad knows that the best way to deal with a bully is to ignore him.
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No wonder you got picked last Zak.........terrible. Go back to your day job, 'cause the real competition out there in MMA will destroy you
........dude stays in a triangle choke and doesn't even attempt to get out of it. moron
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As far as Rampage goes, he's a classless bum. When the contestants start this hazing stuff, it's normal and expected. They want to get their pecking order in, and Schoonover and Jensen were at the bottom. Since when does the coach have a right to dish it out MORE than ANYONE ELSE in the house? It's B.S. Rampage looks more like a thug and a bully than ever. Way to burn your bridges.
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At least you recognize that it's only the first round, and we shouldn't necessarily expect an epic battle. I mean...people don't even tune in to see North Carolina demolish Southwest Tennessee State Tech. Other than McSweeney, the winners in the first round have fought well. I expect a good second round.
Unlike you guys, I don't weep for the heavyweight division. Keep in mind that maybe three guys from this season will ever have more than a couple fights in UFC going forward, and maybe one or two could contend for a title down the line. A lot of these guys are also pretty young. I think Wren is like 22, Schoon is 24. There's plenty of potential there.
Namath...Pac and Cotto are fighting at 145-ish. Look at Mike Brown, Urijah Faber, Joe Warren, etc. to see what an MMA 145 pounder. Then look at Cris Arreola to see what an elite boxing heavyweight can look like.
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At least be consistent, Joe.
And as far as "ringing true for most mma fighters," you don't hear a whole lot of MMA fighters railing on boxing. Certainly not as much as you hear boxers (Mayweather and Hopkins especially) railing on MMA.
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I don't mind that they post on here. When they're on topic, they have something to say...whether we agree or not. There's just no need for us to have to comb through 5-7 consecutive posts about their alleged lifestyles in order to get to an opinion about MMA, or even boxing.
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