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The Ultimate Fighter Season 5, Episode 8
By Erin | May 24, 2007
Dana brings the coaches into the gym to discuss the upcoming matches. Oh, this is a good plan, let’s stick Jens and BJ in a small room together for a long period of time and get them to agree on things. Yeah, good thinking there.
Predictably Jens and BJ start squabbling with each other over their fight.
Quarterfinal fights are announced: Lauzon vs. Miller, Maynard vs. Melendez, Diaz vs. Hill, and Wiman vs. Gamburyan. Jens is not pleased about Nate fighting Corey.
The guys celebrate as always by getting shit faced drunk. Marlon and Noah more or less call each other out. Marlon points out that he will never tap. This, while “manly†is also rather stupid.
Marlon and Noah get ready to backyard brawl with Alan reffing. Oh yes, this is going to turn out well. Being drunken fighters, while it starts out rather friendly, it gets serious rather quickly. They break off for a second and then proceed to go again over the concrete. I love a good REGULATED fight, but I’m not cool with other shit that could easily get out of hand.
Nate, “Lord of the Flies†is NOT a good comparison to make here (Roommate Jen: but that doesn’t necessarily make it inaccurate).
Dana shows up the next morning looking pissed. Well Dana, I’m not going to defend this shit, but what the hell do you expect to happen when you give guys nothing to do but booze it up!? Did we learn nothing from the Leben/Koscheck incident?
Dana kicks Marlon, Alan and Noah out of the house. It’s good to see some consequences, but how about some fucking preventative measures next time, ok?
During the stare down after the weigh-ins Lauzon and Miller get dork-tastic wiggling very facial parts. It’s actually kinda cute.
Joe Lauzon vs. Cole Miller
Round 1: Miller goes for a side kick which Joe catches and they end up rolling to the floor with Miller on top. Lauzon grabs an ankle, but Miller slides out. Lauzon grabs it again and ends up in Miller’s guard. Lauzon starts working Miller over to his side of the cage while Miller works for a triangle. Lauzon gets a couple of nasty punches from standing and eventually gets around to Miller’s back. Miller gets Lauzon back into guard as the round ends.
Round 2: Lauzon gets a takedown and lands in Miller’s guard. Pretty much the same as before with Lauzon staying in the dominant position and Miller grabbing for arms. Lauzon inadvertently whacks Miller in the back of the head with an elbow. Miller gets a timeout to make sure he can continue to fight. Miller says he’s fine and the fight continues. Lauzon comes out swinging and then gets the takedown and moves to Miller’s back where Miller pretty much turtles up. He almost gets the fight back up but Lauzon gets him back down where he pounds on his until the ref calls the fight.
Winner: Joe Lauzon via TKO.
Miller gets carted off in the ambulance for treatment afterwards.
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yeah if you ask me it looked like miller was milking that head shot that he took…congratz to lauzon
Marlon, Berube and Noah gone: No big loss. They should have been out when they were beaten in their fights. The latest round of expulsions however, means Team Pulver has 8 fighters training and Team Penn only 4. Not sure if that will matter or not.
Funny that this, the best episode yet, takes place at the start of the quarterfinals, when most of the weak have already been eliminated. In other words, we could have been seeing fights like this from the beginning if Dana would have selected 16 qualified MMA fighters instead of a mix of fighters, drama queens, side show acts and canon fodder.
Good writeup Erin.
I loved how Marlon said the fight with Noah got to showcase his skllz. What an idiot.
Great Job Erin. I love reading your take on this show’s weekly antics. Good writing style and funny way of putting things. Keep it going.
Aww thanks guys! I’m all blushy now.