So this week my ability to watch the Ultimate Fighter resulted in watching it without sound at times, and seeing the fight before the actual episode. We got a chance to see Mir’s team doing some intense cardio work with snorkels (Wanderlei style) to make up for Junie’s lack of gas in his fight. It [...]
Archive for October, 2008
(Brief) Reflections on The Ultimate Fighter (and UFC 90) Week 7
Posted: 29th October 2008 by Ray McIlroy in MMA, Ray McIlroyReflections on the Ultimate Fighter Week 6 and no more EliteXC
Posted: 22nd October 2008 by Ray McIlroy in MMA, Ray McIlroySo this week was by far my favourite episode of the season thus far. There was very little in the way of house nonsense and shenanigans (some, but much less then previously). Following their win from last week Frank Mir comes to celebrate at the house. While there he asks Delgado where he [...]
Reflections on The Ultimate Fighter week 5
Posted: 15th October 2008 by Ray McIlroy in MMA, Ray McIlroyLet’s get the end of last week’s episode out of the way quickly. Junie Browning (not Brown, my bad last week) jumps the cage, and nothing happens as a result. Dana says if the head of the NSAC had been there Junie would have been tossed and his license revoked. Seriously Dana? If it [...]
The Never-Ending Debate: Crosby vs Ovechkin
Posted: 11th October 2008 by Tieja Maclaughlin in Hockey, Tieja MacThey’ve been talked about, hyped up, analyzed, critiqued, and exhausted to all ends for the past three years, but when it comes to these two all-stars, we can all agree on one thing: that the controversy will be everlasting, just as some of the greatest rivalries in history. On one hand, you have Sidney Crosby [...]
Reflections on the Ultimate Fighter, Week 4. OR The self-destruction of Junie Browning
Posted: 8th October 2008 by Ray McIlroy in MMA, Ray McIlroyWhat can you say about the Ultimate Fighter this week other than it really didn’t help how the public will perceive the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. Junie Browning…what a maniac. Dana White had commented that this season would make Chris Leben look like a angel, and he was right. Junie starts by talking trash [...]
Reflection on The Ultimate Fighter, Week 3
Posted: 1st October 2008 by Ray McIlroy in MMA, Ray McIlroyWeek three of The Ultimate Fighter begins with the information that two of the contestants, Brian and Karn, have fractured their noses and have been suspended for 180 days by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. As a result Kyle Kingsbury and Roli Delgado (one of the lankiest lightweights ever) got to come back.