Anyone else watching? Have to admit I didn't want to watch this season too much and I was flipping channels and mainly stayed on FX because Justified is on at 10 right after. I'm guessing I will probably get sick of if in house antics and such, but the skills the guys are showing so far in the first fights to allow Chael and Jon to decide the teams are pretty nice in terms of the skills shown. I think the Chael/Jon fight itself is a farce, but this season looks like it will be pretty decent in terms of the talent. Also, it appears FX is investing some time and money into this season based on the time slot and the production level looks like it increase fivefold compared to the prior seasons.

seems to be a lot of talent heading into the house. and the Kneegrow fighters are undefeated so far. fuck the last 2 seasons of TUF, i saw a few eps and was uninterested, the TUF brasil show was way better.

wow, that was some crazy shit.

but the impressive thing about that kick is that he didn't have much room to pull that off.

But don't usually catch it till days later because of other responsibilities.

Think Dana oversold it a lil

Apparently there's stuff we're not allowed to see

>Think Dana oversold it a lil


I don't think he oversold it. the kick was dope, and that white dude looked like he could have REALLY been hurt. everyone in the gym calmed down after the initial excitement of the kick, they were all worried about his health. shit, seeing dude on the canvas like that had me worried.

Being able to hear that guy struggle for air adds a whole different aspect to the sport and what you just did to another human being.

>Think Dana oversold it a lil
>
>Apparently there's stuff we're not allowed to see

I think I read a tweet Dana made yesterday that the guy was out a lot longer than what TUF showed last night. From what I rememeber, Dana said he was on his back for about 6 minutes and sat on his stool for about 8. Still though, pretty impressive for a contestant on that show to land that move, muchless that he didn't have much room to full extend his leg to get the full power behind the move.

they said he took like 25 mins to regain composure.

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white dude was fatigued & hovering dead center
it was only a matter of time before tee off

i mentioned above that i don't usually catch the episode till days later, but i had to check it out since ya'll were mentioning the kick. wow, that kick connected so clean.

everyone's reaction after that kick reminds me when i was young. i was in a tournament and i did a jump spinning back kick. i connected with dude's chin and my foot came down and i blasted him right in the throat. he was down for a while and had trouble breathing. everybody stood around shook just like in this episode. its a terrible feeling knowing you hurt somebody like that even when the very nature of what you are doing calls for it.

only couple things about uriah hall is how he has a tendency to lean really far back to avoid punches leaving his feet planted and he seemed to be gassing the last minute and half of the round. we'll see how that plays out when he comes up against a grappler with good striking defense.

>only couple things about uriah hall is how he has a tendency
>to lean really far back to avoid punches leaving his feet
>planted and he seemed to be gassing the last minute and half
>of the round. we'll see how that plays out when he comes up
>against a grappler with good striking defense.
>

Similar to Jon Jones, it seems as if dude's stong suit are his kicks and not his straight up boxing, at least based on that fight last night. I'm sure Jon Jones told his fighter to press forward so that he was out of range of Uriah Hall's kicks and while his boxing wasn't that impressive, he did a great job of pressing forward. I'm amazed Uriah was able to pull that off since the leg than landed the kick wasn't fully extended. I'm sure the people that trained Uriah Hall in Tiger Schullman are very proud.

Based on my kicking experience I actually think he intended to keep his leg bent due to the shorter distance. I was never taught to, but instinctively did the same. Once you throw a few hundred of a kick you really learn how to judge it's effective distance and how to tweak it.

>I'm amazed Uriah was able to pull that off
>since the leg than landed the kick wasn't fully extended. I'm
>sure the people that trained Uriah Hall in Tiger Schullman are
>very proud.

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http://www.bjpenn.com/free-fight-video-chris-weidman-kos-tuf-17s-uriah-hall-ufc-news/

>http://www.bjpenn.com/free-fight-video-chris-weidman-kos-tuf-17s-uriah-hall-ufc-news/

Uriah looked scared as hell to throw a kick probably based on weidman being a wrestler.

Holy fuck.

Dana is usually on that bullshit when hyping TUF, but Hall is the real deal, dude is nasty.

Looks like NOS commercials have been indicating the finale all season long. Hall needs to destroy Josh. That guy irks the shit out of me.

If that is not the final it will suck.

as dude was landing those vicious legs kicks was almost as entertaining as that mauling he poured on in the end of the second round. Anyone know if dude is still training only with Tiger Schullman (sp?)?

CHA CHING CHA CHING CHING CHING!!!!

he's all

THIS GUY! FROM THE BOTTOM! THIS GUY!

but yeah Uriah is next level

he's so fucking fast

can't see him being the next Silva or anything just yet

and as a sidenote I realize Sonnen got whooped by Silva and was talking shit before the fight w/ him and everything

but what the fuck was that "and I refuse to say that puke's name" pointing at Silva's banner?

>but what the fuck was that "and I refuse to say that puke's
>name" pointing at Silva's banner?
>
>

was only partially playing a role

at a certain point you extend past bravado and start showing your ass

I think he has this over Hall... Hall will have to go for the immediate kill if he tries to pick Kelvin apart like he did Dylan he will get taken down beaten and quite possibly submitted...

I don't see Kelvin getting in a defensive shell @ all.. I don't see him being intimidated by Hall like everybody else was/is.. I see him willing to close the distance and throw and I see his wrestling and tenacity beating Hall.

all that said Hall might very well end it instantly.. but to do that he needs to not be conservative about it.. he second guesses himself and he's gonna get smothered and whooped. Hall is a beast but I think Kelvin could very well be the truth in this matchup.

he still has long legs and perhaps I've been listening to too much Eddie Bravo in the past, but hopefully dude has been working on his guard work and can get submissions or do damage from the bottom, similiar to how he did last night. But I do agree with you that Kelvin is good on the ground and is definately better than Hall in that regard.

Dylan had absolutely no offense the whole fight and Hall nearly blew his arms out going for that Kimora before he realized it wasn't gonna cut it.. he won't be able to throw from the bottom like he did then because Kelvin will be putting the hurt on him... plus the level of composure Kelvin showed under Josh's Jujitsu tells me Hall will not be much of a submission threat...

Hall has to finish this quick or at least catch Kelvin standing to win this.. I really think Kelvin has the heart to grind this out.

mind I like them both and won't be the least bit dissapointed if either wins.

you see how Rousey was working him on the ground? Granted she knows the arm bar but he was clueless. Kelvin has surprised me so much. His first fight was meh. Him controlling the position and not doing much damage. But he has improved each fight and he really knows how to control you on the ground. He has a good gas tank too. Hopefully Hall is working his takedown defense and sweeps.

>I think he has this over Hall... Hall will have to go for the
>immediate kill if he tries to pick Kelvin apart like he did
>Dylan he will get taken down beaten and quite possibly
>submitted...
>
>I don't see Kelvin getting in a defensive shell @ all.. I
>don't see him being intimidated by Hall like everybody else
>was/is.. I see him willing to close the distance and throw and
>I see his wrestling and tenacity beating Hall.
>
>all that said Hall might very well end it instantly.. but to
>do that he needs to not be conservative about it.. he second
>guesses himself and he's gonna get smothered and whooped.
>Hall is a beast but I think Kelvin could very well be the
>truth in this matchup.

You called this perfectly. Hall pissed me off when he thought he was Silva and put himself flat against the cage with his hands down. Dude needs to go the route of Jon Jones and humble himself to strap on that BJJ white belt and improve his ground game.

even though Kelvin worked him he did not look the same. Looked like the jitters got to him.

Kelvin looked great though. If he keeps that hard work up he can have a great career.

Hopefully Bristol wins.

He's a good dude outside the ring.