Michael Johnson Talks Phan-Paige Fight, Team Koscheck’s Over-Celebrating

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveThe fight on this week’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter was the best of the season so far, with Team Koscheck’s Nam Phan getting an impressive win over Team GSP’s Spencer Paige.

We checked in this week with Team GS…

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The fight on this week’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter was the best of the season so far, with Team Koscheck’s Nam Phan getting an impressive win over Team GSP’s Spencer Paige.

We checked in this week with Team GSP’s Michael Johnson to get his thoughts on the fight, as well as his feud with the teammate everyone calls Bruce Leroy, and his training with a master of muay Thai.

This week’s interview is below.

TUF 12.5 Recap: Sore Winners

(Hick-Jitsu is no match for Drunken French Muay Thai.)
Alex Caceres has gone full heel. For some reason, he decides to put bleach in Nam Phan’s fabric softener. Michael Johnson borrows it to do a load of delicates, and freaks out when he learns the t…

Cody McKenzie Jean Charles Skarbowsky
(Hick-Jitsu is no match for Drunken French Muay Thai.)

Alex Caceres has gone full heel. For some reason, he decides to put bleach in Nam Phan‘s fabric softener. Michael Johnson borrows it to do a load of delicates, and freaks out when he learns the truth. "Why would you run the risk of fuckin’ up someone’s whole wardrobe like that?" he asks. Caceres explains that it was meant for Nam, which begs the question — what the hell did Nam Phan ever do to you, bro? "I got a love/hate personality," Caceres says later. "That’s why I don’t have many friends." 

As Team GSP rides to practice, Cody McKenzie spits dip-juice into an empty Red Bull can. It’s the most country thing I’ve ever seen in my life.

GSP brings in another special guest for his guys. Very special. Jean Charles Skarbowsky is a French kickboxing savant who sleeps three hours a night and gets drunk before every practice. Georges advises the guys that if you respect him, he’ll respect you; if you go hard to prove a point, he’ll kill you. "Please be careful, he had a long ride from Paris to get here," GSP says. Hmm, he doesn’t look like much. But there he is, tossing around the entire team and dropping everybody with liver shots. "You cannot have the same lifestyle as Jean Charles and be an MMA fighter. In Thailand they smoke and drink and fight every day." And let’s not even get into the transsexual thing…

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