The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 9 Recap
With just two fights remaining in the quarterfinals, one in each weight class, the final matchups are set and this week light heavyweights Krzysztof Soszynski and Kyle Kingsbury clash for the remaining spot in the semis.
Earlier in the season Soszynski injured his hand in training, and though the hand isn’t yet fully recovered the 205-pounder does his best to overcome the injury, attempting to train as normal while also receiving treatment for the injury.
Eliminated lightweight Dave Kaplan and light heavyweight Tom Lawlor down some drinks back at the house and things go downhill from there, as Kaplan and Lawlor first consume the other’s urine, then Kaplan, who touts that he can’t be knocked out, begs Lawlor to punch him. Though hesitant at first, Lawlor, with about a 60 pound weight advantage over Kaplan, obliges and knocks Kaplan out cold. Upon waking Kaplan insists he wasn’t knocked out despite video evidence to the contrary.
The good-natured pranks of the season continue next as Team Nogueira fill Soszynski’s room with every movable object in the house, but Krzysztof just laughs it off. Bound to get his revenge, Soszynski takes the house’s table, dishes, and utensils out the basketball court overnight, upsetting members of both teams as the house’s resident prankster gets yet another laugh.
The season’s coaches challenge is up next and the sport of choice is soccer. Mir feels Nogueira has an unfair advantage because he’s Brazilian, but Nogueira insists he doesn’t play because he’s so terrible. On the field it’s clear Nogueira is the better player, beating Mir 10-6 to earn $10,000 for himself and $1,000 for each of his team members.
In the fight, Team Mir’s top pick Soszynski, who prepared for the bout with Dan Henderson, quickly forces Kingsbury to submit to an armbar in the opening round.
Team Mir improves to 4-3 in the competition with the victory while Team Nogueira drops to 3-4.
Next week, lightweights John Polakowski and George Roop battle for the final spot in the semifinals.
TEAM MIR
- 205: Elliot Marshall (1-0)
- 155: Junie Browning (1-0)
- 205: Vinicius Magalhaes (1-0)
- 205: Krzysztof Soszynski (1-0)
- 155: George Roop
- 155: Dave Kaplan
Eliminated in episode eight by Phillipe Nover - 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)
- 155:Phillipe Nover (1-0)
- 155: John Polakowski
- 205: Kyle Kingsbury
Eliminated in episode nine by Krzysztof Soszynski - 205: Jules Bruchez
Eliminated in episode seven by Vinny Magalhaes - 155: Rolando Delgado
Eliminated in episode six by Junie Browning - 205: Shane Primm
Eliminated in episode five by Elliot Marshall
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interesting that the LHWs on Mirs team did better, and so far the LWs on Nogs team did better. Kaplan was KOed, and continuing to argue over it is dumb. The dishes seemed to be more work and for soszynski that it was bother to the other guys. Mirs attitude about “I’m better than Nog at everything, blah blah” was annoying, and his attitude towards Kingsbury yelling “GOAL” was retarded, that’s not disrespectful, he’s just having a good time, I mean I would do that. I really like Mir a lot less after this episode.
HEY JUSTIN I TOTLAY AGREE WITH YOU… BEFORE THE SEASON I WAS FOR MIRE OVER NOG… BUT NOW I HOPE TO SEE NOG TO SUBMIT MIR (CUZ YOU KNOW HES BETTER THEN HIM AT “EVERYTHING”) BUT ABOUT THE WHOLE GOAL THING I WOULD HAVE DONE THE EXACT SAME THING… DANA THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS LOL. AND THE WHOLE DISHES THING WAS STUPID.. TO MUCH WORK FOR ME…
I HOPE TO SEE PHILLIPE STEP IT UP AND FIGHT JUNIE…
I think Mir considered it disrespectful to be literally right in his face yelling it at times. Were he 10 feet away, I would agree, but he kept stepping out from the crowd to get right in his face as he walked past.
Krzystzzofszofszofsz’s prank was subpar, really. I was very pleased with Team Nog’s prank, but his was just petty, especially since it was as much against his own team as anyone.
BTW, Kris, it was $1000 per teammate, not 8000.
The thing about him stepping out to yell it is valid, I suppose.
Soszynski is a beast. Mir was and always will be a d1ck imo. He talks about being disrespectful when in all reallity he is the one diss’n big Nog, I hope he gets shut up and soon.
Kaplan is a F~ing idiot… Think about, he drank sooo much that he allowed another man (traind fighter) who is twice his size hit him in the face because he believes he can never be knockout… Hmmmmm I wonder what’s happens next, O ya little cocky guy (mind u who still thinks he is better than Nover after getting his asss kicked in under a minute by him) gets knocked the FUUCK out, the he denies it on tv what a douche least favorite guy on the show….
Mir seriously is acting like that football jock guy in highschool, when the new cool guy comes into school, and the new cool guy is better a football than he is, they go into denial o im 200 times better yada yada… Um no you aren’t Mir just stop it, you’re just lying to yourself shut up you’re acting ridiculous grow up act like a man and Mir is losing fans so fast because of the way he is being portrayed on this thing its not even funny
“I HAVE JIU JITSU TOO” Krystoofisgofstyzchlisckscy’ made a submission yay, sloppy yet effective got him onto the next round
I thought it was cool putting the kitchen outside, worth the effort ehh but F~it sometimes tattooed Pols get bored
FR, I think he said that because no one thought he could win once it went to the ground. Everyone from Nog’s side was privately saying that he had nothing off his feet. That was his way of letting Bader (who I assume he will face next round…it makes sense to have those two then elliot and vinicius face each other) know that he wasn’t a patsy on his back. Indeed, Kyle got the takedown, but only because he went jump guard and brought him down.
Dbiz I gotcha, I think the same thing
Mir made me really dislike him with this episode. I wanted Nog the whole way, but now i will never root for Mir. What a Moron. IMO there is nothing all that great about the way Krzysztof looked. Bader will destroy him, IMO. I guess we will see. I hope Mir gets a good look at himself when he watches the show.
Justin, I checked out Opera beta 4.2, it was interesting, but not something I would use often. If you hear of anything like that or anything else interesting pertaining to crackberry’s, let me know. Thanks.
BW,
That’s cool. I really don’t follow crackberries, I pay more, and will be paying more, attention to the IPhone as I will be getting one in December. Some people that I know weren’t fans of the Blackberry, and I know a lot of people that love the IPhone, there are also certain features of the Blackberry I know I will not use, but features of the IPhone I know I will use. I don’t plan on jailbreaking it though, I don’t want to pay 200 bucks for something, then possibly screw it up.
I think Kaplan will fight on the finale and lose again, and then maybe we won’t hear from him again. I thought Junie was funny talking about “these guys are making me not look so bad.”
I laughed hard at that part, Justin. Mostly because it is true. As more and more become drunken fools, Junie isn’t looking as bad.
Hey Justin thats cool. I want a iPhone also. Just can’t get good service here yet. Yeah, junie’s comment also cracked me up. I am real surprised he has made it this far and not got kicked out yet. I laughed my ass off at Kaplin getting KOed in the bathroom. He probably really believes that he was not out. Like some of the guys in the cage that come to and start wrestling the refs.
Krzysztof is the man he won’t be beat, even if it looked sloppy, doyou think everyone that submits someone is always gonna make a submission look amazing, a win is a win no matter what
These guys especially the 155ers cannot handle their liquor so it seems
The new touch screen BlackBerry is comming out in two weeks, BlackBerry actually made a version for Verizon,Sprint,and AT&T, they come out the day after thanksgiving “black friday” sooo I will probably go buy the new version of the same ol shhhit or perhaps I will wait for the version of the TILT that I believe is in three weeks
IPHONE is awesome just not for me too delicate if you will I don’t want it to explode and never work again if I drop it (which often happens)
Yeah, I drop my **** all the time. Must say my crackberry has held up pretty well.
BW,
Yeah, ATT does seem to have limited service in parts of the country.
FR,
I’m pretty good about not dropping my phones, when I was in construction I was bad about it, but now that I’m in a different industry its a lot easier to keep my stuff off the ground. In regards to the TILT, I’ve heard bad things about it. A guy at my church got the TILT, and tried to use it for all its functions and had a lot of troubles, in addition some of the basics gave him troubles as well, he’s very happy with his IPhone now.
The TILT is suppose to different geez, I probably won’t get it if basic functions on the original had issues thx for the heads up
In my industry I’m always at sites or jobbers and occasionally I drop my phone and quite frankly I don’t want to put out the $ for the IPHONE if ATT won’t insure it fully, which to knowledge they only cover a certain percentage of the phone
I’ve been all over this great land and have had really good service with ATT where do they have “bad service”? Just soo when/if I go there I will be prepared???
O and North Carolina I will be visiting in April of 2009 I believe soo hopefully you all have good service
FR702 in a lot of areas in upstate NY.
ATT is good here in NC, and the central plains, parts of kentucky and the west aren’t so good. I’m surprised that you have you trips planned out so far in advance. What part of NC do you suppose you’ll be coming to?
ATT coverage map
Hey Justin, on that at&t coverage map, I am that big white spot in upstate ny. Hope they can fix it though.
BW,
That sucks. I’m sure they will at some point, they’ll either buy another company or build more towers. Half of what they have now is a result of them buying Cingular (who I was previously with).
Justin thx for the link I should be there for a “school” in Rally(purposely spelt wrong) NC.. I good to have things planned out.. I haven’t made the res yet but it was an option to go learn about the new and improved some**** that will break anyways, but its a write off (shh don’t tell anyone) and its good knowledge… Never been there and soo whynot sounds fun, always can find good eat and drink in any city as long as locals are friendly enough ya know
polakowski is my boy as long as him or nover win i will be happy…my predictions for the end of the season are nover/polakowski vs junie(depending on who they fight i think junie will end up efrain and then face the winner of polakowski/nover which would be nover i believe)….i love polakowski i want him in the ufc win or lose..he is a cool guy….then for lhw i think its gonna be bader vs vinny and then bader win win and fight the winner of krzysztof/marshal which will be kryzystof…so i got bader vs krzysztof for lhw which i think bader will win…….and then i think it will be nover vs junie and nover will beat junie for the lw winner trophy
Thanks DBiz, I meant $8000 split among his team and/or $1000 apiece but combined the two instead. It’s fixed now, thanks for the heads up.
FR,
When you come to Rally, let me know and I can give you a few tips where to stay and where food is, all that stuff. Maybe Kris will have things set up where we don’t have to talk about this on the regular pages by then.
You reading my mind Justin? I just soft-launched a bunch of new features on the site and you can now signup, login, and blog, add friends, make groups, etc. The forums (including an off-topic section for non-MMA discussion) will be up within 24 hours.
I haven’t formally announced them because I want to get some feedback from the first set of users to make everything is behaving as expected, so feel free to signup and test everything out and let me know your thoughts.
Kris,
I just registered, and so far I’ve already figured out that the “members” link doesn’t work. I’ll look into some of the other stuff now. What is your preferred method for feedback?
We can use the messaging feature. I’ll be replying shortly, just looking into the issue now.
Yes Justin we will communicate
Kris good for these new features can my CrackBerry utilize these features
Nothing should prevent you from using them on your BlackBerry, but they aren’t mobile optimized…yet.