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The Ultimate Fighter - Series 18

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Only just got round to watching last weeks episode 1 last night - glad UK & local lad Davey Grant won his fight & made it into the house. Any 1 else following this?
 
this is actually the first one im not watching in awhile because half the fighters are girls and i just really dont care about the girl fights at all.

and for the most part all the fighters on it are terrible, except last season was great.
 
Why are you not interested in the girls fights?

I'm mainly watching this season because of the rivalry between Tate and Rousey, I normally find it difficult to stay interested in the show but this should make for some good entertainment. Rousey is like spoiled little child.
 
For the most part, the women's fights these days are more entertaining than the men's. Their technique is not as crisp sometimes or perhaps its a turn off to see women fight each other but it is another evolution of the sport. And then there is Ronda Rousey. She is brash, she is bold and she is actually good. People call her a 1 trick pony or spoiled or whatever, but she is impressive nonetheless. Everyone watching knows she will go for the armbar and no one has stopped it yet. If I was Tate, 90% of my training would be defending the armbar especially since she already lost that way to Rousey last year.

If you have ever watched an Invicta FC (all women's MMA league) card, then you know women come to fight. And that is why they are actually growing. There will continue to be doubters, even Dana White was against WMMA until Rousey burst on the scene and took the lead for the women. The women on this season of TUF should make the men fight better.
 
*dusts off thread*

It is down to the final 2 episodes and tonight is supposed to be something that has never happened on TUF before.....anyone have a guess? Is it possible Gutierrez walks to the finals after 2 forfeits? Dun dun dun.....stay tuned.
 
I was hoping so....but he got choked out.

I wanted Jessica to win too but Pena was just too bullish, too strong, too determined. Its ok though because she will be handled by the better ladies in the UFC.
 
Yeah i spoke to soon, shame davey didnt win. hes 1 of the soundest lads, n puts in 100% every time. No doubt he still debuts properly in the ufc at some point.
 
Nate Diaz looked great. What a beat down.

He really did look good. The problem (still) with him and Nick is they are not evolving their skills and gameplan for each fight. The top tier of LWs all kick well (Pettis, Thomson, Bendo) and we all know the formula for taking out the Diaz boys and that is attacking their front leg.

I did enjoy Nate's shout out to Ronda Rousey after the fight too.
 
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