Dana begins by introducing this season’s format. Fighters will come from the middleweight and light heavyweight division. The coaches this season will be former world champions Frankie Edgar and BJ Penn. Normally TUF coaches have a personal vendetta against one another, but that’s not the case this time. BJ has lost to Frankie twice before and asked for the fight because, “Frankie represents a guy I need to get past.” After some small chit chat between the two, we get right down to business.Tyler King vs. Daniel SpohnTyler king was a football prospect who snapped his ankle his senior year. Des … Read the Full Article Here
Dana begins by introducing this season’s format. Fighters will come from the middleweight and light heavyweight division. The coaches this season will be former world champions Frankie Edgar and BJ Penn. Normally TUF coaches have a personal vendetta against one another, but that’s not the case this time. BJ has lost to Frankie twice before and asked for the fight because, “Frankie represents a guy I need to get past.” After some small chit chat between the two, we get right down to business.Tyler King vs. Daniel SpohnTyler king was a football prospect who snapped his ankle his senior year. Des … Read the Full Article Here
This season of TUF Brazil has featured a lot of fun games, but this week kicks off with something slightly less enjoyable — the waiting game. Both teams are waiting for the next fight announcement, but Coach Wanderlei Silva is nowhere to be found. When the Axe Murderer finally shows up, an already annoyed Chael Sonnen becomes even more perturbed. From his point of view, “[Wanderlei] looked like he just woke up. I stood next to him and he smelled like he was drunk.” Wanderlei says that he was late because of a doctor’s appointment and that the Sao Paulo traffic slowed him down. When informed o … Read the Full Article Here
This season of TUF Brazil has featured a lot of fun games, but this week kicks off with something slightly less enjoyable — the waiting game. Both teams are waiting for the next fight announcement, but Coach Wanderlei Silva is nowhere to be found. When the Axe Murderer finally shows up, an already annoyed Chael Sonnen becomes even more perturbed. From his point of view, “[Wanderlei] looked like he just woke up. I stood next to him and he smelled like he was drunk.” Wanderlei says that he was late because of a doctor’s appointment and that the Sao Paulo traffic slowed him down. When informed o … Read the Full Article Here
That’s right, boys and girls, it’s time for another edition of the Downes Side! All good things must come to an end, but luckily for all of you the Nostradamus of MMA is here to stay. Some would argue that means the Downes Side isn’t a good thing, but deductive reasoning is overrated. Elton John may have said that Saturday night is all right for fighting, but Friday works just as well. This week we have Ultimate Fight Night live from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The main event of the evening pits “Big Nog” and “Big Country” against one another as heavyweights Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira … Read the Full Article Here
That’s right, boys and girls, it’s time for another edition of the Downes Side! All good things must come to an end, but luckily for all of you the Nostradamus of MMA is here to stay. Some would argue that means the Downes Side isn’t a good thing, but deductive reasoning is overrated. Elton John may have said that Saturday night is all right for fighting, but Friday works just as well. This week we have Ultimate Fight Night live from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The main event of the evening pits “Big Nog” and “Big Country” against one another as heavyweights Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira … Read the Full Article Here
The final episode of the season opens with Team Australia’s Richard Walsh trying to come to grips with his defeat last week. He blames his performance on over-thinking and just not flipping the switch. Sheldon tries to comforts him by telling Richard that Olivier does the same thing to all of them in practice, but his words fall on deaf ears. Chad tries to make the conversation about him and how he’ll be facing Olivier in the finals, but no one pay much attention to that either. Next, there’s a knock at the door and former welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre appears. His presence alo … Read the Full Article Here
The final episode of the season opens with Team Australia’s Richard Walsh trying to come to grips with his defeat last week. He blames his performance on over-thinking and just not flipping the switch. Sheldon tries to comforts him by telling Richard that Olivier does the same thing to all of them in practice, but his words fall on deaf ears. Chad tries to make the conversation about him and how he’ll be facing Olivier in the finals, but no one pay much attention to that either. Next, there’s a knock at the door and former welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre appears. His presence alo … Read the Full Article Here
We start this week’s episode with a quick recap. After winning their second straight fight, Team Wanderlei chooses Ricardo Abreu aka “Demente” to square off against Guilherme Vasconcelos aka “Bomba.” Coach Sonnen realizes that Demente is a strong competitor, but he believes that Bomba could win the entire tournament. Wanderlei knows that both competitors are high level Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioners, but chose the fight because of Demente’s physical superiority.From there we move to another physical challenge. This week it’s the “Ferry Game.” Both teams will have to construct a sea-worthy v … Read the Full Article Here
We start this week’s episode with a quick recap. After winning their second straight fight, Team Wanderlei chooses Ricardo Abreu aka “Demente” to square off against Guilherme Vasconcelos aka “Bomba.” Coach Sonnen realizes that Demente is a strong competitor, but he believes that Bomba could win the entire tournament. Wanderlei knows that both competitors are high level Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioners, but chose the fight because of Demente’s physical superiority.From there we move to another physical challenge. This week it’s the “Ferry Game.” Both teams will have to construct a sea-worthy v … Read the Full Article Here
The episode kicks off with the coaches challenge. Since we’re keeping it rustic this season, it’s only appropriate that the challenge force the coaches to channel their inner lumberjack. It comes in three parts and includes: The challenge comes in three parts involving throwing axes, crossbows and sawing logs. The winning coach not only earns some bragging rights, but they’ll also win $20,000 for their team (no word on if the money will be given in Australian, American or Canadian denominations).The first of the challenge requires the coaches to throw axes at a target. Neither coach can hit th … Read the Full Article Here
The episode kicks off with the coaches challenge. Since we’re keeping it rustic this season, it’s only appropriate that the challenge force the coaches to channel their inner lumberjack. It comes in three parts and includes: The challenge comes in three parts involving throwing axes, crossbows and sawing logs. The winning coach not only earns some bragging rights, but they’ll also win $20,000 for their team (no word on if the money will be given in Australian, American or Canadian denominations).The first of the challenge requires the coaches to throw axes at a target. Neither coach can hit th … Read the Full Article Here