Another season of TUF has started and by now most of you have either, A.) seen the premier on FX or, B.) read the recap of the show on some other website. But let’s recap the important stuff anyway, just for the hell of it.
The 2 hour season premier of TUF featured 28 fighters competing just to make it into the house and fight on a team coached by either Jon “Bones” Jones or Chael Sonnen…and I have to admit that so far I am a little underwhelmed. For the most part, I was not impressed with the fight footage that aired. Maybe the best fights were just over too quickly and the rest was filler or the folks in the editing room were a little overzealous; but I found myself a little bored. Maybe bored is too strong a word. Disengaged, perhaps. It could be that a few of the fighters I was hoping would get into the house didn’t make it: Leo Bercier the Native American from Missoula, Montana and Kito Andrews. They lost by referee stoppage and a decision, respectively. Other ...
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