Sherdog.com’s Guide to TUF 6
Scott Holmes Oct 4, 2007
Last week Dorian Price
(Pictures) left us with some
inspirational parting words. After tapping out to a choke, he
wished he'd have at least been knocked out, so he could be asleep
and "dreaming about fat hookers."
I hope you kids are listening because you've got to have a dream.
Right after the match, Matt
Serra (Pictures) is already postulating about who
will be his next fighter chosen to fight. Richie Hightower (Pictures) is the smallest on his team.
Maybe Team Hughes will pick him since he could be viewed as the
weakest link. Serra thinks Matt
Hughes (Pictures) will see George Sotiropoulos
(Pictures) as his chief stud and might
also try and take him out early.
Once again Joe Scarola is whining about still being in the house. Pete Sell (Pictures) and Serra discuss Joe's attitude and the situation, and they decide to make him do some hard sparring to help clear his head.
Hughes has a conversation with Miles about his fight and decides to address his whole team. His talk includes a suitable parallel by comparing their stay on the show to his training in college, in that you spend all your time wanting to leave and then the rest of your life longing to relive the experience.
UFC 72 went down in Ireland during the taping of the show, and the boys are allowed to watch the fights. Hughes rolls in to watch with his team and later Serra shows. Hughes goes silent.
Only one man is missing from the festivities, as Scarola sits outside on the porch "sulking," according to Serra. Serra spends the majority of the night sitting alongside his assistant coach Ray Longo, and they try to talk some sense into Scarola. Scarola's becoming a broken record with his "gotta get me out of here" pleading.
After the talk Scarola has a few adult drinks with Matt Arroyo until one by one more guys start rolling in and slamming them back. It doesn't take long before voices start to rise, things get boisterous and you guessed it -- face paint.
Well, paint everywhere really, as the drunkards start performing the customary destructive acts that come along with sweet lady booze. Soon someone is clowning around the roof while others take turns slapping each other in the head with the table top. Paint ends up all over the walls, and Scarola writes his girl's name on the cupboard. It is just a shade less romantic than spray painting it on an inner-city overpass.
Drinking is not like reading a book; it does not make you smart. At least the punches that are thrown go into the thrower's own face. No harm, no foul.
The next day at the training center, Serra finds himself talking to Scarola yet again. This time he tells Scarola that if he leaves, he's not just throwing away an amazing opportunity, he'll also lose his job teaching jiu-jitsu at Serra's school. Now Scarola isn't just walking away from a golden opportunity, he'll be cutting his safety net down too.
Serra isn't the only one that wants Scarola to stay. Dana White rolls in on Joey and listens to his plight. Scarola tells him about the hard time he's had with the cameras, the nightmares and sleepless nights. White pleads with him to stay on the show while pretending to care about problems that typically annoy the family photo guy down at Sears.
After telling White that he'd sleep on it, Scarola sneaks out the front door, leaving the show and burning a bridge with his coach, employer and previous best friend.
Serra learns of the departure and seems relieved to have the distraction gone. Scarola has some parting words: "I'm not a dick, I'm not a douche bag, I'm not a pussy."
Probably not, but I have an inbox chock full of e-mails that use the same terms to colorfully disagree.
Miles has a little work to get down to weight. Hughes puts him through some workout torture while wearing layers and a hoodie. Buckets of sweat flop off Miles, but it pays off when he makes weight.
Kolosci wakes up on fight day and feels under the weather. A little fatigue and an ugly cough have him worrying about keeping this fight from going into the second round. While he worries about his wind, Miles worries about the pressure from his coach: "You got Matt Hughes (Pictures) breathing down your neck. That brings another level of anxiety to it."
Fight day comes, and everyone is a little surprised when Kolosci shoots and gets a takedown on the better wrestler. Miles doesn't stay down for long, as he picks his moment to explode out from under Kolosci and gets control of his legs.
What happens next is very peculiar. Miles chooses to just hold onto Kolosci's hips. Without mounting any kind of offense, he stays in the same position with his head left unguarded. Kolosci decides that he likes what he sees and slips his forearm under Miles' neck. Miles makes no effort to get out and allows Kolosci to just stand straight up and stick him with a standing guillotine.
Miles taps quickly. Afterward Hughes and Mac Danzig (Pictures) share a look of disgust. We are only three weeks into the show, and already we've seen two guys quit in the cage and one leave the show. Instead of starting off with a bang, this season has been more like the release of an untied balloon.
I hope you kids are listening because you've got to have a dream.
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Once again Joe Scarola is whining about still being in the house. Pete Sell (Pictures) and Serra discuss Joe's attitude and the situation, and they decide to make him do some hard sparring to help clear his head.
This week's match-ups are chosen, and it will be Billy Miles (Pictures) from Team Hughes facing John Kolosci (Pictures) from the Serra side.
Hughes has a conversation with Miles about his fight and decides to address his whole team. His talk includes a suitable parallel by comparing their stay on the show to his training in college, in that you spend all your time wanting to leave and then the rest of your life longing to relive the experience.
UFC 72 went down in Ireland during the taping of the show, and the boys are allowed to watch the fights. Hughes rolls in to watch with his team and later Serra shows. Hughes goes silent.
Only one man is missing from the festivities, as Scarola sits outside on the porch "sulking," according to Serra. Serra spends the majority of the night sitting alongside his assistant coach Ray Longo, and they try to talk some sense into Scarola. Scarola's becoming a broken record with his "gotta get me out of here" pleading.
After the talk Scarola has a few adult drinks with Matt Arroyo until one by one more guys start rolling in and slamming them back. It doesn't take long before voices start to rise, things get boisterous and you guessed it -- face paint.
Well, paint everywhere really, as the drunkards start performing the customary destructive acts that come along with sweet lady booze. Soon someone is clowning around the roof while others take turns slapping each other in the head with the table top. Paint ends up all over the walls, and Scarola writes his girl's name on the cupboard. It is just a shade less romantic than spray painting it on an inner-city overpass.
Drinking is not like reading a book; it does not make you smart. At least the punches that are thrown go into the thrower's own face. No harm, no foul.
The next day at the training center, Serra finds himself talking to Scarola yet again. This time he tells Scarola that if he leaves, he's not just throwing away an amazing opportunity, he'll also lose his job teaching jiu-jitsu at Serra's school. Now Scarola isn't just walking away from a golden opportunity, he'll be cutting his safety net down too.
Serra isn't the only one that wants Scarola to stay. Dana White rolls in on Joey and listens to his plight. Scarola tells him about the hard time he's had with the cameras, the nightmares and sleepless nights. White pleads with him to stay on the show while pretending to care about problems that typically annoy the family photo guy down at Sears.
After telling White that he'd sleep on it, Scarola sneaks out the front door, leaving the show and burning a bridge with his coach, employer and previous best friend.
Serra learns of the departure and seems relieved to have the distraction gone. Scarola has some parting words: "I'm not a dick, I'm not a douche bag, I'm not a pussy."
Probably not, but I have an inbox chock full of e-mails that use the same terms to colorfully disagree.
Miles has a little work to get down to weight. Hughes puts him through some workout torture while wearing layers and a hoodie. Buckets of sweat flop off Miles, but it pays off when he makes weight.
Kolosci wakes up on fight day and feels under the weather. A little fatigue and an ugly cough have him worrying about keeping this fight from going into the second round. While he worries about his wind, Miles worries about the pressure from his coach: "You got Matt Hughes (Pictures) breathing down your neck. That brings another level of anxiety to it."
Fight day comes, and everyone is a little surprised when Kolosci shoots and gets a takedown on the better wrestler. Miles doesn't stay down for long, as he picks his moment to explode out from under Kolosci and gets control of his legs.
What happens next is very peculiar. Miles chooses to just hold onto Kolosci's hips. Without mounting any kind of offense, he stays in the same position with his head left unguarded. Kolosci decides that he likes what he sees and slips his forearm under Miles' neck. Miles makes no effort to get out and allows Kolosci to just stand straight up and stick him with a standing guillotine.
Miles taps quickly. Afterward Hughes and Mac Danzig (Pictures) share a look of disgust. We are only three weeks into the show, and already we've seen two guys quit in the cage and one leave the show. Instead of starting off with a bang, this season has been more like the release of an untied balloon.
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