TUF: THE SMASHES, don't spoil by discussing before show airs.

manga_10

So the australian coach has been revealed to be george sotiropoulos. Kinda interesting now to see who the uk coach is gona be

The Bored One

manga_10 wrote: »

So the australian coach has been revealed to be george sotiropoulos. Kinda interesting now to see who the uk coach is gona be

I've heard Pearson's name mentioned a few times.

Ray von

It's been announced that its Ross Pearson who is moving back up to 155 for the fight.

manga_10

thats pretty cool. Think it'll be an interesting match up. Not long now then until we have a possible list of guys that are in the house filtering through

moongoose

bit surprised as thought ebersole or hunt could of gotten a nice bit of exposure from this.

Ray von

Neither are big characters so its a bit surprising they did not go for Ebersole.

Looking forward to seeing who makes the show.

For the fight itself if Sotiropoulos can't take him down he could lose this vey much like the Siver fight. But i don't think Pearson has the takedown defence of Siver so i think Sotiropoulos will beat him.

p to the e

moongoose wrote: »

bit surprised as thought ebersole or hunt could of gotten a nice bit of exposure from this.

They usually go for a coach from that country and Ebersole is American and Hunt is from New Zealand.

moongoose

hunt lives in sydney & ebersole trains in melborne & thailand

adamski8

boring, wish it was Ebersole so we could see him teach his team his cartwheel kick

pauldoo

i think its good that the americans arent involved, the quality has been on a serious decline, im sure we'll get a few new decent fighters from this serious

Klim

pauldoo wrote: »

i think its good that the americans arent involved, the quality has been on a serious decline, im sure we'll get a few new decent fighters from this serious

To be fair, the recent TUF Brazil was considered one of the worst series ever, by most accounts.

Klim

Also, Carwin and Nelson confirmed for TUF in America, airing September.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/mma/post/2012-07-12/carwin-nelson-named-the-ultimate-fighter-coaches/802114/1

Roar

Klim wrote: »

To be fair, the recent TUF Brazil was considered one of the worst series ever, by most accounts.

The fights to get into the house were great. Almost every other fight after that was terrible.

MrStuffins

manga_10 wrote: »

So the australian coach has been revealed to be george sotiropoulos. Kinda interesting now to see who the uk coach is gona be

Ray von wrote: »

It's been announced that its Ross Pearson who is moving back up to 155 for the fight.

Lame!

Mellor

By post from earlier in the year.
Anybody know if it will be filmed in Oz, UK or Vegas?

Mellor wrote: »

I'd say Kyle Noke is likely. Which means Bisping is the obvious match-up.
Outside of those, you've George Sots, which would suggest Ross Pearson as a LW match-up. I'd prefer that over noke bisping again tbh.

Or, comedy factor, you'd have welterweights Hardy and Ebersole. But I think thats unlikely.

McManus

Mellor wrote: »

By post from earlier in the year.
Anybody know if it will be filmed in Oz, UK or Vegas?

Its being filmed in oz..

Mellor

McManus wrote: »

Its being filmed in oz..

Thanks.
Have you got a link to a source or do you specific location, I assume its in Sydney.

moongoose

hardy v ebersole would've been a good watch

p to the e

moongoose wrote: »

hunt lives in sydney & ebersole trains in melborne & thailand

Well as far as I know Soto lives in America so it looks like they were looking for a native. It was him or Anthony Perosh. An outsider bet for Paul Daley to be UK coach? Hunt would have been a decent choice if he lives down that way but seen as they're doing the Heavyweights in the US maybe they wanted something different.

McManus

Mellor wrote: »

Thanks.
Have you got a link to a source or do you specific location, I assume its in Sydney.

Yeah its being filmed in sydney, heres the link

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/tuf-smashes-begins-filming-two-034148338--mma.html

gimmick

Must say, this has me completely underwhelmed.

Ush1

gimmick wrote: »

Must say, this has me completely underwhelmed.

Yep.

Two fighters coming off of bad KO losses. Both mid-tier at best, I'll watch the first episode and if the fights aren't entertaining I'll prolly be not that bothered.

John Ferguson

It might interest me if a local guy was on it

MrStuffins

John Ferguson wrote: »

It might interest me if a local guy was on it

With these hints and the hints from JK, im actually pretty excited to see who is gonna be on it..... I have some ideas

John Ferguson

MrStuffins wrote: »

With these hints and the hints from JK, im actually pretty excited to see who is gonna be on it..... I have some ideas

I would like to see a CC champ if possible!! :rolleyes:

manga_10

aw john am not champ yet :P

MrStuffins

John Ferguson wrote: »

MrStuffins wrote: »

With these hints and the hints from JK, im actually pretty excited to see who is gonna be on it..... I have some ideas

I would like to see a CC champ if possible!! :rolleyes:

Hmmmmm........

Mellor

If a "local" guy was in Sydney, there's plenty of irish lads at our gym glad to have him drop by

McManus

Norman Parks is a cert to be on it, his facebook page has been deleted so its likely that he is on it..

Mellor

I understood thats what John was implying above with the CC Champ comment, considering the weight divisions. Plus Norman announced here he was trying out.

manga_10

It'll be cool this time round for a irish fighter to make it in to the UFC

YourMMA

Some real super sleuths in here

manga_10

any word on this

John Ferguson

Nothing yet, but I notice Norman is back on Facebook

John Ferguson

YourMMA wrote: »

Some real super sleuths in here

Had a chat with Norman yesterday, he is adamant that he is not in...... For the record I don't believe him

Mellor

For the record, you were right not to believe him John.
The line up was announced by the UFC today
This is the final line up of 16, so I suppose he's officially the first irishman in the house (there's been 2 or 3 as far as last 32)

Congrats Norman.

http://www.ufc.com/news/TUFSmashesCast

Guided by Australian coach George Sotiropoulos, Team Australia comprises of:

Lightweights:
Grant Blackler, 23, Sunshine Coast
Patrick Iodice, 19, Gold Coast
Richie Vaculik, 29, Sydney
Ben Wall, 23, Brisbane

Welterweights:
Ben Alloway, 31, Gold Coast
Xavier Lucas, 31, Perth
Manuel Rodriguez, 27, Sydney
Robert Whitaker, 21, Sydney

English coach Ross “The Real Deal” Pearson takes charge of Team UK:
Lightweights:
Colin Fletcher, 29, Sunderland
Norman Parke, 25, Bushmills, Nth Ireland
Michael Pastou, 30, Essex
Mike Wilkinson, 24, Leigh

Welterweights:
Luke Newman, 22, London
Bola Omoyele, 30, London
Valentino Petrescu, 30, Essex
Brad Scott, 23, Melksham

John Ferguson

Mellor wrote: »

For the record, you were right not to believe him John.
The line up was announced by the UFC today
This is the final line up of 16, so I suppose he's officially the first irishman in the house (there's been 2 or 3 as far as last 32)

Congrats Norman.

http://www.ufc.com/news/TUFSmashesCast

LOL He was still telling porkies this week that he wasn't in. TBH one of the other LW's manager had told me Norman was there in the house with his fighter.

Oddly though Norman has been named on BJPENN.com as being in the World Series of Fighting too (LINK)

MrStuffins

This show has just become watchable!

reganreggie

Any idea where and when we can watch this.

Also glad he`s with Pearson he seems a solid bloke.

Mellor

It airs here (oz) in two weeks time. On FX for anyone else over here
UK broadcast station will be announced soon

SaoriseBiker

Should be interesting, hopefully the sparks will fly when the Aussies and the Poms go at it I see their is a guy from Bushmills, Antrim called Norman Parke on the UK team, what's the story on him ?

It's on ESPN, Ross Pearson is coaching the Poms and George Sotiropoulos the Aussies. http://tv.espn.co.uk/ei/espl/sports-on-espn/mixed-martial-arts/the-ultimate-fighter-tuf/

El Guapo!

SaoriseBiker wrote: »

I see their is a guy from Bushmills, Antrim called Norman Parke on the UK team, what's the story on him ?

Really good fighter. He posts on here sometimes.
I'm sure that's who everyone on here will be rooting for. I know I will be anyway.
I wish him the best of luck.
Looking forward to this. Hopefully it'll be better than the last couple of seasons.

MrStuffins

If you take out Parke, I wouldn't even be bothered to watch this TBH.

But the fact Norman is in there, i won't be missing an episode!

Mellor

One of the Aussies is quite A good fighter. Richie Vaculik. He's a Bra Boy for anyone familiar with that documentary.
And I've been told that two others on the Aussie team, Ben Alloway and Manny Rodrigez have a long standing feud. Hopefully it makes it interesting.



(ps There's another thread already)

Jason McCabe

Parke is one of the few guys in Ireland with a decent wrestling pedigree

Good all round fighter.

Hope he goes all the way

DB888

Any news on when its gonna be airing in Ireland?

MrStuffins

DB888 wrote: »

Any news on when its gonna be airing in Ireland?

Midnight tomorrow on ESPN

cowzerp

bleeding thing recorded in bits for me-is there a repeat or a legal link that it can be watched on?

Mellor

cowzerp wrote: »

bleeding thing recorded in bits for me-is there a repeat or a legal link that it can be watched on?

It should be available on the UFC website in most countries. I can't confirm as its wint wirk in Oz due to the tv deal.

Try UFC.com, AU.TUF.tv, Youtube.com/UFC and Hulu.com
I think they'll all have it for free.

The standard looks good. Except I do r know what to make of the freakshow!!!

manga_10

seems to have quite the tiny hat collection

DB888

Anyone know how long the UK lads had there before training/fighting?..Time difference will have their bodies upside down for a few weeks