Ultimate Fighter, Season 2

[Micker]

Again, they biased the before fight clips to make rashad look like the underdog. EVERY fight so far, the person they hype up loses. They are goinig for the underdog effect. I was watching and as soon as they showed rashad all scared, and Mike being hyped up, I knew that rashad was going to win no question. Watch next week, its flawless.

Anyway, mike just had no game plan. He was scared to mix it up with rashad and I have no idea why he just sat there covering his head. He could have pushed rashad around with about 60lbs extra. I loved seeing matts face all disappointed. I agree that you gotta fuckin go for it man. They are on national TV and fighting like they are in a basement screwing around.

 

[Djimbe]

I just watched that mess on Tivo . Mike wasnt weven in the building , what happened to that guy that was standing about yelling about Mental Toughness and Treadmills and stuff ? He didnt even TRY .

Rashad seems to put out just a LITTLE more Evffort than his Opponent , dosent he ? Ill bet that that makes him Pay one day ... but hey , right now hes 9-0 , and thats GOT to be KILLING Hughes ! All his "Soldiers" being beaten by the Slackers , Geeks , and Freaks !

 

[ass_face]

I just watched that mess on Tivo . Mike wasnt weven in the building , what happened to that guy that was standing about yelling about Mental Toughness and Treadmills and stuff ? He didnt even TRY .

Rashad seems to put out just a LITTLE more Evffort than his Opponent , dosent he ? Ill bet that that makes him Pay one day ... but hey , right now hes 9-0 , and thats GOT to be KILLING Hughes ! All his "Soldiers" being beaten by the Slackers , Geeks , and Freaks !

I think Rashad is highly underestimated... his sprawl is excellent and his stand up is very good. The guy never seems to get hit. I thought his stand up was way better tham Mike's. I have no idea what Dana was talking about... Mike's standup sucked. I think Rashad has a style that lends itself to underestimation. He counterpunches, he defends takedowns and works off the opponnents mistakes on offense. He doesn't seem to initiate which may be why people take him lightly.

 

[Yarg!]

You know what Rashads problem is? He fucking Roy Jones too much. Yeah thats a word. Dancing around the ring and shit.

 

[Djimbe]

I take it you didnt see the last Fight , he didnt do any of that against Mike , he was ALL business , evne if he started to Lay back a little by Round Two .

 

[Kane Fan]

Id take San Shous Kicking Game over Muay THai's . Watch the San Shou Vs Muay Thai series - it and the Throws are what keeps giving the Chinese the Advantage over the Thais . Most ppl presuime its JUST the Kuaijiao , but the kicks are even MORE Influential in the deciding of the Matches , wespecially from the Taiji , ansd Xingyi practitioners amongst the Chinese .

any links with examples of these Taiji and Xingyi kicks
if they really counter MT fighters so well I should look into them

 

[Kane Fan]

I'm thinking the insane workload Hughes seems to be putting on his fighters is taking it's toll on his heavyweights

 

[1392477]

I really hope thay are learning from their mistakes when they are preparing for TUF 3.

For all of the hype about how great Mike was he didn't decide to show up for the fight. I was hoping that the verbal lashing that Matt gave him before round 3 would motivate him but he had already mentally checked out in the first round. He never pushed the action and would just cover up when Rashad would throw some lame punches. It's hard to believe that he trains at the Militech camp - those guys are mostly warriors - I'm sure he is an embarrasment to the school.

I personally would like to see more training footage and less of them sitting around the house.

 

[megamania500]

I wanted Rashad to win just to watch Matt Hughes get pissed. Then both Matt and Dana White can't even fucking admit that Rashad was the better fighter. They both talked like Mike "beat himself". Buncha bullshit. Dana White was like, "I was shocked at Mike's gameplan!...I KNOW Mike has better stand-up than Rashad...Mike just choked. He choked!"
And Matt was like, "(Mike) lost the will to fight...just giving up. Not even trying!"

Jeezzuss!

Mike tried to stand up with Rashad. Rashad got the better of him. Mike then tried grappling. He ended up getting pounded worse than when he was standing. The guy basically got an ass-beating.

On standup, Rashads timing was much better; the strikes he initiated would land. But when Mike attempted a punch, Rashad would either create enough distance, or block and counter it. Often, when Mike was about to throw a punch, Rashad would telegraph it and create distance so Mike wouldn't even throw the punch. Mikes corner was telling him to throw punches, but he knew that he would either just hit air, or get countered.
Then when it went to the ground it always ended up with Mike in a position to where he was taking multiple strikes.
but it did look like Rashad hurt his hand during that last flurry. My suspicians were confirmed when during the previews for next week show Rashad with a sling on his arm.
Mike didn't "beat himself" like the show is going to try and make us think. One man was a better fighter than the other, simple as that.

 

[ass_face]

I wanted Rashad to win just to watch Matt Hughes get pissed. Then both Matt and Dana White can't even fucking admit that Rashad was the better fighter. They both talked like Mike "beat himself". Buncha bullshit. Dana White was like, "I was shocked at Mike's gameplan!...I KNOW Mike has better stand-up than Rashad...Mike just choked. He choked!"
And Matt was like, "(Mike) lost the will to fight...just giving up. Not even trying!"

Jeezzuss!

Mike tried to stand up with Rashad. Rashad got the better of him. Mike then tried grappling. He ended up getting pounded worse than when he was standing. The guy basically got an ass-beating.

On standup, Rashads timing was much better; the strikes he initiated would land. But when Mike attempted a punch, Rashad would either create enough distance, or block and counter it. Often, when Mike was about to throw a punch, Rashad would telegraph it and create distance so Mike wouldn't even throw the punch. Mikes corner was telling him to throw punches, but he knew that he would either just hit air, or get countered.
Then when it went to the ground it always ended up with Mike in a position to where he was taking multiple strikes.
but it did look like Rashad hurt his hand during that last flurry. My suspicians were confirmed when during the previews for next week show Rashad with a sling on his arm.
Mike didn't "beat himself" like the show is going to try and make us think. One man was a better fighter than the other, simple as that.

I totally agree. Rashad gets no respect.