TUF is The Ultimate Fighter television show held on Spike T.V and hosted by the UFC and UFC president, Dana White!
On the show there are two teams and two team coaches. The coaches are well known UFC fighters. Many guys try out to be a part of the show. If they make it, the captins watch them train and then choose which guy gets on which team. After they pick teams, both teams start to train (seperatley or at different times) and at the end of each week the coaches will pick one of their guys to fight one of the other guys from the other team! They will fight and whoever wins continues on to the next round! The loser gets eliminated from the competition. The winning side gets points, not that it matters or anything. At the end of the season, there will usually be two guys left and they will fight for a final time. If they win they recieve a six figure contract with the UFC and usually a very nice watch and the coaches usually fight too.
Sounds kind of boring, right? Well to me that does, but that's not exactly all of it! Think about it! A bunch of guys (16) cooped up in one house for almost 3 months.....it's not going to be pretty. They all run their mouths, get drunk, and of course FIGHT! Some have gotten into trouble before and sent home, got beat up, etc. Everything you can imagine happens or has happened on this show. Boys will be boys, right? Is it real though? The guys on this show do learn a lot from the coaches, but are they there to learn or are they there because they want to be famous? This show has put a lot of fighters out into the spotlight and has given them the push they need to make it in this sport. I know a lot of things on reality shows are FAKE, but is it all fake? I think most of the guys there do want to learn from the coaches and honestly do want the expierence of the whole situation, but I also think some are just there to goof off and show their face on camera. Some of the greatest fighters have come from this show. Like Forrest Griffin, Diego Sanchez, Josh Koscheck, Matt Riddle, Rashad Evans, Matt Serra(dont't like him, ha), Joe Stevenson, Chris Leben, Keith Jardine, Michael Bisping, Kendell Grove, and Nate Diaz. There has been 8, going on 9, teams! I think season 3 had the most goof offs there! The coaches are most of the time rivals too, so that doesn't help, but it does help ratings. This season is supposed to have the highest ratings yet! It's the United States vs. the United Kingdom!!
Anyways, my question for you is do you think the guys are there to actually learn or to get that moment of fame?
http://www.ufc.com/ for more information!
I think most of them, if they're willing to get beat up that badly, probably have a passion for what they do. The fame is definitely an added bonus to anything like that, and to make your name known for what you love.
ReplyDelete