TUF 10: Episode 2

Per Cagewriter

On last week's show, Team Rampage picked up Kimbo Slice and Team Rashad won the first fight, a bloodbath win for Jon Madsen over Abe Wagner.
As the show starts, Kimbo is sitting by himself. He assumes that he will have the next fight, and wants to prove himself as a fighter. Roy Nelson continues his delusions of grandeur by saying that a fight with Kimbo would be a headliner anywhere.
At Team Rampage's practice, Kimbo is getting special work on the ground game with Tiki Ghosn. He appears to pick up the ground work quickly, and works his tail off in the gym.
At Team Rashad's practice, Nelson is not listening and is anything but coachable. His coaches sit him down, and he keeps talking back. Finally, they pull out the big bomb, and says, "Do you want to get knocked out again like you did by Arlovski?" That shuts him up.
"It's like when two masters come together," Nelson says. Well, no. You were the IFL champion. Rashad Evans was the UFC champion. Do you not see the difference?
James McSweeney versus Wes Shivers is announced for the next fight. Rampage says that he wants to knock out Rashad's number one pick, but Rashad doesn't seem concerned. In a pretty sweet British accent, McSweeney says that he didn't choose to fight. Fighting chose him.
At one of the training sessions, Team Rashad runs late, which annoys Rampage. "I decided to confront him, all gentleman-like, because everyone knows I'm not the cocky one here," Rampage says. They speak in a relatively civil manner, until Rampage started to yell, "Get the hell out of here."
Wes Shivers is a large Southern man who once played in the NFL. He is now striving to find a life as a fighter outside of football. Rampage's gameplan is to have Shivers go after McSweeney's lack of a ground game.

(Team Tammy's) Wes Shivers (Team Rampage) vs. (Team Roxanne's) James McSweeney (Team Rashad)
Round 1: Shivers sticks to the gameplan and immediately tries for a takedown. After working in the clinch, he gets the takedown and smothers McSweeney. Shivers then attempts and fails on an armbar, McSweeney gets back to his feet. After a bit of standup, Shivers accidentally kicks McSweeney in the family jewels. When they return, Shivers again tries for a takedown but can't get it. Shivers looks gassed about three minutes into the first round. His punches are big and loopy, and not connecting. McSweeney is not doing much more, though he is landing a few leg kicks.
Round 2: McSweeney starts the round with more jabs and leg kicks while Rashad yells, "Keep it simple." On one of the kicks, Shivers grabs McSweeney's leg and takes him down. Again, Shivers smothers the smaller McSweeney. He finally mounts him and then takes his back, trying for a rear naked choke. McSweeney gets out and gets to his feet. Both fighters are exhausted, taking time to catch their breath between exchanges. Shivers even goes so far as to rest his arm on the cage. They both put their hands on their hips and knees. The coaches are getting hoarse, screaming that their fighters need to do something. In the final 45 seconds, McSweeney lands a punch and a kick. When Shivers goes for a takedown, McSweeney catches him in an unsuccessful guillotine. Shivers gets out of the choke seconds before the round ends.
McSweeney wins it by majority decision. Shivers is unhappy about the decision, but how angry can you be when you were gassed that early? Afterwards, Rashad says that he shut Rampage up. Cut to a shot of Rampage, silently shaking his head.

-(Team Roxanne's) James McSweeney def. (Team Tammy's) Wes Shivers via majority decision for 7pts.
-Team CJ, Team Roxanne, Team Roy, and Team Adam each earn 1pt for having Rashad as their coach.

In a rare move, the bout announcement for the next fight is at the end of this episode. (Team Jon's) Roy Nelson vs. (Team Tommy's) Kimbo Slice. Wow. So, I guess the ratings will be good next week.