TUF10: Roy Nelson def. Justin Wren

Well the Quarter Finals are finally here and this season’s drama continues. This week’s fight is between Roy Nelson and the impressive Justin Wren. Team Rashad actually has seven fighters of the eight fighting in the TUF 10 Quarter Finals. Rashad expresses his concern in showing any unfair advantage in having to train fighters to fight each other. So the solution Evans comes up with is train hard, but not heavily coach anyone. I guess he is trying to show some empathy to Rampage’s not-so-expert coaching of his team to even up his lone chance for victory.

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The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights Week 3

Fight fans, MMA Full Contact back again with a recap of The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights Week 3.

After a week of great anticipation and endless speculation, Kimbo Slice finally got it on with Roy Nelson on the Spike TV celeb-reality show. For some, it was validation of their predictions. For others, it was a letdown. But, for most, it was another fairly entertaining fight on the trek to crowning this season’s Ultimate Fighter.

The show opened with a softer, gentler side of the Miami brawler being painted in discussions with Abe Wagner. Slice relayed that he’s realized that the enemy is the “inner me” and seemed at peace, while offering insight about his place in the sport and life. He would go on to say that he’s basically a “family man who likes to fight” – indeed, a real Ward Cleaver. At the house, a few fighters offered their take on potential paydays for the week’s fight should it have taken place outside of the reality show.

At the UFC training facility, Team Rampage coaches were confident in that they finally gained Roy Nelson’s trust, in spite of him historically doing it all by himself – training, booking his fights, etc.

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Breaking News: Roy Nelson def. Kimbo Slice

Roy Nelson defeated Kimbo Slice via TKO in the 2nd round on this evening’s The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights broadcast on Spike TV. Look for a full recap tomorrow morning on MMA Full Contact!

Is Kimbo Angling for Petruzelli Rematch?

Regardless of how Kimbo Slice performs in this evening’s televised bout with Roy Nelson – or during the rest of the season (if applicable) – is Kimbo already laying the ground work for a rematch with famed Kimbo-killer Seth Petruzelli? For those living on Mars, Petruzelli TKO’ed Slice in 14 seconds at last October’s EliteXC Heat showdown. Kimbo mentioned the following during Monday’s press call hyping this week’s fight between him and Nelson.

Seth needs to be careful because we live in the same backyard and I know that sissy ice cream shop (Petruzelli owns in South Florida). No one ever approached me with any rematch with Seth and I never turned that down. That’s (expletive). That didn’t happen. If Seth signed with UFC and Dana wanted to match us up, I’d do that. I don’t like lying. I’d never turn down a rematch with anybody. It ain’t personal, but it’s (expletive). I never said no to nothing to him. I’ve been hearing that dude talking (expletive).

Petruzelli hasn’t exactly been an innocent bystander, as well. He recently dropped the following on the well-known MMA.tv UG message board.

I did have respect for you, after our fight you said I was the better fighter. There were 3 times that we could have fought after the Elite(XC) show for you to get a rematch, but you declined all 3 times. Now you go on ESPN making excuses, saying the only reason you lost was that it was sprung on you the last minute and that you can beat me with one hand behind your back!!!! You can go F yourself…maybe now that the UFC is having me back we will see for sure.

MMA Quick Shots – Wed Sept 30 2009

* Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos isn’t likely to defend her new women’s crown at the upcoming Nov. 7th CBS-televised Strikeforce event due to injury.  She was rumored to meet Dutch fighter Marloes Coenen.

* It’s been announced that Joe Lauzon and Sam Stout will fight Jan. 2 at UFC 108 in Las Vegas. This will be Lauzon’s first fight back since he suffered a torn ACL and meniscus last March.

* Former drinkin’ maniac Jesse Taylor is signed for Strikeforce’s Nov. 6 “Challengers Series” event against an as-of-yet announced opponent.

* Dana White and former NFL star / recent Strikeforce signee Hershel Walker traded barbs recently. White called Walker’s foray into competitive MMA at 47 “ridiculous”. I agree.

* Inimitable Kimbo Slice slipped in a recent interview and mentioned that he was preparing for his next fight in December. Of course, The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights finale is scheduled for Dec. 5th, but, the UFC is very likely to have him fighting someone on this card regardless of his performance on the reality show due to his drawing power. Big surprise.

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The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights Week 2

Fight fans, MMA Full Contact back again with a recap of The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights Week 2.

If you watched last week’s TUF season debut episode, you can take pride in the fact that you were part of history. Well, not real history – but UFC history. The debut episode that saw team selection, a re-introduction of Internet sensation and former Elite XC main eventer Kimbo Slice to some, and John Madsen dominate Abe Wagner in a bloodbath, was the highest-rated (total viewers) TUF episode ever. Pretty cool, huh?

Dana White has promised that this season will be the most entertaining ever. If so, that’s a lot of good fights and shenanigans to top from previous seasons. Bloody fights, shocking outcomes, drunken rampages, sickening practical jokes – the show has seen it all. Would this week’s episode start down that path? Drum roll please…. eh, not so much. The episode featured zero high jinks back at the house, poor conditioning throughout a so-so fight, and a questionable outcome. Hold the Emmy, please. However, next week’s episode promises what everyone wants to see – but more on that later.

The show opened at the Vegas house with Roy “Big Country” Nelson relaying that he wants to fight Slice. The fight’s been on his radar for years and he thinks that it would be a good match up for him. As everyone knows “styles make fights”, and Nelson undoubtedly thinks that his strong grappling would be Slice’s exit from competition. Was it a little foreshadowing by show producers?

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