K*Lovely's TUF 12 Recap episode 3

On the previous episode we saw GSP use trickery to get the first pick he wanted and we saw “Bruce Leroy” become victorious and advance to the next round. This show opens with Lentz and Caceres back at the house sharing in a post fight drink. Lentz seems to take his loss like a man. Alex on the other hand is doing some bragging and explaining how the kicks to the head hit his afro so he didn’t feel them. This seems to get under the skin of his housemates. I mean really….the kid is only 21 and came to the house with a gimmick. What were you expecting, maturity?


The show moves on to the training, and its Team GSP that is up first. GSP is happy with the win but says that winning is not the only thing he is there for. He says that the guys on his team are already great fighters, but he wants to transform them into martial artist. To help with this transformation he brings in Gia Sissaouri to help with their wrestling. He wanted his team to experience what it was like to train with a world class athlete. The way they showed him tossing the team around, I’m sure it was quite an experience for all of them but also a great lesson.

Now, it’s time for Team Koscheck’s training. Koscheck feels that after the loss, the team needs to regroup and get ready mentally. As he says this they show the team losing momentum. They are complaining about being tired, needing potty breaks, getting their ass kicked in training….blah, blah, blah. Suck it up boys, after 12 seasons you should already know it’s not easy. This attitude sparks a Koscheck speech to the team. The speech works and you see the team kick into high gear for the rest of the training.

Fight pick time! Gsp goes with his number 1 pick- Michael Johnson and the opponent they choose is Aaron Wilkinson. During the stare down Wilkinson continued to touch his nose. I didn’t understand that. Is that a fighter thing? GSP states that Johnson is the best athlete on the team and feels that the fighters’ styles will match up well. Wilkinson, as well as Koscheck, feels the other team is underestimating him. Wilkinson believes he is a better striker and is better on the ground than Johnson.

Now in this episode we see the practical joke played by the coaches. I think Koscheck wins the award for the LAMEST joke in TUF history. The only joy & laughter I got from this joke was hearing GSP cuss in that cute accent of his. Koscheck thought it would be funny to have the team park their cars close enough to GSP’s car on both sides so that he couldn’t get in. Well, plan failed. GSP was able to maneuver his way into his car. Somehow Koscheck thought this trick would get into GSP’s head. WRONG KOSCHECK!!! You better keep training because it’s going to take more than that lame joke to mess with GSP’s game.

How would you like to have enough pull to tell Dana that you’d like to have Mike Tyson come in and talk with your team? Well, GSP has that kind of pull. No need to toot your own horn GSP, I’ll toot it for you…toot toot!! Dana delivers and brings Tyson to the training center. When Tyson walks into Johnson’s dressing room you see everyone’s face light up. GSP talks about how Tyson was his idol growing up & how he used to play Mike Tyson’s Punchout. Johnson is honored to have him there and it motivates him even more to get the win. Unfortunately, Koscheck doesn’t have that kind of pull so Wilkinson only has his team to help motivate him. I did see Jon Fitch sitting in his dressing room though, so that’s a plus.

Michael Johnson vs. Aaron Wilkinson

Round 1

They come out and Johnson shows a couple of fake moves and then hits with a leg kick. He seems to get the control pretty early. They both start to exchange punches & get a few kicks in. Johnson lands a punch that pushes Wilkinson against the fence. Johnson gets a takedown but Wilkinson quickly gets up and the fighters are back in the center of the ring. They continue to have an even amount of punches and kicks. When Johnson goes in for another kick Wilkinson catches his foot and uses that to push Johnson up against the fence but he can’t keep him there. Johnson gets a nice takedown in the center of the ring but Wilkinson is getting up as Johnson is trying to get his back for a choke. Wilkinson scores his own takedown and starts landing some elbows and punches. You can see it on Johnson’s face, that is not a position he’s not comfortable with. Johnson does a pretty good job of protecting himsef but the round ends with Wilkinson on top.

Round 2

They start the round pretty much the same as the previous one. Johnson lands a nice punch to Wilkinson’s face and they are back up against the fence. They both deliver some knees and as Wilkinson moves away from the fence, Johnson lands some good body shots. They briefly clinch and Johnson gets a takedown and goes for a rear naked choke but can’t sink it. Wilkinson escapes but eats some punches doing so. Wilkinson starts to put the pressure on Johnson and he gets another takedown. He lands more elbows but this time around Johnson gets up much quicker. Once again the fighters are back to the stand up and Johnson is goes for another takedown. He gets Wilkinson against the fence and starts kneeing his legs. Wilkinson attempts a takedown but Johnson is able to stop it from happening. They end the round swinging. The judges score it and we are headed into a third round.

Round 3

In this round Johnson comes out with fire and is striking and Wilkinson goes down. Johnson is all over him as he drops and starts to nail him with the ground and pound. As Wilkinson struggles to escape he gives up his back and Johnson hooks in a rear naked choke for the win. Team GSP remains in control.

Koscheck felt that Wilkinson had controlled the fight and had won both rounds but the judges didn’t see it that way. It’s always heartbreaking to see the fighters come to tears after a tough loss. Koscheck gave Wilkinson a lot of credit for fighting his heart out when no one had given him a chance to win. I think his words were great comfort after a hard fight. There is always the wild card spot, so never count yourself out.

Well that wraps up another good episode of TUF. Next week looks to be just as good, as we see clips of “Bruce Leroy” pushing Sevak to the edge and of course we see another fight. Will GSP stay in control or will Team Koscheck come out with their first win?

Don’t forget tonight is the WEC Aldo vs. Gamburyan fight on Versus. There is so many great fights on this card and I’m excited.

We’d love to hear your thoughts, predictions, etc. You can always find us on Twitter (@woMMAn) with weigh in & fight updates. Check out http://wommanthoughts.blogspot.com on Mondays for the weekly Rampage thought and of course go back there or http://fisttacuff.com every Wednesday for a new TUF 12 recap. Keep it real people and see ya next week!



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K*Lovely's Weekly Rampage Thought wk 3

Another Monday upon us and so that means it’s time for another weekly Rampage thought. This week has been pretty quiet as far as news goes. No one has pissed him off or complained about something that he has done so all is right in the world. Well, at least for this week. If you follow him on twitter, he has said that he is visiting South Africa and then a quick trip to Japan. After his vacation he will get to the hustle and begin his training for the Machida match up in November.


There were some rumors buzzing around that this fight might be held in Chicago but UFC put those rumors to rest. Chicago was considered for UFC 123 but it looks like UFC will not be visiting the windy city until 2011. Bummer for them. You know UFC, San Diego would love for that fight to happen here. I thought we treated you well when you brought the Versus show here at the beginning of the month. Give us another shot. Matter of fact I will offer up my services. I can personally make sure Rampage gets to all of his appearances, press conferences, workouts, weigh ins, etc. Just a little something to think about.

Now I did happen to see something about Rampage that made me giggle. Bleacher Report did an article on the 10 craziest MMA fighters. Rampage came in at number 8, mostly for backing out of the Rashad fight to pursue the A-Team movie and of course that little incident he had. You know the hit and run and police pursuit thing he was involved in. Everybody has bad days people, but to call him “bat-crazy” is a little harsh. I think “slightly off” that day fits much better and the movie thing shouldn’t even be mentioned. He was listed among others like Tito Ortiz, Brock Lesnar, Lee Murray & Jesse Taylor. All of those fighters seem to have much bigger issues than Rampage…don’t you think?

Well that’s it for me my people. Hope everyone has a wonderful week and don’t forget to watch the big WEC Cruz vs Benavidez fight on Wednesday. That fight card is stacked and should make for some incredible fights.



K*Lovely

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Finally a blog discussing MMA from a woMMAn’s point of view. Here we will not only discuss the fights and fighters, but we will also discuss who’s hot, and who pretty much sucks and needs to drop off the face of the earth. Whether you agree with our point of view or not , we don’t care. We are just sharing with you what we think, and that is all that matters.

First blog coming up will be on tomorrow night’s season final of TUF 9. Ladies, don’t miss this one, cuz Ross and Andre face-off, and they are the 2 hottest guys on team UK. We’re disappointed that Frank didn’t make to the finals, but look forward to seeing him fight again. He alone was Team US. Hopefully, Dana can find more guys like Frank next season, cuz I don’t know how much longer we can take of the little boys with complexes that he’s been picking lately. Go outside the camps, Dana! Please find guys that we can stand and look forward to seeing each week.

Ok, let me stop, before I get carried away. This was just going to be an introduction to our blog woMMAn. We are in no way experts, just spectators of the sport and huge fans. Where else can you find tight bodied men, rolling around on the ground in little shorts. Anyways, look for blogs from T-Dub and K-lovely regularly. There’s 2 cuz we don’t always agree. We will be posting when it matters, or whenever we feel like.

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