In the real world, calling a colleague/competitor “Hitler” would probably get you turfed or severely reprimanded. In the reality tv world, it means the pretty golfer gets fired instead.

The annoying blonde gets booted from Idol, Trump makes two very curious firings, and I think the team of Carrie Underwood/Reba McIntyre won The Amazing Race.

So 32 guys wanna be ultimate fighters?

We get clips of last week’s fights. The other fighters noted that Corey was tossing Nate around until he got tired. They also not that Manny was the better brawler and kept the pressure up.
Now it’s time for drama, as Karo Parisyan does the “kid brother” routine to Nate and Nate isn’t all [...]

The House
Nate talks with Brian about going to train with Team Penn, because he doesn’t want to fight against someone he’s training with every day. Corey talks to imaginary friend Buddy Rowe while cutting weight in the sauna.
That’s pretty much it from the house for this week. Woohoo!
Training – Team Penn
Joe isn’t happy [...]

After the Fight
Brian, Butters, Andy, Brandon and Emerson break down what we saw last week. Dana thinks that both guys have a future in the sport.
Here’s the quarterfinal “standings”:
Joe LauzonCole MillerGray MaynardBrandon MelendezNate DiazCorey HillMatt WimanManny Gamburyan
I’ll try to put together some sort of tournament bracket for the next episode.
Training – Team Pulver
Brandon hurt [...]

Quarterfinals Selection
Dana wants to make fights where the “top four” fighters – Joe, Nate, Gray and Matt – can advance to the semi-finals. Jens obviously doesn’t agree, and since three guys are on Team Penn, B.J. doesn’t argue about it. Seeing as B.J. and Jens aren’t going to agree on anything, Dana goes [...]

Post-Fight
Joe beat on Brian, and then choked him out. Corey jabbed, Rob did more damage, and Corey made it through. Team Pulver is now five and one.
Dana is worried about this, and takes BJ aside. He notes that BJ doesn’t want to be a ing Ken Shamrock on this show who can’t [...]

Last Week…

You can find this image on Spike TV’s Ultimate Fighter page
If you somehow missed that fight (and I think many of you did), check out the image to the right –>
As The Rev recently noted, Gabe posted his comments over at The Underground Forum. And managed to spout off 2 or 3 of [...]

After the Fight
Bobblehead post-fight analysis tells us what we already knew – Andy had a game plan but abandoned it in order to bang. Brandon gets the belt and Team Pulver keeps the hammer.
Training – Team Penn
B.J. is frustrated because his team keeps losing. Noah’s a joker which is pissing off Tony, while [...]

After the Fight
We get the usual bobblehead post-fight analysis. Basically, Nate pushed the pace, Emerson showed heart in escaping submissions, but Nate eventually got the tap and Team Pulver kept the hammah. But based on this fight I gotta think that Emerson has moved up to first alternate.
The House
Marlon Sims talks about his [...]

Last week, Cole Miller tapped out Allan Berube.
After the Fight
Cole cries and “wins” a makeshift belt that Team Pulver has created. Hey, at least he had a reason to cry.
Fight Selection
Before fight selection, we get a helpful graphic updating us on the standings:
Team PennPulver (H)FightersGray MaynardCorey HillMatt WimanNate DiazGabe RuedigerBrandon MelendezJoe LauzonMarlon SimsRobert EmersonManvel [...]

So the first episode of this season is in the books, and as you know now, there were a few changes:
- All the fighters are lightweights (145-155lbs), meaning that not only do they have to fight 3 times to reach the finals, but that for the first time there are 16 (well, maybe 15) guys [...]

After UFC Fight Night 9, Spike TV gives us the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 5. Like the previous season – where the two winners earned a title shot (unless they pissed it away by not making weight) – there is a twist to the basic formula. This time around, there will only [...]

Once again, Trent Pusey’s got you covered over at Inside Fights with his full recap of the show.
Kayfabe note: The door to Serra’s dressing room showed two names – Serra and Chris Lytle. So that would explain why Chris was shirtless and in gear for the posedown.
I’m not sure who is the bigger ass [...]

Looking for a detailed recap? Trent Pusey’s got you covered over at Inside Fights.
Matt Hughes reappears on this show, and once again, he ends up looking like a smug bastard. But I suppose when you have his track record, you can afford to be. Still, I hope GSP beats his ass.
So the [...]

As always, detailed recaps by Trent Pusey are available at Inside Fights.
Now that that little bit of pluggage is out of the way, let’s look at the episode.
The first thing is that I’m totally shocked at the lack of The Shonie Show in this episode. I mean, you’d think that they’d show him “blinging” [...]

If you’re looking for a full recap, check out Inside Fights for Trent Pusey’s thoughts on the show.
In this episode, we saw what could only be called a burial of Charles McCarthy’s career, as not only was he made to look like a guy with no self esteem, but we saw the clip of David [...]