The residue of these house beefs at least is finding it's way into the Octagon.
The second episode of SpikeTV's "The Ultimate Fighter: Season 5" brought more domestic drama and more of the same action in the cage. Not only is Jens Pulver's team 2-0, so is SpikeTV for having another entertaining episode.
Manny Gamburyan, who is Karo Parisyan's cousin, used a Parisyan-like judo takedown and earned side control position on the ground against Noah Thomas. The fired-up Gamburyan then applied a Kimura arm-lock and earned the tap that gave Jens Pulver's team the win.
"I should of came across like a bat out of h*** and I didn't," Thomas said. "Everyone that saw me fight was like 'dude, that wasn't you'."
It looked as if there wasn't going to be a wait for a fight after Blue Team's (BJ Penn) Rob Emerson scribbled an insult on the house wall for the Yellow Team (Pulver).
When Pulver's team returned from working out, Yellow Team's Nate Diaz called out whoever wrote the insult. Eventually, Gamburyan got the most worked up over the insult and let the Blue Team know it by calling out the whole team at one point.
"Me and Manny didn't get along," said Thomas, a retired Marine sniper. "I'm kind of a loud person. He didn't like being in the house. He didn't like being cooped up."
Even though Thomas lost his match in the second episode. He had the opportunity to work with former UFC welterweight champion BJ Penn for the rest of the season. So what was it like working with Penn?
"Awesome," Thomas said. "He's a good coach. He was showing jiu-jitsu advanced basics. Only being there six weeks, you can't really break down everyone's game. You have to work with what they have. So he was just working with what people already had."
Check back each Friday afternoon of this season as Fightin' Words interviews the last person eliminated each week from The Ultimate Fighter: Season 5. Thanks for reading.
Comments (3)
I watch Ultimate Fighter time to time as well. I'm looking forward to Chuck Norris's WCL
& to the IFL. I think that it would give UFC a run for its money.
kuTTer
Why is the word "hell" censored? Is your audience a bunch of Bible thumping Texans, or can you give us New Yorkers a little more credit for being educated adults?
Since the UFC bought Pride it's hard to see anyone push them from top position in the sport. Had Norris put together PE funding, would have been a layup, and bought Pride, we'd have a battle on our hands. Instead it looks like a race for second place.
Joe, any more detail on the Tito no show? I wonder if it affects him with the UFC, and fighting in Nevada?