TUF 26: Alvarez vs Gaethje *Spoilers Within*

Zero-Cool

Starting Wednesday, really looking forward to this. Women's Flyweight should be stacked when it's up and running with the best of bantamweight and strawweight.

Alvarez vs Gaethje should be a cracker at the end as well.

https://twitter.com/ufc/status/901912217381216256

Subcomandante Marcos

Hopefully this season is decent, it's been stale for a while now.

I think Justin will murder Eddie though.

TimRiggins

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Hopefully this season is decent, it's been stale for a while now.

I think Justin will murder Eddie though.

The season and fights from the last few seasons haven't been that bad, Its just the whole format that is stale. That being said I'll probably watch to see the new division.

If Gaethje wins in impressive fashion he'll be in the top 5 in the division already.

MrStuffins

The Flyweight season was VERY good. Great fights!

kwestfan08

Would have preferred Kevin Lee to Eddie, I think he'd have made for far better TV. None the less it should be a good season fight wise.

Paully D

MrStuffins wrote: »

The Flyweight season was VERY good. Great fights!

Agreed, but the series was ruined due to a spoiler of the winner that was hard to avoid knocking about online ahead of the second week.

DrPhilG

When does this show here? I searched the sky planner last night and couldn't see it.

xtal191

DrPhilG wrote: »

When does this show here? I searched the sky planner last night and couldn't see it.

BT Sport 2 at 3am

Zero-Cool

Anyone else having trouble finding this online?

cletus

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Anyone else having trouble finding this online?

Yes. Started to second guess myself as to whether it had actually aired

Paully D

Can anyone PM a link if they have one please? Really struggling to find one.

Zero-Cool

Still no sign of it?

RonanP77

When will it show up on fightpass?

Zero-Cool

Episode is finally starting to show up in the usual places.

thewheel2.0

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Episode is finally starting to show up in the usual places.

It is also repeated tonight at 9:30 on BT Sport 1. Forgot to record it on Wednesday night cause there is so little buzz about it...

Paully D

Watched it on BT Sport just there. Good episode.

No surprise to see Roxanne do a job on the 16th seed. I see Barb Honchak has come back from the dead too, where has she been for the last three or four years? You'd have to expect Roxanne, Barb and Lauren Murphy to be at the business end of the tournament so no surprise to see them as the top 3 seeds.

I loved Eddie basically refusing to do any training on the ground and saying it was a waste of time as if it goes to the ground agaisnt Roxanne his fighter is goosed. :pac:

Some serious eye candy too :eek:

The last all-female season of TUF was the worst I've seen in terms of bullying and general bitchiness (Herrig and Mangana the chief suspects) so I'll give it 3 or 4 weeks before it all starts with this season.

Zero-Cool

Good first ep, beaming for Roxie. Yeah that was ****ing gas 'she's a jiu jitsu expert, no point even going over ground stuff' and then trying to tell her how to escape during the fight. Poor Eddie has taken 1 too many shots to the head.

No chemistry between Eddie & Justin, yet anyway. I wonder how soon filming was after Justin's fight with Johnson?

Paully D

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Good first ep, beaming for Roxie. Yeah that was ****ing gas 'she's a jiu jitsu expert, no point even going over ground stuff' and then trying to tell her how to escape during the fight. Poor Eddie has taken 1 too many shots to the head.

No chemistry between Eddie & Justin, yet anyway. I wonder how soon filming was after Justin's fight with Johnson?

Literally the week after I believe.

Fight was July 7th, MMA Junkie had a piece about the upcoming (at the time) TUF 26 on July 18th and within that said filming had already began.

KJ

Last night's episode wasn't shown. There was a repeat of Episode 1 instead with a message saying the 2nd episode is on tonight at 11 on BT3.

Zero-Cool

That's so weird, new ep was definitely on in America last night cuz I nearly got spoiled on twitter this morning.

Zero-Cool

Forgot about ep2 and watched 2 & 3 last night, both shyte. The fights are awful, yes there are finishes but it's because of lack of skill. The striking and grappling defense is awful. Joanna wouldn't even have to put on weight to 125 and she'd still bate all these girls. Hopefully, someone stands out in the next few episodes, very amateurish in 2 & 3.

I was fully sure that girl had a cracked rib the way she was going on.

cletus

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I was fully sure that girl had a cracked rib the way she was going on.

In fairness, tearing an intercoastal muscle is probably as painful

Zero-Cool

cletus wrote: »

In fairness, tearing an intercoastal muscle is probably as painful

Gway, only a bruise

KJ

I was delighted Nicco won. She seems pretty cool and I didn't like the way Lauren Murphy was thinking about who she would fight later in the competition. She came across as a bit of a dick.

Paully D

Good read from Lauren here:

http://laurenmurphymma.com/1689-2/

Zero-Cool

Montano was impressive there, great mix of striking, clinch and takedown defense, made it look easy.

Joe Daddy's wife fighting next week, let's go Joe Daddy's wife!!

Paully D

Lauren Murphy is such a pain in the arse. What a whinge bag :pac:

Zero-Cool

Justin - you cannot win with just jiu-jitsu

Paully D

Is there no episode this week?

Zero-Cool

Doesn't look like it. Kinda disappointed Eddie won't be fighting Justin at the TUF finale. I know that's a big fight for the UFC but would have been nice to see it the same night as the TUF fight night.

Paully D

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Doesn't look like it. Kinda disappointed Eddie won't be fighting Justin at the TUF finale. I know that's a big fight for the UFC but would have been nice to see it the same night as the TUF fight night.

I wonder if it's anything to do with the baseball playoffs?