TUF 10: Episode 1 recap
What happens when you put four former NFLers, an IFL champ, a streetfighting legend and Wes Sims into one house?…
What happens when you put four former NFLers, an IFL champ, a streetfighting legend and Wes Sims into one house? Reality gold, that’s what! Or so we hope as we head into season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter.
Kevin Kimbo Slice Ferguson is certainly the curiosity going into this season, but there will be plenty of compelling reasons to watch with all the new faces and notable hams, such as Wes Sims and Roy Nelson’s thighs.
Seriously, with coaches like Quinton Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans, what’s not to like? Not one fighter has arrived yet and already the battles begin as Jackson and Evans (great wine cooler company name) are already chirping at each other in the training center.
Jackson breaks the ice by claiming an early victory for his yet-to-be assembled team.
Let me tell you why that ain’t going to happen, says Evans. You’re too slow. You’re too slow. Your head’s too big and too easy to hit.
Jackson has a ready answer.
You got a big a– mouth and it’s going to cost you, he retorts.
It’s hard to tell if these two hate each other or if they love to hate each other, but either way, it’s fun to watch. One by one, heavyweights start to file in.
Each coach sizes up their potential pupils.
Damn, these guys are big as hell, says Jackson. They kept walking in and each one was bigger than the next.
Handshakes and man-hugs are exchanged and once again Evans and Jackson begin bickering. UFC President Dana White steps in before the production crew has fully set up for the season’s intros.
Relax you two — don’t get in a fight, he says.
White’s not so much annoyed that Jackson and Evans are riling each other up, but that they are doing it before all the cameras are set up. He explains that they’ve been going at it since the moment they entered the building.
It shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone that Kimbo will be a ratings boon, but don’t worry; he won’t be getting preferential treatment. Or, maybe I’m wrong, as Dana lines everyone up and announces to them that there is one more guy, then brings in Slice like he’s something ironically special.
I’ve talked more sh– about this guy than anyone and coming from me, that is saying a lot, says White.
