The Ultimate Fighter

By Rick Behnke You can put on a show, you can be in a show, or you can steal a show. And this week, before the big show - the semi-final bout - we saw glimpses of all of these aspects of drama in what was one of the better episodes this season.This week featured the long-awaited rematch between Matt Serra and Shoni...

By Rick Behnke The old saying "losing builds character, winning builds confidence" showed up on this week's episode the moment Matt Hughes walked in the training center door. He is confident. He is the champion. He is a winner. He is the "man."His walk shows it. His talk shows it. Matt Hughes walks the talk, and G...

By Rick Behnke It's about getting the title shot. That's what The Comeback is all about. The young fighters from previous seasons were looking for a chance to break into the big leagues. The veterans in UTF 4, who have already been on the show, want a shot at the title. And never has that been more apparent than i...

By Rick Behnke In The Ultimate Fighter, there's the competition and there's the drama. If you ask me, I prefer the competition. But this is still a reality TV show, and well, drama usually ensues.As for the competition, as one of this week's elimination bout fighters puts it, it's about a test. I think that's...

By Rick Behnke For some fighters a comeback is more meaningful than others. Last week we saw Jeremy Jackson blow his title shot when he broke the rules and left the confines of the house to meet the lifeguard of his dreams. Some of this season's fighters are trying to come back to the big leagues after having d...

By Rick Behnke Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a physical game, but it's the psychological or mental side of the game that can make all the difference in the success a fighter has in the Octagon.Episode three featured various aspects of the mental gamesmanship going on in the Ultimate Fighter household. Whet...

By Rick Behnke The Ultimate Fighter season four middleweights put on a show of blood and guts in this week's elimination bout. It's a theme that wove itself throughout the entire show: the guts, in team work ethic; the blood, in fighter toughness.Unlike other seasons, where the coaches decided the fight...

By Vince Chan Results could be mixed if you paired a bad student with a good teacher. But pair a good student with a bad teacher and the student could make things work out on their own. Tonight's episode was an exploration into this phenomenon. If there was some method behind Ken Shamrock's madness, he certa...

By Vince Chan Episode two of The Ultimate Fighter 3 suffered its largest week-to-week ratings drop in the series' history. Episode three sought to prove that the blip was not a downward trend by having a great lead-in show, UFC unleashed. UFC unleashed showcased five classic fights of the legendary, Ro...

By Vince Chan Season three of The Ultimate Fighter reality series premiered tonight. Dana White, the president of the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) is one smart guy. Tweaking the series with feuding coaches Ken Shamrock and Tito Ortiz may have been the smartest move to spice up the third seaso...

By Vince Chan I was looking forward to the three hour season finale tonight on SpikeTV and had mixed emotions after watching it. The action was fantastic but the show's production left much to be desired. This review will differ from previous reviews thus far. The Ultimate Fighting Championship ('UFC')...

By Vince Chan Tonight's special episode of The Ultimate Fighter 2 jumped right into the action! All the training, all the antics at the fighters' house did not matter anymore. It was between the underdog Jason Von Flue and the destined finalist Joe Stevenson; between Brad 'The Cowboy' Imes and Seth 'Th...

By Vince Chan If you're undefeated, you're fighting the wrong people", says Matt Hughes while he comforted Sam Morgan after Sam's devastating knockout by Luke Cummo. The knockout left Sam dazed for a couple of minutes. You could tell that Sam really wanted to win. I respect fighters who cry over their def...

By Vince Chan Semi-finals are coming up! This season of Ultimate Fighter 2 has been marred by many lackadaisical fights. The fighters are not in shape and, more importantly, don't have the heart last season's fighters displayed. The winners of the fights thus far truly deserved their wins, but it has co...