TUF Season 16 - ***SPOILERS***

Mr. Manager

Maybe I'm missing something but I couldn't find anything when searching for a thread on this already.

It started on Friday (state side, I know) but there still wasn't anything here about it. Maybe everyone is afraid of publicly speaking that they watched it illegally :pac:

I'm in the middle of watching the fights for the house. Liking what I've seen so far.

Won't post any spoilers in here for now but it'll probably be pretty spoiler heavy in the future.

El Guapo!

Just finished watching the first episode. I suppose I should put spoiler tags in since it hasn't been broadcast yet........

I know they always edit the show to look really exciting but this season does genuinely look good. There was a lot of great fights to get into the house and I hope that's an indicator of how it goes for the rest of the show.

I already have my favourite cast member.....Smilin' Sam Alvey! What a character. And what a KO in his fight! Can't wait to see him fight again.
And I also already have a guy that I immediately disliked.....Colton Smith. I didn't like the way he faked theglove touch and went straight for the double-leg. Shítty thing to do imo.
Dom Waters looks like a beast too. And I want to see more of the guy that looks like an accountant. :pac:
I'm delighted Snoop Dogg got into the house too! (Neil Magny)

So many good fighters in this season. I hope it lives up to it.

Mr. Manager

You pretty much summed it up for me. Agree with all picks for and against the fighters listed above.

Can't remember the name of

the accountant lad

but he was impressive and I really look forward to seeing him again.

There also looks to be a lot more handbags then there has been in the past but I guess as you said, they edit it to make it look like "THEE most exciting season since TUF 1".

adamski8

wasnt so impressed with the fights in general, lot of gassing and crap grappling skills.

looks like future 'excitement' is just that stupid red mohawk guy getting drunk and smashing bottles and screaming.

roy was strangly quiet during all of the fights.

a lot of triangle finishes too wasn't there? nearly comical watching that guy near the end getting caught in like 50 submissions but didnt stop him trying to plough inefficiently in the other guys guard.

phily2002

A few good fights and some not so good, yeah the smilley guy was good but surprised he was first pick, I think he'll get ko'd with his lack of head movement.
Think Cameron Diffley will win overall, very impressed with his bjj.
The house looks entertaining with fights happening all over the place(though this good be just good editing

JJayoo

Really disappointed that

Frank Camacho

didn't get into the house.

phily2002

Right well that shows how much I know Not a great fight, Cameron could have stole it with a sub in the first but his stand up was crap. I don't get why he wasn't shooting more and keeping it on the ground...

JJayoo

The accountant is the image of Ryan Gosling

El Guapo!

Finally got around to watching episode 2.
Good win by Neil.
Camerons stand-up is nowhere near good enough.
I think Roy Nelson is a terrible coach. If I was any of the guys on his team I'd be píssed off that I got stuck with him.

Ian Whelan

Carwin's team will dominate this I feel. Shame there are no European fighters.

stiffler123

Toss up between Nelson and Rampage for worst TUF coach ever I think. Looking forward to seeing Sam Alvey fight again.

CZ 453

Is this being broadcast on any channel in UK or Ireland

Mr. Manager

Just caught up on Ep.2 - WTF is Roy thinking? The guys logic behind coaching are totally moronic and he's contradicting himself as he goes.

Telling Carmen to "do his own thing and be comfortable" and then when he loses he starts telling him "we didn't teach you those new things for no reason, there's no point sticking to your own plan".

The guy is a disaster and I feel sorry for his team.

Mr. Manager

There doesn't seem to be much interest in this season and, after watching episode 7, I can see why.

All but 1 fight so far have been totally and utterly shit. 6 fights in and 6 decision. I'm not saying that any fight that goes the distance is rubbish but these were. Apart from Colton v Ellis. There was probably about 12 punches thrown in the last fight between Hill and Secor.

Also, the judging on that episode was just embarrassing! Who ever scored that should retire.

Neither fighter deserved to win imo.

El Guapo!

I normally watch every episode even if it's a shít season but I've just lost all interest now. I only watched the first 2 episodes I think and gave up after that.

I think TUF is dead. They need to come up with something totally new. Something like a reality show following fighters in the lead up to their first UFC fight or something. Or following 1 well known fighter for a year and watching everything they go through...the highs and the lows and all that type of stuff.
I think TUF has lost its appeal with the majority of people at this stage.

Jonah42

Dean09 wrote: »

I think TUF is dead. They need to come up with something totally new. Something like a reality show following fighters in the lead up to their first UFC fight or something. Or following 1 well known fighter for a year and watching everything they go through...the highs and the lows and all that type of stuff.

I think this fits the bill of what you're looking for:

El Guapo!

Yeah that sort of stuff.
I think if the UFC did something like that with a UFC fighter it'd get a big audience.
They need to think up something fast because TUF is dead on its feet and I don't think it'll ever come back to what it was. It'll pick up next season with Jones and Sonnen but that's it. The ratings will plummet again unless they do another comeback season.
There's plenty of scope for reality type shows that Zuffa could do. The current model just isn't working anymore.

Kent Brockman

I'm still following it (and the Smashes!).
As there is no fighter bashing allowed I will just say that Julien (Red Mo-Hawk) may have some issues!

lertsnim

Kent Brockman wrote: »

As there is no fighter bashing allowed I will just say that Julien (Red Mo-Hawk) may have some issues!

That's quite the understatement. He is a mentalist.

RainMaker

Kent Brockman wrote: »

As there is no fighter bashing allowed I will just say that Julien (Red Mo-Hawk) may have some issues!

If ever a fighter needed to be bashed...!

Ush1

Kent Brockman wrote: »

I'm still following it (and the Smashes!).
As there is no fighter bashing allowed I will just say that Julien (Red Mo-Hawk) may have some issues!

As one of the other fighters in the house said, guys like him make the sport look how media bashers want it to look. Television ratings trump all I spose...

Mr. Manager

That's the 3rd time he's blown up. He should just be kicked out of the house. He serves no purpose there whatsoever.

Impressed with the last fight. Nice to finally see a finish!

Mr. Loverman

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

That's the 3rd time he's blown up. He should just be kicked out of the house. He serves no purpose there whatsoever.

Impressed with the last fight. Nice to finally see a finish!

And nice to see a nice guy win!

Mr. Loverman

If anyone's given up on this, the most recent episode has a good fight.

RainMaker

Mr. Loverman wrote: »

If anyone's given up on this, the most recent episode has a good fight.

..and another minor outburst from Julian "let me bang, bro" Lane

Mr. Manager

MMAJunkie has it spot on with this line

Back at the house, military vet Colton Smith is engaged with resident drama queen Julian Lane...

lertsnim

"I don't want to fight my bro"

Well he wants to fight you. I lol'd

RoboRat

I would love to see someone open up on Julian... he reminds me of Mr. Furious in Mystery Men. All talk and no action, if he really was 'that badass' why not just punch someone... he is out of the competition anyhow and he probably wont ever get a fight in the UFC as he would give the brand a bad name. But he wont because he would have his ass handed to him by everyone else in there.

DrPhilG

RoboRat wrote: »

he probably wont ever get a fight in the UFC as he would give the brand a bad name.

Didn't work that way with Junie Browning...

Richard tea

I finding it hard to find the latest episode. When did or has episode 11 screened. Or is there a break to the finals now or something?

rain on

There's a break this week because of Thanksgiving I think

Richard tea

rain on wrote: »

There's a break this week because of Thanksgiving I think

Thanks. I thought as much

Mellor

DrPhilG wrote: »

Didn't work that way with Junie Browning...

Junie had one post TUF fight (which he lost), a while later he was cut he was cut for punching staff at the hospital.

I imagine Julian could end up having a very similar career.