TUF Season 10: Week 2

So, My favourite show on television is in it's second week back. It is looking like it could be an exciting season with the trash talk between Rashad & Rampage, but the fights could be really lackluster is they go more than 1 round.

As I saw tonight, monster Wes Shivers (ex NFL reject) is not fit to be a professional fighter. The dude has massive power and can put someone out if he ever figures out how to lead his opponent's chin like a Drew Bledsoe spiral.

He looked like I would have looked into a second round of a fight.

James McSweeney looked fucked scared to death to get within reach of the Shiv, and with good reason. McSweeney, though, started landing thuderous leg-kicks and I thought he took the 1st round, but it was close.

The 2nd round was McSweeney getting in a shot and Shivers not moving an inch from the corner he chose to chill in. McSweeney almost ended it with a head kick after a nice right-hand, but couldn't put him away.

Two things I noticed about the fight: 1. Shivers is a cock. He wouldn't start the fight with a glove touch and after he punted McSweeney's nuts across the cage, he wouldn't tap gloves again. What a cock. 2. Rampage is fucking stupid.

The second point is many fold. The 1st, he is a terrible coach. The guy is brutal at picking fights. During his season against Forrest, I thought his choices sucked, but maybe he just didn't know any better. But after week 1, where he put his stand-up fighter with zero ground skills up against the other team's best wrestler, I made up my mind.

Then, this week he chooses immobile object to go against Rashad's number 1 pick? Give me a break Rampage.

The second, and biggest, reason he is a fucking idiot is his recent decision to quit the UFC and MMA for acting. Specifically, he is quitting to play B.A. in an A-Team movie that will suck pretty hard.

Now, Rampage's last fight was against Keith Jardine, a good fighter, but not a big money draw. Rampage got paid $325,000 for the fight (including a win bonus), not including any ammount he got for sponsorships and percentages of the gate and future DVD sales. His fight against Rashad at the end of the season could have gotten him $500,000 guaranteed with a potential total earnings of over $1M.

There is no way that Rampage will get paid big money for his movie role (which is probably why he is getting the part). Rampage is turning down guaranteed huge money for the hope that he can turn a good performance in a joke of a movie into a huge movie career. That shit won't happen. Rampage will never make $1M for a movie. No way.


Anyways, back to the show. James McSweeney ended up winning the fight by majority decision, and Rashad gained control of the fights. He did what I thought he would and chose Kimbo. What surprised me is that he put him up against Roy Nelson.

In my opinion, Roy Nelson was the biggest name on this season. Sure, Kimbo was the more recognizable, but Nelson was the first IFL Heavyweight Champ and defended it twice before IFL folded. Nelson is the real deal and should not have even had to go through the Ultimate Fighter to make it in the UFC.

So, next week should be the big draw for the season. For the show's sake, I hope Kimbo wins. The ratings will plumet if Kimbo is eliminated, as there is no coach pay-off this season. All the back and forth that we will see with Rashad and Rampage will lead nowhere, and it's a shame. That was a fight I was looking forward to.


Oh well. can't wait for next week.