The Ultimate Fighter – Heavyweights, The Ultimate Finale

Big Country   That's a fine figure of a man. - my wife upon seeing Roy Nelson post fight. So we've come to the end of our three month MMA journey.  Roy Nelson will face Brendan Schaub for the title of "The Ultimate Fighter."  We'll also have Kimbo Slice in action, as well as Marcus …

The Ultimate Fighter – Heavyweights, Episode 11

There can be only one. Tonight we were treated to the 2-hour regular season finale and four, count 'em, four fights.  Factor in all the extraneous drama and it was a big night for TUF. Things start out with much discussion of Matt Mitrione and the "will he or won't he" nature of his fight …

The Ultimate Fighter – Heavyweights, Episode 10

This week brings us week 2 of the quarter finals.  Our scheduled fight is Brenden Schaub and Jon Madsen. However, the bigger news seems to be the ongoing soap opera of Matt "Meathead" Mitrione.  Mitrione finally returns to the training center with a story of his brain swelling as the cause of his recent absence.  …

The Ultimate Fighter – Heavyweights, Episode 8

The show opens right where my DVR cut off last week, with Rampage Jackson destroying the locker room door after Matt Mitrione beat Scott Junk by decision and put Team Rampage down 0-7. Then we gear up for this week's fight, the final of the first round.  I have to admit I've been looking forward …

The Ultimate Fighter – Heavyweights, Episode 2

Yes, I'm a full week behind, but I'll get caught up this weekend.  I finally got around to watching episode 2 of the tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter yesterday.  After all the trash talking between Evans and Jackson, we got a fight between Wes Shivers and James McSweeney. Shivers is an NFL washout who …