We’ve been covering the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter all season long. Early on, if you said the finale would be between Al Iaquinta and Justin Lawrence, I’d have agreed with you. But something happened on the way to the finals. Michael Chiesa defeated Lawrence who gassed badly in the quarterfinals. The main event…
Read MoreI made my prediction after Wednesday’s semi-finals episode, and I’m going to stick with it. I think Jonathan Brookins wins by submission, sometime in the 2nd or 3rd round. Johnson’s game seems to have holes in it and while Phan couldn’t stop him, he did hit him a lot and if he was just a…
Read MoreThis is a two-hour episode with a semi-finals fight in both hours. The first fight is Kyle Watson vs. Jonathan Brookins and GSP won’t coach either guy. They’ll train as a team, but they’ll avoid each other. GSP’s assistant John Dancher thinks this should be the finals. He thinks they’re the most talented guys. Team…
Read MoreGSP wants to change the training for the guys. Since they’re in the quarterfinals, he wants to improve the tactical and not do so much of what they’ve been doing like sparring. He doesn’t want them to overtrain, but also wants them to be hungry when they get in the cage. Josh Koscheck wants Sako…
Read MoreTeam Koscheck comes off as a bunch of pricks, teasing Michael Johnson, and then when he said he beat their guy, they kicked him out of their locker room. Dave Camarillo says that it’s good to win, but it’s just as stressful in having control because it becomes a must-win to keep control. Johnson thought…
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