The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 5 Recap
CAUTION: SPOILERS INCLUDED
We immediately pick up where we left off last week as Junie Browning jumps over the fence and into the octagon to confront Efrain Escudero following his victory over Shane Nelson. Antonio Rodrigo Noeguira is able to wrangle him up before things can escalate and the situation cools down, though Team Nogueira takes offense to the situation with Nogueira remarking “He’s scared, and he’s gonna be the next to tap.” and Shane Primm telling Junie that what he did was “the most disrespectful thing you could do.”
Junie’s coach Frank Mir adds “Now you made me look stupid,” but the incident blows over and no punishment comes of it.
UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva joins Team Nogueira for an intense training session (his English seems highly improved), including an extended sparring session with Ryan Bader.
The pranks have escalated back at the house as the teams use itching powder and sardines to irritate their opponents. Efrain had a hard time sleeping due to the itching powder and after a conversation with his fighters, Nogueira decides that something must be done about the pranks. He tries to recruit his opposing coach to his side, but Mir sees no harm in the current pranks. Nogueira and assistant coach Al Stankie head to the house to talk to the fighters, but they too aren’t all that concerned.
Following back-to-back wins by Team Nogueira to open up the competition, light heavyweights Elliot Marshall (Team Mir) and Shane Primm (Team Nogueira) clash in this week’s episode with Team Mir looking for their first win. Marshall gets Primm to the ground midway through the opening round and locks in a rear naked choke that forces Primm to tap. Team MIr gets its first win and improves to 1-2 in the tournament while Marshall advances to the 205-pound semis.
TEAM MIR
- 205: Elliot Marshall (1-0)
- 205: Krzysztof Soszynski
- 205: Vinicius Magalhaes
- 155: Junie Browning
- 155: David Kaplan
- 155: George Roop
- 155: Shane Nelson
Eliminated in episode four by Efrain Escudero - 205: Tom Lawlor
Eliminated in episode three by Ryan Bader
TEAM NOGUEIRA
- 205: Ryan Bader (1-0)
- 155: Efrain Escudero (1-0)
- 205: Kyle Kingsbury
- 205: Jules Bruchez
- 155:Phillipe Nover
- 155: John Polakowski
- 155: Roli Delgado
- 205: Shane Primm
Eliminated in episode five by Elliot Marshall
Tags: Eliot Marshall, Shane Primm
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messed up a lil in what happend with the pranks…
team nog did the sardines thing, in retaliation to the itching powder…
the under wear pranks are still accepted as a good natured prank, but everything else is getting crazy…
as for junie, junie junie junie, i dont think they should make him fight until the end since if he losses he should just ask to be out of hte house, with a statement like “if i lose y’all are gonna have to deal with me drunk every night”
we shall see what happens next week i guess
Kris,
Mispelled Nog’s name the first time. Grammatical error “pranks has” and “Mir seems no harm”.
Junie is nuts, and obviously a problem. From the clip it looks like he and Delgado have a pretty good fight next week though, looking forward to that. I thought Primm came out half cocked, he wasn’t in the right mindset for that fight. At one point while Marshall was looking to sink in that RNC Primm had a look on his face like “Well, I’m ready to get out of this fight, I really didn’t want to be fighting right now, but I’ve got to keep going a little longer so I don’t look like a total puss.”
Also, in regards to the pranks. I hate pranks, and I’ve never been a fan of them. Soszynski may find them entertaining, but I think that most of the people in the house would rather just train, eat, and sleep not have to deal with that crap. I agree with the coaches that if the pranks continue, and continue to escalate they will probably end up with a fight in the house.
IS JUST ME OR DOES IT SEEM LIKE DANA IS FAVORING JUNIE… I MEAN IN LAST 7 SEASONS OF TUF. NEVER DID HE GIVE SOME ONE AN EXTRA CHANCE AND EVEN NOW HES GIVEN JUNIE 2 CHANCES… THATS KINDA BULL ****… BEFORE THE SEASON I ROOTING FOR MIR TO NOG WHEN THEY FIGHT BUT IM STARTING TO LIKE NOG. HES A GOOD GUYS. AND FOR ANDERSON DAM THAT GUY CAN THROW SOME MEAN KICKS HE ALMOST TOOK HIS HEAD OFF. BUT I NEVER REALLY LIKE ANDERSON CUZ I DON’T LIKE THAT HE USES A TRANSLATOR BUT HE SEEMS TO BE WORKING ON THAT… IM FEELING ANDERSON NOW…
Yeah, i agree… I really don’t get why Junie is still there. Especially when Dana sat there and said if the state commision guy (or whoever it was) had been there Junie would have been stripped of his license. ahh well it looks like it leads to a good fight next week…. I’m pulling for Roli, I love seeing the jackass get beat by an under dog.
Anderson Silva is just ridiculous, I can’t even say anything else… Just an unreal amount of talent. Hopefully all of team Nog realizes how priviledged they were to have Nog and Silva both there.
Anyone else entertained by Al “stankie”?
It does look like Dana is favoring “Loonie junie”. That guy is public enemy #1 to all MMA fans except to his mom. I hope and I know for a fact MANY people want to see him lose.
I’M DEFENITLY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE… I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THEN TO SEE HIM LOSE. AND MAYBE HE’LL STEP UP TO ONE OF THE LHW THAT HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED AND JUST CHEAP SHOT HIM.. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME…
You guys aren’t even talking about the fight that Eliott whooped that guy rather easily. I hope he goes all the way to the finals. My brother used to work with him as a bouncer, he’s a real cool dude and he better fight Tom Lawlor that will be awesome
OH MY GOD ARE YOUR SERIOUS TELL YOUR BROTHER THATS COOL HES A LUCKY GUY…. LOL
Thanks guys, I cleaned up the article so it should be all good now. The facts were kind of hazy since I watched this episode over a week ago
OVER A WEEK AGO? FEEL ME IN HA HA… DO YOU KNOW WHO IS IN THE FINALS KRIS
Junie has all the talent in the world…and he’s gonna piss it away acting like a fool. It’s pretty sad. He had by far the best line of the opening show. “I’m the only one here who can fight. The rest of them are here for the free Tapout shirt.”
Regarding the pranks… I agree that the underwear pranks are just funny. Messing with beds, though, crosses the line and for the exact reasons that Nogueira mentioned. You’re messing with a guy’s sleep. If you’re dead tired you can’t train, you can’t concentrate, you can’t learn.
By all means, if you can keep coming up with creative things to do to another guy’s underwear (outside putting an irritant in it), more power to you. But leave it there. It’s going to get ugly otherwise.
B Free,
I talked about the fight, thank you very much sir.
Eliot seems to really have a good all around game. In his fight with Karn Gergoryan, he wasn’t really hurt in the stand up and he was countering Karn’s leg kicks fairly well with the middle jab. Last night’s fight for him was kind of over before it started, Primm was outclassed in just about every aspect of that fight. He had no answer for the two strikes that Eliot threw and was in no way even attempting a sprawl to defend the take down and he was out matched every second of the way on the ground. With a little more coaching I think Eliot has the chops to go pretty far in this competition.
As far as the pranks go, I think good natured pranks are funny and they can releive a little tension especially in a house with 16 fighters and no TV. That being said, if the pranks interfere with a fighters training or resting/preparing for a fight than it is dangerous. This isn’t summer camp this show is about learning what you can from one of the best fighters in the world while you’re there and showcasing your talent on national tv. Sooner or later that needs to take precendent over prank wars.
I think people aren’t really talking about the fight since it was so one sided, But a very good win.
Junie is a ****en idiot with a lot of real problems. But Vinny by far is underrated in the b*tchassness category. Peeing on a ef’s pillow like that, then throwing a fit cause elliot told Kryz ill see you in the finals. Homie needs to relax, he’s way to serious.
I do think its funny that Delgado gets called out for lying about his Black Belt in BJJ (when Mir asked who he earned it from, and Delgado had that stupid confused look on his face was priceless). One thing that annoys the hell out of me is people who lie about stuff to try and impress someone. You all know that loser in HS that went to college far far away and “reinvented” himself. It really does make me sick. Same went for Marlon Sims a few seasons ago, so I hope Delgado’s scrawny ass suffers the same fate and gets KTFO. Plus I wanna see Junie fight efrian.
yzfoxracing, i agree on the nog thing. i was kinda impartial at first but the way mir reacted to nog last nite when nog was tryin to be cool pissed me off. the thing that makes is worse is that i don’t think mir should really be getting a title shot to begin with. his only recent win was due to the fact that lesnar got f’d by that call and then he got the sub. it’s all opinion but i think lesnar woulda ko’d mir if mazz didn’t stop him. so to have that cocky attitude seems a bit too much for me.
as for junie, i totally agree that dana’s letting him get away with more than others. at first, even though it’s wrong, i was happy that he stayed cuz i really wana see him fight, but now i feel like they’re just makin it the junie show. i hope he gets handled and shuts the hell up. i also think that vinnie guy needs to smoke something and chill the hell out. pissin in a dudes bed is nasty, not to mention that it was his own damn team that started everything so go be pissed at the right people a-hole. i think nog’s spot on and something’s gonna cross the line and cause a fight.
THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE THE BEST SEASON SO FAR… ANYONE AGREE? SEASON 1 IS STILL MY FAVORITE THOUGHT
I’m with you guys, I started out pulling for Mir’s team, but then I figured out that he picked all the pricks, and he’s kinda one too so I’m pulling for Nog’s team now.
I’m friends with Allen (aka Junie) and his brother we’ve trained together a bit and grew up together hes always been a bit crazy I don’t see too many people in that house beating him out of the lightweights hes even crazier when hes drunk but honestly who doesn’t get a little rowdy when they’re drunk it just so happens he’s on one of the biggest stages in the world
I hate Junie so much I stopped watcing the show. I will read about it here, but I can’t waste a moment of my life watching that white-trash piece of sh!t.
SSF, that isn’t “a little rowdy,” that’s “a menace and a complete d-bag.” He’s throwing GLASS at people. He’s threatening to cold-cock them. That goes well beyond “a little rowdy” and he ought to be thrown off on principal. He’s worse than Jesse Taylor was.
Dana said from the start that there is a crazy lightweight this season and i’m thinking he was talking about Junie. If i remeber right he said “theres a 155er that is going to be a contender”. not an exact quote but it was something to that effect.
Everyone who mentioned the Sipder I agree with all of you. It is amazing to see him toying with the one of the best fighters in the house. Begging him to punch him and then just eating those punches and asking for more. Bader is a Bad A$$ and Silva looked like he was running a daycare.
$ick$,
It did look like Silva was playing with him, but they did have on sparring gloves. Silva dodged several of those punches as well.
Justin,
your right for sure, I watched it again and he did dodge quite a few. I love seeing Anderson Silva train. I realize to be a top guy in the sport you have to have an incredible work ethic and i’m not taking anything away from other champions, but Silva never seems to do anything but gain more respect. I realize my respect means nothing, I’m only 1-0 in MMA but to see someone at the top putting in more than i do sucking terds off the floor at my own gym is inspiring.
Ive noticed alot of talk about why Junie hasent been kicked off while guys like Jesse Taylor or Marlon/Noah got booted for being drunken messes. Yes Junie acts like a complete Douche when he was drunk… hell hes even kind of a douche sober and he really does have a problem and needs professional help. But the difference between him and Jesse Taylor is the fact that Jesse went nuts in a Vegas casino threatened and harassed women in a bar and fought with casino security. However Junie got nuts with other trained fighters, so there is a difference. as for why Noah and Marlon got kicked off for fighting and Junie hasent, well he really didnt fight anybody (mostly cause the guys he was calling out acted very mature and werent going to be stupid enough to drop to his level) he pushed a few guys and threw a cup, but nothing major. But thats why Junie doesnt fall into the same categories as previous fighters who got kicked off.
I thought Mir and all the guys on his team were real disrespestful toward
Nog – it really shows that he cares for his fighters – actually Mir came across as a dick and Nog will take him easily in their fight.
As for Silva unreal the man is a machine, plaing with Bader who I think is a contender for the win
Junie is there cause Dana is a smart business guy who knows that people are gonna watch next episode to see what he dose – Ratings!!
WHAT IS IT WITH PEOPLE BRAGGING WHO THEY KNOW AND HUNG OUT WITH. COME ON GUYS WE REALLY DON’T CARE WHO YOU GUYS KNOW… SPECIALLY THESE GUYS THAT ARE REALLY NOBODIES “RIGHT NOW”… BUT IF IT WAS CHUCK OR RANDY OR GSP…
i predict that junie pulls a “jessie” the first night out of the house! he is a d-bag even when he isnt drinking! i am from alabama but have been all over the world, all the while hearing about “white trash” and “rednecks” everywhere i go from americans whom are abroad. idiots like junie help perpetuate that stereotype! eff him! all that talent and he WILL throw it away at some point!
Good points aznstar_inc.
$ick$,
Silva was definitely working hard, he was really pushing the other guys.
YZF,
I know a guy, who knows a guy, who’s mother’s brother’s cousin’s sister’s aunt’s nephew’s best friend in high school knew someone that knew someone that knows somebody cool. That makes me cool right?! [sarcasm]
i dont know anyone, you guys are the only friends i have
junie wont last long the way hes going, if he has a drinking problem now, when he has more money, more pressure and more fame(if he lasts that long) i can see him doing much harder drugs and drinking alot more…
junie is his own worst enemy, and for those who claim to know him, some friends you are allowing a person like that to not receive the help they so desperatly need…
JUSTIN OH YEAH I THINK MY COUSINS FRIEND KNOWS HIM TOO…
I TOTALLY AGREE WITHN TREY I THINK JUNIE IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING STUPID WHEATHER IN THE HOUSE OR OUT IF HE DOESN’T GET A GRIP ON REALITY.
HE (JUNIE) LOOKS LIKE HE COULD BE A GOOD FIGHTER IF HE WOULD GROW UP!!
LOOK AT CHRIS LEBEN , NOT AS BAD AS JUNIE BUT WHEN HE KNOCKS BISBANG OUT THIS WEEKEND COULD HAVE A SHOT AT WINNER OF FRANKLIN / HENDERSON OR NATE MARQUAT. (PROBABLY SPELLED NATES LAST NAME WRONG)
Joey,
Franklin/Henderson is at 205, so its not likely that the winner of Leben/Bisping will (necessarily) get a shot at the winner of that fight. Being that the two fights are at different weight classes I don’t think that either will affect future matches of combatants in the other fight directly. I think that if Bisping wins, he will face Henderson as coaches for TUF 9 regardless of the outcome of Henderson/Franklin.
HEY JUSTING THAT SOUNDS GOOD I THINK THATS WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN… IF BISPING GETS BY LEBEN…
just to clarify, junie didn’t just act up and push some other fighters around. on at least two occasions he had to be physically restrained which to me is just as bad as if he would’ve fought somebody. the first was with bader where he was holding onto him while in the pool and the 2nd and more ridiculous example was when he jumped into the cage after the fight. that’s probably the most disrespectful thing i’ve seen in the sport…. well besides bispings post fight speech after “beating” hammil. hahhahah