Thursday, June 08, 2006
The Ultimate Fighter 3 - Semi Finals
Just got done watching the first semi-finals show for UFC's The Ultimate Fighter season 3 and man it was the best showing of this reality show in all three seasons. They got the formula right with the reality of the subject as well as the quality of the fighting.
The little side game this week was fun and great to watch. Ken Shamrock the pool hustler!!! Dana announced a $10,000 pool game between the coaches and Ken immediately busted up with "I can't play pool". lol great stuff. Tito shows he feels its in the bank because Ken says he doesn't play pool. They get over to the pool table and......wait a minute...Ken runs the table! AND THEN DOES IT AGAIN to take the 10k. wow. Ken Shamrock you hustler! Those guys are so competitive you can tell how much Ken loves winning and Tito hates losing even in a pool game. Good stuff.
As most people probably suspected Matt Hamill was injured and couldn't continue. At this point Tait Fletcher was offered the chance to fight again in the semi finals and he turned down Dana White. I was completely stunned at this point as were Tito, Ken and Dana. If you brand yourself enough a warrior to compete in MMA as a career then you take any and every fight thrown in front of you. If they bring you in there and promise you a contract if you fight the Iceman then you do it! You might get your butt kicked but you fight the man with all you have. Tait struck me as a warrior but proved that not to be the case when he turned down this opportunity. Kristian also turned down the fight but I was less suprised because I feel he decided he didn't want MMA as a career. Mike Nickels is revealed to also be injured so they have no fighter for 205!!! At this point the reality of the fight is crazy and I'm standing in the living room stunned because they have no guy.....Who's going to fight? Then Dana says I have the guy...
Ross Pointon from the middleweight competition!!!
I'm totally stoked at this point as Ross walks into the meeting and you know this guy isn't turning down any fight ever!! They sit him down, ask him if he wants the opportunity and with that heavy accent Ross accepts happily even before knowing he'll be fighting at 205. "Lets do it man." I love this guy and was sad to see him go when he lost. I think he'll put up a great fight and even possibly win it. Either way he's a winner as the UFC has shown itself to be generous down the road in allowing fighters who showed great heart and some ability to get onto their later fight cards. Fighting Kendal after cutting weight and against a much larger man at 6'6" was tough for him but he gave it a good one. I think he'll still an underdog against Bisping but he'll give it his best and maybe win!! Great TV and fun.
At this point I'm more than happy with the show but its fight time with two monsters fighting one another. 6'6" Kendall vs. 6'3" Kalib. This fight was a complete throw down with alot of very heavy shots thrown by both men. Kendall showed he's got to be the toughest man in the entire competition. His cardio is excellent, he took some serious shots from Kalib and didn't even seem winded. Kalib couldn't take those big long legs banging against his body and quit early in the third round due to hurt ribs. I think Kalib wasn't used to fighting guys who challenged him so much physically and just gave up. Broken or cracked ribs wouldn't have allowed him to compete as he did. He'll be back though.
Great show. I'm ready for the next one already. I think that Kendall has already earned a ticket to some big fights on UFC PPV showings with his performances. He's definitely been the standout fighter through the competition. I think that Ross Pointon is the biggest warrior on the competition even though he's probably the shortest at 5'8". Big props to that guy for taking the fight at 205 without a moments hesitation. He's a fighter and win or lose nobody can take that away from him.
Good job on season 3 so far UFC. ¶ 10:19 PM
The little side game this week was fun and great to watch. Ken Shamrock the pool hustler!!! Dana announced a $10,000 pool game between the coaches and Ken immediately busted up with "I can't play pool". lol great stuff. Tito shows he feels its in the bank because Ken says he doesn't play pool. They get over to the pool table and......wait a minute...Ken runs the table! AND THEN DOES IT AGAIN to take the 10k. wow. Ken Shamrock you hustler! Those guys are so competitive you can tell how much Ken loves winning and Tito hates losing even in a pool game. Good stuff.
As most people probably suspected Matt Hamill was injured and couldn't continue. At this point Tait Fletcher was offered the chance to fight again in the semi finals and he turned down Dana White. I was completely stunned at this point as were Tito, Ken and Dana. If you brand yourself enough a warrior to compete in MMA as a career then you take any and every fight thrown in front of you. If they bring you in there and promise you a contract if you fight the Iceman then you do it! You might get your butt kicked but you fight the man with all you have. Tait struck me as a warrior but proved that not to be the case when he turned down this opportunity. Kristian also turned down the fight but I was less suprised because I feel he decided he didn't want MMA as a career. Mike Nickels is revealed to also be injured so they have no fighter for 205!!! At this point the reality of the fight is crazy and I'm standing in the living room stunned because they have no guy.....Who's going to fight? Then Dana says I have the guy...
Ross Pointon from the middleweight competition!!!
I'm totally stoked at this point as Ross walks into the meeting and you know this guy isn't turning down any fight ever!! They sit him down, ask him if he wants the opportunity and with that heavy accent Ross accepts happily even before knowing he'll be fighting at 205. "Lets do it man." I love this guy and was sad to see him go when he lost. I think he'll put up a great fight and even possibly win it. Either way he's a winner as the UFC has shown itself to be generous down the road in allowing fighters who showed great heart and some ability to get onto their later fight cards. Fighting Kendal after cutting weight and against a much larger man at 6'6" was tough for him but he gave it a good one. I think he'll still an underdog against Bisping but he'll give it his best and maybe win!! Great TV and fun.
At this point I'm more than happy with the show but its fight time with two monsters fighting one another. 6'6" Kendall vs. 6'3" Kalib. This fight was a complete throw down with alot of very heavy shots thrown by both men. Kendall showed he's got to be the toughest man in the entire competition. His cardio is excellent, he took some serious shots from Kalib and didn't even seem winded. Kalib couldn't take those big long legs banging against his body and quit early in the third round due to hurt ribs. I think Kalib wasn't used to fighting guys who challenged him so much physically and just gave up. Broken or cracked ribs wouldn't have allowed him to compete as he did. He'll be back though.
Great show. I'm ready for the next one already. I think that Kendall has already earned a ticket to some big fights on UFC PPV showings with his performances. He's definitely been the standout fighter through the competition. I think that Ross Pointon is the biggest warrior on the competition even though he's probably the shortest at 5'8". Big props to that guy for taking the fight at 205 without a moments hesitation. He's a fighter and win or lose nobody can take that away from him.
Good job on season 3 so far UFC. ¶ 10:19 PM
