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TUF's First Semifinal Recap

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:50:19 GMT

Episode 11: The semifinals. Let's get down to business. Dana breaks down the first matchup for us. He like's Bader's stand-up, sort of, and his wrestling is great but Eliot's jiu jitsu is far superior, which makes for a great matchup. Both coaches, not surprisingly, think their respective fighters are the best.

Spike TV to air UFC Primetime

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:02:06 GMT

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UFC 92 Preview

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:04:28 GMT

A great preview put out by the UFC, highlighting Griffin/Evans, Mir/Nogueira and Jackson/Silva III. Listen up for Frank Mir claiming that getting hit by a car was the best thing that could have happened to him.

Runtime: 00 hrs 09 min 32 sec

Bisping Coolest Man in Britain?

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:49:33 GMT

Apparently, popular British men's magazine Zoo does a poll each year to name the Coolest Brits and this year the UFC's own Michael Bisping is in the running. He's up against the likes of Jason Statham, Guy Ritchie and Bear Grylls but with your help, "The Count" could KO the competition. Hit this link to head over and vote your support.

Thanksgiving TUFathon

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:44:47 GMT

Thanksgiving has to be one of my favorite holidays. Minus the presents, it has everything Christmas does but without all the bullshit that goes along with it. There's turducken, gravy, stuffing and pie, pie, pie. There's football. There's booze, and there's a crazy uncle who always drinks too much of it, then claims that he is actually the Ultimate Fighter.

Movie Monsters to Battle Brock Lesnar

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:45:01 GMT

With Brock Lesnar's recent dethroning of Randy Couture as UFC Heavyweight Champion, he is poised to create some serious problems for the rest of his division (at least the human portion of it). With this in mind, we thought we'd put together a list of a few movie monsters that would make good opponents for the champ.

Ticket Auction to Fight for the Troops

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:08:10 GMT

On December 10th, Spike TV and UFC will team up to host Fight for the Troops, a charity night of fights presented Live on Spike from outside Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Hit the jump to find out more about the fight and how you can get your hands on these VERY exclusive tickets.

His Name is Stankie

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:07:20 GMT

If you've been reading this blog with any kind of consistency, you probably noticed that Al "Stankie" Stankiewicz, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira's boxing coach, captured my attention from the very first word he uttered on The Ultimate Fighter. I didn't think much more of him though, other than a likeable, yet crazy old man and I wondered how he got paired up with a guy like Nogueira. Well, it turns out that I was way off. Stankie has lead one of the most interesting and inspiring lives of anyone who's walked this earth.

Rejected UFC Nicknames Revealed!

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:54:00 GMT

Through some truly professional investigative journalism, we've dug through the file room at UFC headquarters and discovered that certain fighters on the UFC roster have long-been advised to drop their chosen nicknames. Apparently, UFC brass has been regulating nickname use since some time in the mid-'90s and, for the first time ever, we're releasing a few of the forbidden names.

George Roop vs. John Polakowski

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Hit the jump for a complete play-by-play of the action from the lightweight bout between George Roop and John Polakowski.

Get TUF With M&F

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:10:34 GMT

The Current issue of Muscle & Fitness, featuring a 13-page spread on this season's The Ultimate Fighter will only be on stands for a few more days so make sure you get out and pick up a copy before it's too late. If you miss it, you can't learn how to train like a TUFer and you may never get laid again!

Retrospective: UFC 91

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:42:05 GMT

After Saturday night's broadcast of UFC 91, many of you may have found yourselves feeling lost and confused, yet inexplicably happy. We saw one of the sport's most iconic heroes fall, an awkward nerd threaten to kill BJ Penn and a sociopath ram himself, head-first into the cage. It's a lot for anyone to take, I know, so sit back and let the healing begin with some soothing rhetoric from spike.com.

Post-Fight Pressers

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:46:30 GMT

The action has passed, now check out what the fighters had to say about one of the best nights of fights all year.

P'wned in the P'ctagon: 5 Celebs We'd Like to See Demolished

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:31:21 GMT

Here are 5 celebs we think would be good punching bags in the cage. You know, to keep in shape between actual fights.

Randy Couture Exclusive!

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:19:38 GMT

In this Spike.com exclusive video, we caught up with some of MMA's biggest stars to get their thoughts on Randy Couture's triumphant return to the Octagon. Hit the jump to hear from Dana, Chuck, KenFlo and Serra!

Runtime: 00 hrs 02 min 32 sec

More Pee After All

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:59:50 GMT

Much to my delight, the 9th episode of The Ultimate Fighter featured absolutely zero drinking of pee, no ejaculations and not even a mention of feces. Apparently, the only reason for this was that the editors on TUF, like me, had had enough of the stomach-churning debauchery.

Serra Wants to Fight in New York

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:53:31 GMT

In response to news that UFC is beginning a full-court press to get MMA legalized in New York, Spike.com has exclusive footage of Matt Serra talking about fighting in his home state! Check it out after the jump.

Runtime: 00 hrs 00 min 31 sec

Hurts Like Hell Recap

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Get all the details and fight recap from the 100th episode of The Ultimate Fighter. Don't forget to check out the extended footage at the end, exclusively on Spike.com!

The TUFest 10

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:35:19 GMT

This week, The Ultimate Fighter celebrates its 100th episode of The Ultimate Fighter, and what better way to commemorate the occasion than by going over some of our best memories from the earlier days of TUF? We all know that nothing is cheesier than a clip show, but here at Spike, we're all about pushing the envelop so we've attempted to make an even cheesier version. Hit the jump to get the Ten TUFest fights in and out of the cage. *Spoiler: number 1 is not Griffin vs Bonnar.

UFC in New York?

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:07:35 GMT

The UFC sent out a pointed press release yesterday directed toward the empty of pockets New York State budgeters, outlining just how much money they are potentially missing out on by not sanctioning Mixed Martial Arts.