The fights this season have definitely sucked. I think the show needs a curve ball or something to keep it interesting.

This season I think they had to take the shot with Kimbo once that situation developed. It sucks that they couldn’t find 16 HWs

The main problem with this season has been cardio, and that’s because they went with the 16 HWs, that problem shouldn’t be around in future seasons because they’ll be smaller weights, and hopefully they go back to making people fight to get into the house (you can say it’s a conspiracy to get Kimbo on the show all you want, but if these are the 16 HWs they wound up with, I can’t even imagine what terrible TV the first 2 episodes would have been if they found 16 more.) The fighters really should be going through a training camp before they get to the show, the amount of timme they are there just isn’t long enough to get into shape and get ready to fight.

and i use the term loosely, was a horrible display by two guys who aren’t even qualified to buy a ticket to a UFC event. and White’s hyperbole was horrendous, too. i guess i’m really not a fan of most of the HW class … lately i’ve become much more WEC-focused because there’s so much more action, better cardio, more intensity than in many of the UFC cards put on as of late.

i’m hoping we get to see one good fight out of this season’s TUF, but it just doesn’t look like it’s going to happen.

this season has been the worst yet.

I think it’s really easy to overthink stuff like this and wonder about what might or might not affect the casual fanbase. There’s bad games of football, there’s bad games of everything. There will be peaks and valleys, but the overall direction of the popularity of the sport will be dictated not by individual episodes of of victory and failure. Dana’s behavior is probably a bigger factor, but I think that people who are turned off by that and use it as a reason to dislike the sport, would’ve found another reason to dislike it anyway.

Also, I find that the higher the weightclass, the better chance there’s going to be of a less exciting fight. Of course there’s great fights in every weight class, but you get down to welter and suddenly the fights are action packed skill showcases.

I know TUF has been a cash cow and instrumental for the UFC, but I’m so tired of the entire format. Actually, last night’s episode was pretty entertaining with Wes Sims becoming “the ninja” and Rashad telling Mitrione how it is. That aside, the show is stagnant. They’ve used Kimbo to juice it up this season, but his inclusion may be much to blame for the awful fighting from “heavyweights.” Because it’s so bad, Dana feels the need to dial up the hyperbole. The show in general relies on, sort of, false drama (will Kimbo return?) every week to sell the show. We’ve been over all the sensationalism in the past.

I’d just like to see a different type of show. Maybe, something that documents the lives of particular fighters, or incorporate some type of tournament for a spot in the UFC. I don’t know. I would think there are people smarter than I on this particular subject who could come up with something good to replace TUF.

after watching tuf last night i had to hurry and rewatch the last wec show just to get that atrocious fight out of my head. this season has been an absolute disappointment and it pains me to think that this is the highest rated tuf season that they have had yet.

Yesterday’s fight was terrible, absolutely. However, may I remind you that we also just saw 3 weeks where fights ended with submissions? Where was all the bitching about the show killing our precious sport then? Maybe the show should try a little harder to point out the fact that these guys are nowhere near the UFC yet, remind viewers that these fighters are there to learn and improve their game.

It was entertaining. It was a gassed out brawl.

Can someone name me a fight that was worse technically in the UFC? This is by far teh worst performance in the cage i have ever see. At least Kalib Starnes had energy to run around