Weezer - I Want You To

I always thought that Odetter Yustam was way hotter than Megan Fox.

Fantasy TUF 10: Episode 7

The show starts with Rampage and Rashad making fun of each other. So original! Tiki Ghosn continues to be the Ed McMahon to Rampage's Johnny Carson, laughing a bit too hard at Rampage's jokes, and repeating them at will. Then Rampage comes out with, "Gay-shad! Gay-shad Evans!"
Once they get through the stupidity, the fight is announced: Scott Junk vs. Matt Mitrione, which means the final fight will be Mike Wessel vs. Marcus Jones. Junk and Mitrione face off, and Junk doesn't actually put his hands up. He just keeps rocking back and forth. The Wessel/Jones faceoff is nearly as comical, as Jones towers over Wessel.
Hey, you're going to be shocked at what happens next -- Rampage and Rashad get in each other's face. Rashad tells Rampage, "I'm gonna make you quit, like you quit this competition, and I'm gonna make you quit in the fight." Rampage continues his, "I'm not a coach" BS until the two came really close to punching each other.
Quote of the Week: “His cheese has fallen off his cracker,” Rashad Evans when Meathead tells Evans that he’s spoken to his wife in his head, but assures Evans that he’s ready to go

(Team CJ's) Matt Mitrione (Coach Rashad) vs. (Team Adam's) Scott Junk (Coach Rampage)

Round 1: Mitrione knocks Junk down early, but Junk gets back up. This happens again and again. Mitrione clearly wants to avoid the ground, even when it looks like he could finish Junk by going to the ground. Mitrione easily avoids a Junk takedown attempt, and Junk doesn't land many punches. Round one ends with Junk finally fighting back, and Dana White saying "Holy Shit!" The fight must have been more impressive in person.
Round 2: Junk lands a few clean shots, but doesn't cause much damage. After a lot of trying, Junk gets a takedown and both fighters halfheartedly throw punches. The ref stands them up, and though Mitrione gets the better of the stand-up. They are both clearly exhausted.
"Those two stood in front of each other and threw bombs," Dana White says. Huh? Were we watching the same fight? I saw two exhausted guys praying for the bell to ring. Dana, that's not what you saw?
Mitrione is the winner, 19-19, 20-18 and 20-18. In case you were wondering, this is the episode where Rampage rips apart the door.

-(Team CJ's) Matt Matrione def. (Team Adam's) Scott Junk via Majority Decision for 7pts.
-Team CJ, Team Roxanne, Team Roy, and Team Adam each earn 1pt for having Rashad as their coach.

More Gina Pics

More Gina Carano pics for her ESPN shoot

Natasha Wicks

Octagon Girl Natasha Wicks tries on the five best Halloween costumes she can find.

Watch Top 5 Super Sexy Halloween Costumes of 2009 on RawVegas.tv

Brock Lesnar withdraws from UFC 106 due to illness

Yahoo sports reports:
Brock Lesnar, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s massive heavyweight titleholder, was forced to withdraw Monday from his highly anticipated Nov. 21 title defense in Las Vegas against Shane Carwin.

UFC president Dana White confirmed the news to Yahoo! Sports. White said Lesnar has been ill for more than three-and-a-half weeks and unable to train. With the bout at UFC 106 less than a month away, Lesnar was forced to postpone the title defense.

“He said he’s never been this sick in his life,” White said. “He said it’s been going on for a long time and he just hasn’t been able to shake it.” White said he does not believe Lesnar had the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu.

The fight matched two of the biggest and most powerful heavyweights in the UFC. Lesnar (4-1), a former World Wrestling Entertainment star, was a junior college and NCAA Division I wrestling champion. Carwin is a former Division II national wrestling champion. Both men weigh around 295 pounds and cut weight to make the heavyweight division’s 265-pound limit.

White said he is not sure when the fight will be rescheduled or if Carwin will still fight on the card. “We’re still working everything out,” he said.

Carwin (11-0), who made several appearances in Los Angeles on Saturday to promote the fight, was clearly disappointed at getting the news. “My heart just sank, as you can imagine,” Carwin said. “Hopefully, we’ll get it rescheduled soon.”

At UFC.com, Tom Gerbasi writes, "heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has withdrawn from his UFC 106 main event title defense against unbeaten Shane Carwin due to an illness that has forced him out of training camp for nearly a month. The UFC hopes to re-schedule the bout for early 2010. Stepping up into the main event slot will be the highly-anticipated rematch between former light heavyweight champions Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin."

Update: The news and rumors are flying fast and furiously surrounding Brock Lesnar's withdrawal from his UFC 106 fight against Shane Carwin. With the Twitter era upon us, news changes in minutes. Carwin tweeted just a few minutes ago that he's been told by his manager Jason Genet that the fight is re-scheduled for UFC 108 on Jan. 2.

UFC104 Judge Cecil Peoples responds to Machida-Rua criticism

After being blistered on the internet for 36 hours, Cecil Peoples, one of the judges from the disputed Lyoto Machida-Mauricio Rua is firing back. Fans have been crushing him and the UFC over the Machida 48-47 decision. Many fighters outside the cage believed that Rua won the fight. One media member said the UFC [expletive] up and Dana White needs to stop blogging and fix the sport. Peoples told CageReport.net that there is a lack of understanding on how to score a fight:

"First of all what you need to understand is that from where the judges are sitting, we get to see things that the fans at home may miss. Mauricio Rua was being aggressive but it wasn't effective aggressiveness which is what we as the judges look for when scoring a fight. The way I saw it, Lyoto was landing the more cleaner and damaging strikes throughout the fight - if you take a look at the judging criteria clean strikes are valued more-so than the quantity of strikes landed. Although Rua threw a lot of low kicks they were not as damaging as Lyotos diverse attack in the earlier rounds which is why I scored the first three rounds for Machida."

I have zero issue with that explanation. Judges in boxing differ on their philosophy as well. It's the old volume versus precision argument. That said, I disagree that Machida landed the cleaner strikes in the first round but Peoples is entitled to his own opinion.

"You have to keep in mind we always the favor the fighter who is trying to finish the fight, and leg kicks certainly don't do that."

See now there might be a problem with that statement. It sounds like Peoples believes that head strikes are the only to finish the fight. So does that means all leg and body strikes can't lead to a finish?

"When both fighters are engaged in a striking match what I always look for is the fighter who is being judicious, picking his spots, being accurate and landing the cleaner strikes which ultimately is what Lyoto did more effectively than Rua. Lyoto made Shogun come after him, he determined where the fight took place which in my opinion constitutes as effective Octagon control."

This could be another issue. Do counterstrikers generally get the nod in Peoples' opinion.

"I recognize the fact that Rua did have a few takedown attempts during the course of the fight however Lyoto defended them all successfully which counts as effective grappling in his favor, where as unsuccessful takedown attempts are not scored at all. Therefore going by that criteria, I believe Lyoto won the fight clearly. I'm just glad the other judges on the panel saw it the same way and I'm sure the fans who understand the technicalities of the sport agree with the decision too."

That's a nice shot at the end, "fans who UNDERSTAND the technicalities." He can take a shot at the fans but the media support for Rua was pretty overwhelming:

Cagewriter: 48-47 Rua
Kevin Iole, Yahoo!: 48-47 Rua
Dave Doyle, Yahoo!: 48-47 Rua
Dave Meltzer, Yahoo!: 49-46 Rua
BloodyElbow: 48-47 Rua
USAToday: 48-47 Rua
ESPN: 49-46 Rua
CagePotato: 49-46 Rua
MMAJunkie : 49-46 or 48-47 Rua
MMAMania : 50-45 Rua
ProMMA.Info: 50-45 Rua
Adam Hill, Las Vegas Review-Journal: 48-47 Machida

Gina Carano in ESPN Magazine

Gina posing in her normal workout attire of sports bra, heavy eye-makeup, and hot-shorts.


And here is the Cover:


Wow!

Fantasy TUF 10: Episode 6

At the house, Darrill Schoonover is drinking beer at 8 a.m. That may come to bite him in the ass 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.
For some reason,Rampage 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 large breasts.
Weekly Kimbo Tease: 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.
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."
(Team CJ's) Darrill Schoonover (Coach Rashad) vs. (Team Roy's) Zak Jensen (Coach 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.

-(Team CJ's) Darrill Schoonover def. (Team Roy's) Zak Jensen via Triangle in Round 1 for 10pts.
-Team CJ, Team Roxanne, Team Roy, and Team Adam each earn 1pt for having Rashad as their coach.

UFC 104: This Saturday Night

UFC 104: Machida vs Shogun
The Staples Center in Los Angles, CA
Saturday, October 24th at 9pm

In May, Lyoto Machida electrified the mixed martial arts world with a stirring knockout of Rashad Evans. On Saturday, October 24th, “The Dragon” will make the first defense of his UFC light heavyweight crown in the main event of UFC 104 against former PRIDE star Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, who is coming off back-to-back knockouts of Chuck Liddell and Mark Coleman.

In the co-feature, two of the top young heavyweight contenders in the sport will clash, as unbeaten Cain Velasquez takes on former IFL star “Big” Ben Rothwell in what promises to be one of the most memorable bouts of 2009.

MAIN CARD (on Pay-per-view at 10pm)
-Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
-Ben Rothwell vs. Cain Velasquez
-Josh Neer vs. Gleison Tibau
-Spencer Fisher vs. Joe Stevenson
-Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
PRELIMINARY CARD (on Spike TV at 9pm)
-Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer
-Patrick Barry vs. Antoni Hardonk
PRELIMINARY CARD (Not televised)
-Yushin Okami vs. Chael Sonnen
-Rob Kimmons vs. Jorge Rivera
-Razak Al-Hassan vs. Kyle Kingsbury
-Stefan Struve vs. Chase Gormley

UFC Fight Night 20 in Virginia?

According to MMAJunkie:

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is expected to make its Virginia debut in January.

Sources close to the event have told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) UFC Fight Night 20, which would air on Spike TV, is currently slotted for Monday, Jan. 11.

However, the UFC has made no formal announcement, and a representative from Virginia's Professional Boxing, Martial Arts and Wrestling Program said no date is official.

Additionally, while the cable station has begun preparations for the first quarter of 2010, including tryouts for "The Ultimate Fighter 11" and the show's April 2010 debut, Spike TV Vice President of Communications David Schwarz said nothing is official.

"We have nothing to announce yet for 2010," he said.

The UFC would enter a new state with the upcoming event. The UFC has never ventured to Virginia, though UFC president Dana White has said in the past that the state (especially near the Washington D.C. area) could be a site for future expansion. Additionally, UFC Vice President of Talent Relations Joe Silva currently lives in Virginia and scouts many of the area's shows.

At least one site believed to be under consideration for UFC Fight Night 20 is the 11,000-seat Patriot Center on the George Mason University campus in Fairfax.

UFC Fight Night events are traditionally held on Wednesdays or Saturdays, though the first of 2010 will apparently take place on a rare Monday.

According to mixedmartialarts.com, a bout between UFC newcomers Rory MacDonald (9-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Mike "Joker" Guymon (11-2-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is un-signed but in the works for the upcoming show.

What Your Favorite Fighter Says About You

This is a great article from CagePotato

If there's one thing we've learned during our travels through this crazy world of mixed martial arts, it's that you are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. There are only a few different types of MMA fans, and they tend to gravitate towards certain fighters. For example, let's say your favorite fighter is...

ANDERSON SILVA

(That's you on the left.)
You are without a doubt the hippest dude you know. You were the first to start wearing skinny jeans and also the first to stop, proving your bona fides as a trendsetter. You like to think that you appreciate the finer elements of striking technique more than most MMA fans, but really you just parrot things Joe Rogan has said (“ballet of violence”) while listing off all the ways that Silva is like a modern-day Bruce Lee. You sometimes wear glasses you don’t really need and you pretend to like jazz. You think of yourself as a good dancer.
Your favorite fight: Silva vs. Rich Franklin I

FEDOR EMELIANENKO

You’ve been watching MMA for years, and it’s important to you that people know that. You have an extensive collection of ironic t-shirts and Pride DVD’s. You work in the IT department of a moderately-sized company, where you used to feel bad for the people who pester you for help all day because, honestly, how did anyone even get that clueless? Now you despise them and don’t go to very much trouble to hide it. You are probably overweight, but you’re quick to tell people that it doesn’t necessarily mean you are out of shape or aren’t a good athlete. You don’t date much but there’s this girl in Illinois who you have a thing with over the internet, which you refer to as ‘the web.’ Someone in a bar once asked you if you thought Fedor would stand a chance against Brock Lesnar. You laughed out loud. Okay, so they were talking to someone else and you overheard them, and when they noticed you laughing you pretended to be coughing, but still. The ignorance of some people.
Your favorite fight: Fedor vs. Mirko Filipovic

GEORGES ST. PIERRE

You’re either Canadian or a woman. Either way, rooting for GSP isn’t really a choice — the fire in your blood compels it. Every time you see the fleur de lis tattoo on his calf, or the way his tight spandex shorts hug the curves of his ass and protective cup, a tear comes to your eye, and your clenched fist pumps the air. (Now that we think about it, you might also be a gay man, and that’s totally cool, no judgments, some of our best friends are gay.) Nationality, gender, and sexuality aside, you’re a polite and good-natured person, and you have a general distaste for the stereotypical meathead fight fan. You often order red wine at bars. You fully endorse Vaseline use, both in athletic competition and your own personal life.
Your favorite fight: GSP vs. BJ Penn II

BROCK LESNAR

At some point in your life, you were a pretty big fan of pro wrestling. These days, you’re a pretty big asshole. You never miss an opportunity to remind people that you don’t care what they think, and that you don’t care about being liked. As a result, you are liked by very few people. Your hobbies include playing video games, riding your ATV, trolling MMA message boards, and torturing small animals. You are almost certainly Caucasian. You would vote Republican if you voted, but you don’t vote because fuck voting, right? The number of guns you own is greater than the number of girlfriends you’ve had in your life. You have a crippling Internet porn addiction. You like heavy metal, and you like to play it loud enough so that your parents can’t hear you crying yourself to sleep.
Your favorite fight: Lesnar vs. Randy Couture

LYOTO MACHIDA

When you were a kid, you took some form of traditional martial art to protect yourself from the bullies that would constantly harass you at school for being small and girlish. Even though you achieved a high belt rank, you were still bullied at school, but you’ve kept your respect for dojos and senseis and gis and shit like that. These days you’re either a college student or a white-collar worker of some sort, and you would describe your life as generally happy. Your parents are still married. You read a lot. You own at least one sword. You think Tito Ortiz is the biggest douchebag on Earth. Your friends think you’re kind of boring, especially when you start talking about how exciting Lyoto Machida is. One time, at summer camp, you took a sip of your own pee on a dare. You spat it out and started screaming about how gross it was. Secretly, you didn’t think it was that bad. You tell people that your favorite fight is Machida vs. Dimitri Wanderley.
Your actual favorite fight: Machida vs. Rashad Evans

FORREST GRIFFIN

You don’t consider yourself a “TUF noob,” even though the first MMA match you ever saw was Griffin vs. Bonnar at the TUF 1 finale. You’re easily the smartest and funniest person among your group of friends, none of whom are especially smart or funny. Despite your lack of formal martial arts training, you’ve never backed down from a fight, particularly ones you’ve started with strangers in bars. You prefer tough, hard-working fighters to naturally athletic and explosive ones. You are almost certainly Caucasian. You listen to Andrew W.K. when you work out, and you consider Road House to be one of the greatest movies of all time. The phrase “Pain Don’t Hurt” may or may not be tattooed on your right arm.
Your favorite fight: Griffin vs. Mauricio Rua

BJ PENN

If you aren’t Hawaiian – and chances are very, very good that you are – then at the very least you like to think that you live your life according to some vague island-like principles. Basically that means you wear a puka shell necklace and call people ‘brah’ a lot. Aside from your driver’s license and school pictures, someone would be hard-pressed to find a photograph of you where you aren’t doing the shaka. You’ve never watched an entire MMA event without pointing out possible situations where the rubber guard might be a good idea. You believe the moon landing was fake, 9/11 was a government conspiracy, and Georges St. Pierre could never have beaten B.J. if he hadn’t been covered from head to toe in Crisco and pumped full of steroids and some weird stuff the aliens left behind when they landed in Roswell. It’s very likely that you are stoned right now.
Your favorite fight: Penn vs. Matt Hughes I

GINA CARANO

First of all, Gina’s looks are totally not why you like her. You just love her attitude and think she’s very “down to earth,” which is how you describe all celebrities that you like and secretly think would want to be friends with you. You love stories about people who triumph over moderately difficult odds, particularly when that triumph involves significant weight loss. You always get emotionally swept up by stories of missing white children and lost pets that find their own way back home. Sometimes it seems as if Pink is singing those songs about you. For a little while you did muay thai and you were easily the best in the class until shin splints sidelined you. You often begin jokes and then forget the ending or realize that you’ve left out something important, so you just start laughing anyway in the hopes that other people will join you. They rarely do. You are either a teenage girl or a single adult male. You’re convinced that your father doesn’t get it and never will.
Your favorite fight: Gina vs. that redheaded chick

CHUCK LIDDELL

If you aren’t currently in your sixth year of college, then you have a job with “technician” somewhere in the title. You are white. You may or may not have a weekend cocaine problem. When someone asks you what your hobbies and interests are, you are likely to respond with, “Partyin’.” Even though Liddell (who you exclusively refer to as “The Iceman,”) is old and headed downhill, you still don’t believe he’s done. If he does retire, you may give up on watching MMA altogether and go back to being a Motocross fan. There’s an 80% that you’ve had some form of Chuck-hawk in the last four years. You’ve never been convicted of a felony, and this is a source of pride for you, though secretly you wonder how long you’ll be able to say that. You drive an old car that isn’t technically a classic, but it’s loud and you call it your “baby.” There’s hardly a bouncer in this whole shitty town who hasn’t had to tussle with you at least once.
Your favorite fight: The Iceman vs. Randy Couture III

JASON MILLER

You’re somewhere between the ages of 13 and 21. You’ve been watching MMA for a long time — ever since the first episode of The Iron Ring. You’ve never actually seen Jason Miller fight, but you think he’s funny on Bully Beatdown, and you like his hair. You’ve heard good things about this “Fedro” guy. You have an extensive sneaker collection, but don’t own any shirts with collars. You want to start taking lessons at the BJJ school that just opened up in the strip-mall across town, but mom’s being a bitch about it, what else is new. You have HPV.
Your favorite fight: (tie) Jake Shields vs. Jonathan, Jake Tyler vs. Ryan McCarthy

NICK DIAZ

You grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. The town that side of the tracks was located in was really not that bad, but still, you’re from the worst part of it and people need to recognize that. You most likely finished high school or at least eventually got around to getting your GED, or maybe you got confused and did both. One thing you are not confused about, however, is your personal policy of taking no shit off nobody. This has led to numerous unnecessary fistfights, loud arguments with family members on various front lawns, and a lifetime ban from at least one bowling alley. You don’t have a girlfriend, because bitches are always expecting you to go and do stuff with them, so forget that noise. You probably work in a service industry establishment, but the goal of both you and your manager is to keep you from interacting with the customers at all costs, which is why you now work “in the back.” You smoke a lot of weed, even though you have to take a drug test every six months. You just get some pee from your ten-year-old cousin and outsmart those fuckers. You absolutely love jam bands.
Your favorite fight: Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi

RANDY COUTURE

Let's get one thing straight — you don't think the government has any right to blow our hard-earned tax dollars giving health coverage to illegal immigrants and the children of deadbeats, and even if the American health-care system needed to be reformed — and it doesn't, but if it did, hypothetically speaking — Barack Hussein Fidel Obama is definitely not the man to make it happen. You're somewhere between 30 and 50 years old and you're on at least one maintenance medication, maybe for heartburn, maybe for back pain. You used to be quite the athlete back in high school; these days you like to show the youngsters on the company softball team that an old man can still slide into home if necessary, though the last time you did that you pulled your groin so hard you had to sit out the rest of the season. You have at least two beautiful children, and at least one horrible fucking bitch of an ex-wife.
Your favorite fight: Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga

DIEGO SANCHEZ

You don’t believe in organized religion, but you do believe in some vague idealogy that you identify as “spirituality.” Basically that means you’ve gained a shallow understanding of a bunch of different religions and philosophies, but they all kind of blend together in your mind now and you think that's awesome. You are a man of few words, or possibly a woman of many, many words, which you say in an annoying cadence that you’ve practiced in front of the mirror. You may work for an outdoor outfitter of some kind, probably REI, or else you’ve held a series of different jobs with various non-profit groups. You believe in the power of crystals. You’re pretty sure that “The Secret” is the most important book of the last 500 years. You have no problem picking up an acoustic guitar and strumming it at a party, though you don’t actually know how to play.
Your favorite fight: Sanchez vs. Kenny Florian

MATT HUGHES

You believe in three things: God, guns, and the USofA, not necessarily in that order. You still live in the town where you grew up and you love to get together with other former high school classmates of yours (also still living in town) and talk about how the kids coming up nowadays are all skinny jeans-wearing queers. Hard work is practically a second religion to you, and you’ve yet to encounter a social problem that couldn’t be solved by people rolling up their sleeves and/or pulling themselves up by their bootstraps. Ball-busting isn’t just a hobby of yours, it’s how you show affection to the people in your life since you are too emotionally crippled to tell them how you feel. The Bible is very important to you, and you’re one of the few people you know who has read the whole thing, even the loopy stuff about not judging people and turning the other cheek, which is all just metaphors for other stuff anyway. You drive an American truck, and you got a satellite dish with DVR just so you never have to miss Glenn Beck. You literally carry your NRA card around with you in your wallet, just in case.
Your favorite fight: Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre I, also known as the one that really counted.

QUINTON JACKSON

Well, you haven't been watching this season of TUF — otherwise, your favorite fighter would be Rashad Evans. Nevertheless, you're a dude from California or the South who enjoys rap music and fast cars. The car you actually drive is a broken-down wreck, and you don't have insurance, but you plan on buying an Audi R8 someday, probably right after you start your record label. The quality you admire most in people is realness. You don't like stuck-up snobs, cocky loudmouths, or foul bitches. You're sad that Rampage might be retiring from MMA, but you can't hate a man for chasing paper. In grade school, you were diagnosed as having a learning disability; it's not that you can't read, exactly, it's just that anything worth learning can be found outside of books, you feel me? You may also be one of the many Asian chicks that Rampage has run through over the years, in which case you're a fun-loving girl who loves to dance, particularly on top of cars at import shows.
Your favorite fight: Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva III

WANDERLEI SILVA

You are the kind of person who, when asked to describe yourself, claims to “love life.” You’re enthusiastic, outgoing, and you legitimately enjoy dancing rather than simply using it as a stepping-stone to sex. You like movies, but only the ones where there isn’t too much talking. You’ve had at least one bartending job in your career history. You have a very large social circle that includes a ton of friends, but none of them would know when your birthday is if they didn’t see it on Facebook. The only person you’d really say that you dislike is “Rampage” Jackson, but really, no, you don’t hate him. You just feel sad for the guy. You miss the days of soccer kicks and face stomps in MMA, and you wonder if the time will ever come when hearing “Sandstorm” doesn’t cause a nostalgic pain in your chest. You’re still good friends with all of your ex-girlfriends – even the ones who dumped you for cheating on them – and you don’t think that’s weird at all.
Your favorite fight: (tie) Silva vs. Jackson I & II

TITO ORTIZ

You're one of the three people in the above photo. Seriously. There would be no other explanation for why, in the year 2009, this marble-mouthed egomaniac is your favorite fighter. Next thing you're gonna tell us is that Heidi Montag is your favorite singer and Jon Gosselin is your favorite father. Give us a freakin' break here.
Your favorite fight: Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock I

FRANK SHAMROCK

First of all, the reason people dislike you is not because you’re an insufferable prick. You know this. It’s because you’re a goddamn winner. Who are we kidding -- life is a contest. The person with the biggest house, the most successful businesses, and the most conventionally attractive wife is the person who’s on top, always, no matter what other (jealous) people say about him. This is part of what attracts you to MMA. In your eyes, it is a Darwinian struggle for survival. Just like in college when you bagged way more quality tail than any of the brothers in your fraternity, in life you only go for the best – and Shamrock is the best ever. Sure, he’s getting older and slowing down a little now. So are you, if we’re being honest. But that doesn’t mean you aren’t still smarter, richer, and in possession of straighter, more perfect teeth than all these ignorant young bucks eyeing your corner office every day. You most likely live in a gated community and only read books from the self-help regions of the bookstore. The one exception is Conrad Hilton’s “Be My Guest.” You have kids, and your idea of parenting is routinely explaining to them that they are better than other kids. You once talked your wife into going to a swingers party. It was okay. Every chick there wanted you so bad but had to try and act cool about it. You never tire of quoting the movie “Wall Street.”
Your favorite fight: Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz

KIMBO SLICE

One night while cruising YouTube for 52 Blocks instructional videos, you came across Kimbo's infamous backyard fights, and your world has never been the same. I mean, this dude could knock out a full-grown elephant and had an iron chin under his beard. You didn't really start following MMA until Kimbo joined up with EliteXC a couple years back, but the sport's definitely grown on you, even if you still prefer when the fighters just throw hands. Grappling's aight, but it's basically for people who are too pussy to stand and bang. You're gainfully employed, either as a customer service specialist in a cell phone store or as a restaurant manager. You have a great appreciation for all the beautiful women who spread joy throughout the world in the form of pornography. Kimbo's "enemy/inner me" speech on TUF inspired you to quit smoking weed; you lasted four days. You get pissed off when someone mentions Sean Gannon because, let's face it, that fight was a fiasco and the rules clearly weren't established beforehand. You get pissed off when someone mentions Seth Petruzelli because fuck that pink-haired fairy.
Your favorite fight: Kimbo vs. Big Mac

SHINYA AOKI

You're a young student who's interested in fashion and music. Your parents are very strict, and they would disown you if they found out that you sometimes smoke cigarettes with your friends and that you regularly sell your underwear to Mr. Nishimura at the video store. You have great respect for the UFC, but you still feel that Japanese MMA is the strongest. You have a recurring nightmare in which this happens. You think Aoki's colorful tights are sexy, and you hope to meet him one day and spend time with him at a Love Hotel. You'd also like to meet a real African-American, just so you can tell your classmates that you did. Your name is Dave, and you live in Wisconsin.
Your favorite fight: Aoki vs. Katsuhiko Nagata (Aokiplata! Yatta!)

Fantasy TUF 10: Episode 5

It's Wednesday night, so it's time for "The Ultimate Fighter." Time to tune in and see if the producers are able to involve Kimbo Slice with absolutely every scene on the show.
Starting off, Rashad Evans is flying high because his team is 4-0, but that happiness won't last long as Matt Mitrione hurts his shoulder. "Meathead" considers a cortizone shot, but Evans points out the many reasons why it's a bad idea.
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson complains about his team's losing record and says that the constant losing is messing with his sex life. There must be a lot of unhappy Asian girls out there.
Wes Sims claims that he stepped on some of Jensen's ... um ... swimmers when he took a shower. Jensen denies that he did it. If Wes only knew how much worse it could have been (I am talking about you, Dave Kaplan).

Is Meathead really hurt?
Meathead's shoulder is still hurting, but he really wants to fight. Evans isn't buying it that Meathead is ready, mentally or physically. Asst. coach Trevor Wittman's plan is to just work Meathead as hard as he can.
At Team Rampage's practice, Jensen and Sims are rolling when Jensen suddenly passes out. He is apparently OK, as the show comes back from commercial focusing on Meathead and the veracity of his shoulder injury. His teammates are questioning if he's really hurt, and the coaches aren't believing him.
Finally, Rashad Evans makes the fight announcement. Wes Sims from Team Rampage will face Justin Wren from Team Rashad. Hurrah! Wes Sims has not been shown enough throughout this season, and his brand of crazy deserves airtime. He doesn't get it right away, though, because Marcus Jones is pissed off. He thought Rashad was going to pick him to fight, and he was "pissed off" that he's still not given a fight.
Kimbo Slice line of the night: "I hear that Justin Wren is some Greco-Roman wrestler ... whatever the [expletive] that is ..." The sound you hear? That's Dan Henderson crying.
Well done, Spike producers. You worked Kimbo into this episode. He again talks about how he's going to fight again, so much so that Sims asks, "You're not going to push me down the stairs, are you?"
Ahh! There's crazy Wes! First, he says that he trains in an elite group. Next, he lifts up his shirt and says he's going to win because, "MY GOD, LOOK AT THIS BODY!" Well, alright then. He later says that Kimbo is trying to teach Jensen street smarts, specifically teaching Jensen how to shank someone. It will be useful should Jensen ever get thrown in jail.

(Team Tommy's) Wes Sims (Coach Rampage) vs. (Team Adam's) Justin Wren (Coach Rashad)
Round 1: Wren immediately tries for a takdown, but Sims does a decent job staying in the clinch and not allowing a takedown. After they break apart, Wren tries again, takes Sims down and gets him in an arm triangle. Rampage continues his streak of great coaching by yelling, "Get out, Wes!" Unfortunately for him, Wes does not get out. He also does not tap out. He passes out, and Wren wins.
Again, Rampage does not go into the cage to take care of his guy. He asks, "Am I cursed?" No, maybe your fighters are poorly coached? Wes Shivers tries to defend Rampage by saying that Rampage isn't a coach, but you don't have to be John Wooden to know that you console your guys after a loss.
Evans tells Rampage that he needs to do a better job coaching, and it breaks down into their typical jawing match. Will these two ever get along?

-(Team Adam's) Justin Wren def. (Team Tommy's) Wes Sims via Arm Triangle in Round 1 for 10pts.
-Team CJ, Team Roxanne, Team Roy, and Team Adam each earn 1pt for having Rashad as their coach.

The Iceman Danceth No More

Chuck Liddell, who proudly carried the MMA flag as he stumbled through the reality show "Dancing With the Stars," will no longer have to wear frilly outfits and plod through dances. He and his partner Anna Trebunskaya were voted off the ABC show on Tuesday night.

But what a run it was. Who would have expected that the UFC Hall of Famer would take to the dance floor? He didn't have much natural dance talent, but he clearly worked hard on every routine that he was assigned. His best dance was the intense tango, but in the end, his lack of improvement is probably what made both the show's voters and the judges give up on Chuck.

"Dancing With the Stars" made its debut in 2005, right around when Liddell was beginning his reign atop the UFC light heavyweight division. Who would have thought, just four years later, that MMA would become mainstream enough that Liddell would be one of the stars on the show?

The Iceman Danceth 4: Attack of the Two Step

(Props: PROMMA)

Traditionally performed by drunken rednecks, the two-step was supposed to be right in Chuck Liddell's sweet spot. And still these goddamned bloodsucking judges criticized his lack of grace on last night's Dancing With the Stars. Fine, so he was more of a prop for Anna Trebunskaya in this round, but at least he got to lift her over his head a couple times. (Check out the 0:43 mark during the training montage; I'm sure it took a tremendous amount of self-control not to power-bomb that chick through the basement.)

In the end, the Iceman's skill with a lasso and ability to take a head-kick weren't enough to win over the so-called "experts," and he ended up with a score of 17 (just like last week), putting him near the bottom once again; Michael Irvin and Louie Vito tied for dead-last with scores of 16. Let's put that in perspective: Even if Cecil Peoples showed up as a special guest judge and added a perfect 10 to Liddell's score, he'd still have one less point than Melissa Joan Hart and Mya. Whatever the dance-studio equivalent of American Top Team is, Chuck needs to go there immediately and start expanding his toolkit, because the younger, hungrier celebrity dancers are closing in, just waiting for a chance to make their names off of him.

UFC 106: Forrest vs Tito 2

With Mark Coleman forced to bow out of a UFC 106 clash with Tito Ortiz (15-6-1 MMA, 14-6-1 UFC) due to an injury suffered in training, Forrest Griffin (16-6 MMA, 7-4 UFC) has stepped up to fill the vacant role.
Yahoo! Sports was the first to report the matchup, which will serve as the co-feature of "UFC 106: Lesnar vs. Carwin" on Nov. 21 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The UFC has since officially announced the contest.
The bout will serve as a rematch of a razor-thin split-decision affair at UFC 59 in April 2006. Ortiz walked away with the win that night in the "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy's" most recent win over someone not named Ken Shamrock.
Ortiz fights for the first time since May 2008. During the layoff, Ortiz was courted by every major MMA promotion, but the former champ ultimately decided to return to the organization that made him a star.
Ortiz had back surgery during the break and now claims he is in the best health he has enjoyed in years.
Griffin looks to snap a two-fight losing streak. The fan-favorite and former "The Ultimate Fighter" winner suffered a TKO loss to Rashad Evans in a light heavyweight title match in December 2008. He was then dominated in a first-round knockout loss to Anderson Silva at UFC 101 in August.
Griffin sprinted out of the cage that night and has been relatively media-shy since the loss.

With the change to the card, UFC 106 now includes:

-Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin (UFC Heavyweight Title)
-Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
-Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira*
-Ricardo Almeida vs. Jon Fitch*
-Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan*

-Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah
-Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders
-Jason Dent vs. George Sotiropoulos

* - Not officially announced

Can Rashad Really Sweep the First Round?

TEAM RASHAD's remaining fighters:

Justin Wren (Rashad's #3 pick), Darrill Schoonover (#6), Matt Mitrione (#7), Mike Wessel (#8)

TEAM RAMPAGE's remaining fighters:

Wes Sims (Rampage's #4 pick), Scott Junk (#5), Marcus Jones (#7), Zak Jensen (#8)

Thanks to a couple of boneheaded fight picks by Quinton Jackson, followed by a couple of spot-on matchups by Rashad Evans, Team Rashad has gone up 4-0 on this season of The Ultimate Fighter. We've seen this kind of thing happen before on TUF, where one side takes an early lead and has the other team playing catchup. But this feels different. Rampage started off as an inept coach, and last night's episode showed that he's basically stopped trying. His team is absolutely rudderless. The psychological advantages that Rashad's guys have over Rampage's are profound. Could Team Rashad actually sweep the first round of fights, 8-0?

Strictly based on talent, it'll be a close race from here on out. Obviously, the order in which the fighters were picked by their coaches isn't a direct correlation to their talent levels — otherwise Roy Nelson would have been picked second overall and Kimbo Slice would have been picked ninth, not the other way around — but for the last four preliminary fights, each team is now left with one top-eight pick, and three bottom-eight picks. If Rashad is smart (and he absolutely is), he'll do the following...

— Realize that Darrill Schoonover, despite his soft-spoken manner and man-boobs, is just as dangerous and well-rounded as Justin Wren. Since Wren backed out of the fight with his homeboy Scott Junk, Team Rashad will need someone else to take on the big, tough Hawaiian. With a pro record of 10-0 (all wins by stoppage), Titties is a dark horse candidate to win the entire show, and his chances against Junk are solid.

— Don't put Matt Mitrione up against Marcus Jones, since he's clearly intimidated by the Big Baby. If Rashad wanted to teach Matt a lesson for his snitchin', he might let that match go on as planned. But if the goal is to shut out Team Rampage, the weak-willed Mitrione should be thrown at Rampage's last pick, Zak Jensen. We haven't seen enough of Jensen to completely pass judgment yet, but he didn't seem to impress anybody during the workouts in the first episode, and that should tell you something.

— Match Wren up with the next toughest guy on Team Rampage, which is probably half-crazy veteran Wes Sims. Sims is damn near seven feet tall, and has had more pro fights than any other contestant on the show. Does that make him unbeatable? Not even close. Someone with strong wrestling fundamentals and heavy hands like Wren could give an excitable fighter like Sims big trouble. MMA math time: Wren's last fight before coming on the show was a TKO victory over Chris Guillen; in 2007, Guillen beat Sims twice.

— By default, send in the very capable Mike Wessel against Marcus Jones, and hope that Jones's questionable gas tank, boiling emotions, and shaky form conspire to give the Big Baby a loss. Being a monster in practice doesn't mean you'll be a monster in an actual fight, and Jones could easily go out wheezing like Wes Shivers.

Fantasy TUF 10: Episode 4

After the biggest fight in the history of "The Ultimate Fighter" history, it's little surprise that Roy Nelson vs. Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson is still a hot topic of conversation on this week's fourth episode of "TUF 10."
After again watching Nelson smother Ferguson in the crucifix position and earning the TKO victory, their fellow cast members weigh in on the bout.
Matt Mitrione and Darrill Schoonover are impressed – by Kimbo. But as most of the fighters admit, Kimbo just had too much to learn about the ground game too quickly and couldn't overcome such an experienced opponent.
After cutting back to the action immediately after the fight, Nelson takes a victory lap around the cage and thanks a handful of guys for loudly counting out the unanswered blows that ultimately ended the fight. (Nelson, in fact, discussed the strategy before the fight and said that by audibly counting the blows, a referee has no choice but to stop a fight.)
The comment, though, infuriates rival coach Quinton Jackson, who says he "can't stand that fat mother [expletive]." You know, because if there's anyone who simply won't tolerate goofing around, it's the buttoned-up and straight-laced Rampage.
Now that the Kimbo show is over, Rashad announces that Brendan Schaub will fight Demico Rogers.

(Team Tammy's) Brendan Schaub (Coach Rashad) vs (Team Roy's) Demico Rogers (Coach Rampage)

The competitors head to the cage, get their last-minute pep talks, we check out the tale of the tape (both guys are 6-foot-4 with 4-0 records), Dana White handles the introductions, and then referee Josh Rosenthal gets things underway.
No touch of the gloves, and Demico shoots early for the takedown. Brendan locks in a guillotine while on his knees, rolls over but pops back to his feet and lets go of the hold. The fighters briefly clinch before heading to the center of the cage, where Brendan works his jab. The fighters swing wildly before Demico shoots and gets his takedown. Brendan, though, ties him up and prompts the referee to issue a warning to get busy. Demico postures up but lands little as Brendan defends from his back. Demico, though, gets through an elbow and then passes to half guard. Demico lands a couple nice forearm strikes from the dominant position but is bucked off his opponent when he tries to catch a breather. Brendan immediately takes the top position and delivers some ground and pound and a lunging right from the standing position. Brendan then swiftly locks in an anaconda choke and forces Demico to tap midway through the first round.
Sadly, no one from Team Rampage, Rampage included, enters the cage to tend to Demico. As he gets to his feet, Rashad and his coaches give him an embrace and let him know he was a game competitor.
"You know, all the things you're supposed to tell someone who lost to build them back up," Rashad says.
Rampage sits outside the cage and complains of his bad luck and criticizes Demico for getting tapped out. Rashad is really bothered by Rampage's complete disinterest in his own fighter.
"That's horrible," he says.
Rampage finally takes the time to talk to Demico and says "that's why I don't believe in passing guard and all that stuff." He then walks away and says he needs a meeting with his coaches.
Rampage, down 4-0, criticizes his coaches for telling Demico to pass guard since he's "too green."
Back in the Team Rashad locker room, the team is celebrating. Brendan, though, says he's a little disappointed that he wasn't more dominating but is happy he got the win without an injury.

-(Team Tammy's) Brendan Schaub def. (Team Roy's) Demico Rogers via Anaconda Choke in Round 1 for 10pts.
-Team CJ, Team Roxanne, Team Roy, and Team Adam each earn 1pt for having Rashad as their coach.

The Iceman Danceth 3: The Samba Strikes Back

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On a night that Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin stole the show with her sexy rumba, Chuck Liddell and his dance partner Anna Trebunskaya kept his head above water with a samba on "Dancing with the Stars."

The Iceman took time out from dancing to get a pedicure with his daughter which was supposed to bring out his feminine side. It worked, as he was comfortable with the dance and even appeared to have fun doing the "party dance." He started the dance with frilly sleeves but ripped them off and even threw a kick towards the judges.

"You thoroughly entertained me," said judge Len Goodman. "It was like a samba from zombie town, but zombie town is a hit!" said Bruno Tonioli. I have no idea what that means, but Carrie-Ann Inaba at least made sense, saying, "It was rough, but it was fun." He scored a 17 overall, placing him near the bottom but not last among the dancers.

Liddell and Trebunskaya are taking their show on the road, as they will sign autographs before WEC 43 in San Antonio. Vote for Chuck and Anna here.

Upcoming Fights

Here are some key upcoming MMA fight cards:

WEC 43 on Versus
Sat 10/10
San Antonio, TX
-Donald Cerrone vs. Benson Henderson (WEC Interim Lightweight Title)
-Dave Jansen vs. Richard Crunkilton Jr.
-Will Campuzano vs. Damacio Page
-Rafael Assuncao vs. Yves Jabouin

UFC 104 on PPV
Sat 10/24
Los Angeles, CA
-Lyoto Machida vs. Shogun Rua (UFC Light Heavyweight Title)
-Ben Rothwell vs. Cain Velasquez
-Josh Neer vs. Gleison Tibau
-Spencer Fisher vs. Joe Stevenson
-Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Strikeforce on CBS
Sat 11/7
Chicago, IL
-Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers
-Mayhem Miller vs. Jake Shields (Strikeforce Middleweight Title)*
-Gegard Mousasi vs. TBA*

UFC 105 on Spike TV
Sat 11/14
Manchester, England
-Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera
-Michael Bisping vs. Denis Kang
-Dan Hardy vs. Mike Swick
-Matt Brown vs. James Wilks
-Ross Pearson vs. Aaron Riley

WEC 44 on Versus
Wed 11/18
Las Vegas, NV
-Mike Brown vs. Jose Aldo (WEC Featherweight Title)
-Manny Gamburyan vs. Leonard Garcia
-Rob McCullough vs. Anthony Pettis*

UFC 106 on PPV
Sat 11/21
Las Vegas, NV
-Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin (UFC Heavyweight Title)
-Mark Coleman vs. Tito Ortiz
-Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira*
-Ricardo Almeida vs. Jon Fitch*
-Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan*

TUF 10 Live Finale on Spike TV
Sat 12/5
Las Vegas, NV
-Finalist No. 1 vs. Finalst No. 2
-Matt Hamill vs. Jon Jones*
-Frankie Edgar vs. Kurt Pellegrino*

UFC 107 on PPV
Sat 12/12
Memphis, TN
-BJ Penn vs. Diego Sanchez (UFC Lightweight Title)*
-Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida*
-Cheick Kongo vs. Frank Mir*
-Thiago Alves vs. Paulo Thiago*
-Paul Buentello vs. Todd Duffee*

UFC 108 on PPV
Sat 1/2/10
Las Vegas, NV
-Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort (UFC Middleweight Title)*
-Rashad Evans vs Thiago Silva*
-Joe Lauzon vs. Sam Stout*

UFC 109*
Sat 1/30/10

UFC 110*
Sat 2/6/10
Las Vegas, NV

TUF 11 Debut on Spike TV*
Wed 4/14/10

* - Not officially announced

Spike TV's Kimbo Slice vs Roy Nelson Gets 6 Million Viewers on The Ultimate Fighter

Reports are that last night's episode of The Ultimate Fighter: The Heavyweights featuring Kimbo Slice vs Roy Nelson broke all records for MMA on Spike TV with an average of 5.3 million viewers for the whole episode and 6.1 million views for the fight itself.
This puts Kimbo Slice vs Roy Nelson as the fourth most viewed MMA fight in U.S. history. Kimbo has now fought in three out of the four most viewed fights in American MMA history.
TV By The Numbers is reporting that TUF was competitive with the big three networks in viewership in that time slot -- "CSI: NY" on CBS drew 12.87 million viewers, "Eastwick" on ABC drew 6.62 million, and "The Jay Leno Show" drew 5.99 million.
Update from Michael Rome: The show did a 3.7 Household rating according to MMA Payout. That is the highest household rating a mixed martial arts show has ever done, though admittedly it's not fair to compare a one hour show to two or three hour broadcasts.

The UFC put together terrific television last night, as the organization turned what many were predicting to be a disaster (i.e., Kimbo’s presumed loss to Nelson) into, well, perhaps not quite gold, but something that’s likely to keep a strong level of viewer interest through the remainder of the season, even if Kimbo does not (as was hinted in the preview of next week’s episode) immediately receive a second chance in the tournament.
The UFC took the exact opposite tack as that taken by EliteXC, which promoted Kimbo as an almost unbeatable freak (recall announcer Gus Johnson’s excitement at having seen the greatest "upset" in MMA history when Seth Petruzelli KO’d Kimbo).
Last night’s Kimbo was likable and intelligent, and even turned introspective towards the camera discussing his need to defeat his "enemy," his "enemy," his "inner me." Truly great stuff.

The UFC will bring these numbers to networks, who won't be able to deny the UFC's reach when the ratings in the 18-34 demographic rivaled all but the biggest NFL games. I suspect these numbers will really help the UFC get the network deal they want.
Further, six million people tuned in to see Roy Nelson last night. There is no other way six million people would have ever heard of Roy Nelson if not for Kimbo Slice. All of those fans were also exposed to a barrage of UFC 104 advertisements, as well as a number of great lines from Rampage Jackson. Nobody can argue that any of this is bad for the sport.

Fantasy TUF 10: Episode 3

Little is needed in the way of setup for Episode No. 3 of "The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights."
The hype has come to an end, and it's time for Team Rampage's Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson to meet Team Rashad's Roy Nelson.
As the episode opens, we see a reflective Slice discussing the emotional and spiritual journey that the season has already become for him. Slice even considers that the enemies he's always felt attacked him were generated more by his "inner me," and that there may come a time when the beard is shaved and Slice is put to rest, leaving Ferguson in control.
It's a moment of honest reflection that may come as a surprise to those Slice as a simple street thug.
Meanwhile, back at the house, several cast members consider just how big of a fight this matchup really is. In a different time, a different place, the bout could have earned both pugilists a hefty payday. Here, it's just about moving one step closer to the UFC.
At the gym, coach Rashad Evans shares a bit of insight regarding his fighter. While "Big Country" has appeared a bit difficult to deal with in the opening two episodes, Evans explains that Nelson is simply an independent personality who doesn't easily offer his trust to others.
Evans, who selected the matchup between Nelson and Slice, explains that he felt the former IFL champ's experience was a key reason why he could succeed. Fighting Slice is enough to put pressure on anyone, and Evans feels Nelson is prepared to handle it.
Before the fight, Evans' teammate Keith Jardine shows up to the training facility. The mixture of Evans, Jardine and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson at the facility immediately starts a bit of friendly trash talking, though it quickly escalates when "Sugar" prods Jackson. It's a rivalry that unfortunately no longer matters, and the tension of the scene – even as Jackson accuses Evans of ducking him – loses a bit of fire when you realize the anticipated fight won't come to fruition.
Fellow Greg Jackson product James McSweeney does find himself embroiled in the scene, and the bickering nearly turns to blows. Evans stands between the two, and the scene ends without a physical altercation.
After a quick break, we see Slice preparing for the bout under the supervision of Jackson and assistant coach Tiki Ghosn. The team is working to help Slice escape when mounted, but the coaches seem to disagree on the best strategy for the striker to use.
Jackson uses the session to take a few more swipes at Nelson's physique, but the coaches also seem to be giving Slice several different potential strategies to use. Slice insists it's not too overwhelming.
Back at the house, Nelson's team is confident in his chances on the feet, comparing Slice's head movement to that of a bobblehead. Nelson discusses the benefits of the crucifix position to his team and how counting the blows as they land forces the match referee into action. Time will tell if this is creative foreshadowing.
Back at the gym the next morning, Team Rampage is working hard. One member is forced to bow out of the session a bit early, and Jackson quickly wonders where Marcus Jones has gone.
Jones is nursing a knee injury, though his attitude quickly changes when another Team Rampage member says he wants to fight after Slice. Jones is irate, claiming he should be next in line to compete. There's a few tense moments between Jones and Jackson, but the situation is quickly diffused. Jones admits that despite his massive size, he's a bit of a sensitive soul. Flowers play an important role in his day-to-day life. Seriously.
Slice and Jones are seen discussing their backgrounds, and the two admit they've developed a strong bond. Slice says it's important for him to stay humble regardless of his feats, claiming "A bird that flies high must eventually come to the earth for water."
Jones admits he respects Slice for dealing with the adversity he has faced throughout his life. Slice reciprocates the emotion.
Soon after, it's weigh-in day. Slices registers 230 pounds, while Nelson slides in just under the division limit at 264 pounds.
White tells Nelson he doesn't look 264 pounds, but a quick lift of "Big Country's" T-shirt – and a glimpse of a protruding belly – changes the UFC exec's mind.
As final preparations are made, both teams express confidence in their fighters, and everyone says they are looking forward to the action. Jackson offers some last-minute support by shaving his head in homage to Slice.
Finally, it's fight time.

(Team Tommy's) Kimbo Slice (Coach Rampage) vs (Team Jon's) Roy Nelson (Coach Rashad)

Round 1: Nelson opens up by pumping his jab while Slice gauges distance. Nelson lands the first punch, and Slice tries to counter to no avail. Slice finally answers with a powerful, surprising low kick.
Over a minute in, and the pace is moderate. Nelson actually more active with his strikes, but the offense is hardly massive. Slice finally does open his attack, and he lands a few punches as Nelson is trapped against the fence. Nelson rushes off and shoots, though Slice defends well.
Nelson continues to push in for the takedown in the clinch, though Slice maintains his balance. However, Nelson will not relent and eventually earns a nice trip, then transitions quickly to mount.
Slice tries to keep Nelson pulled tight, but Nelson postures and moves to side control. Slice nearly lands a smooth sweep off of the cage, but Nelson powers back into side control. "Big Country" traps the arm for the aforementioned crucifix position, then proceeds to land more than 40 left-hand shots to Slice's forehead. Referee Herb Dean watches the action closely, but the blows aren't being delivered with much authority. As such, Dean allows the round to play out, a clear 10-9 for Nelson.
Round 2: Slice starts more aggressively in the second, opening with a jab. A right hand scores for the slugger, and a left follows. A second left glances in as well, and Nelson rushes forward. Slice scores a shot in the clinch, but when he throws a knee he is dumped on his back.
Nelson moves immediately back to side control and steps over the right arm to regain crucifix position. With his team counting off the shots, Nelson lands another 20-plus soft shots to the head. Dean warns Slice, then steps in at the 2:01 mark of the second frame for the TKO stoppage.
Nelson parades around the cage, but UFC president Dana White compared the winning shots to letting "my daughter pin me down and hit me."

-(Team Jon's) Roy Nelson def. (Team Tommy's) Kimbo Slice via TKO in Round 2 for 9pts.
-Team CJ, Team Roxanne, Team Roy, and Team Adam each earn 1pt for having Rashad as their coach.

White admits he respects the effort from Slice and encourages him to improve throughout the rest of the episode. And as White reminds us, an injury could easily allow Slice back into the tournament – a fact that becomes immediately relevant as Jones' injury appears to take center stage in Episode No. 4.