TUF 13 Finale: Chuck O'Neil Says Tony Ferguson Behavior Worse Than What Aired
by Bloody Elbow on Jun 3, 2011 12:57 PM EDT
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This is a guest post by Josh Nason.
On season 13 of The Ultimate Fighter, Chuck O'Neil was like a bad penny.
He didn't initially make the final cut but was flown back to Las Vegas two days after leaving. He lost his first fight to Zach Davis but earned a wild card spot and a rematch with Davis, which he won convincingly.
After losing to Tony Ferguson in the TUF semifinals, O'Neil gets another shot as he fights fellow semifinalist Chris Cope Saturday on the televised portion of The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale on Spike.
O'Neil (8-3) talked to myself and PJ Huot Thursday on the WGAM MMA Show and said a lot of his work at Team Sityodtong has been on cage control and sparring with those looking to run to evade strikes.
"(Cope) has heart for days which makes up for the inexperience. The kid's got a gas tank and never say die attitude. It's going to be a battle of hearts out there and should be an interesting fight," O'Neil said.
The Falmouth, MA, native watched the defeat to Ferguson for the first time this week and said that while it was painful to watch, he had to learn from his mistakes, adding that he felt he kept the emotion of Ferguson's earlier altercation with friend Charlie Rader out of the Octagon.
"I had to put my emotions in check and keep it professional. That was my 4th fight in 17 days and my body was definitely starting to wear down a little bit," he said. "I felt shot, but I wanted to stick it out and handle it like a man. My leg was thinking otherwise because I couldn't stand on it after a while."
While Ferguson came off looking poorly after his drunken night in episode 9, O'Neil said it was actually much worse that what was aired.
"He went up to Zach Davis the day after he was told he could never fight again and was asking 'What's with your eye? What is that, an f'ing joke?' It got really ugly," he said.
"He went up from everyone to Shamar (Bailey) to Ryan (McGillivray) to throwing Nordim (Asrih) on the ground. He got in my face...it was stupid. He was belligerent and out of control. It was a total lack of respect for himself and everyone in that house."
O'Neil talked more about the Ferguson fight, the coaching inexperience of Brock Lesnar and when he felt he turned the corner, pretending to sleep when Len Bentley was talking, the MMA scene in Massachusetts and more (22:00 mark).
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hard to get pumped about nonsense from the TUF house
after lo these many years.
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ADDITIONALLY!
Tony didnt brush his teeth every night and often used incorrect grammar with several past participles.
This guy should be a reporter like jerardo rivero or whatever what a snitches got stitches situation for this dude and hes sober… Id like to see him after a bottle of Patron
Trying so hard to make others look bad doesnt make him look ANY better
I didn't like him to begin with
And with the asshole persona and the gay highlights I hope he gets choked within an inch of his life.
Let the fighters fight, let the referees ref, but dear God, don't let the judges judge.
I am over TUF...
Maybe Mayhem brings me back but I seriously doubt it. Only DIAZ/GSP breathes new life into TUF. DIAZ bitchslapping someone acting stupid would be hilarious.
They can make Karo return to the UFC if he can take part in and win the next TUF
It would be pretty humbling to see Nick bring in brother Nate on one episode and then have him embarass the crap out of Karo. Would be a sight to behold if they decide to go at it right there.
I watched no more than 3 hours of this season (mostly just the first episode and some of the fights)
But I’ll be back next year. Lighter weights are interesting and I love the choice of coaches.
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by Dave Strummer on Jun 3, 2011 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
This season really was terrible
The main talking point of the season was Tony Ferguson getting on Charlie Rader about his son. Also, “chicken shit into chicken salad” was probably the number two talking point of the season. Besides that, there really isn’t anything interesting about this season. There were few fun fights, but the noticeable thing is the lack of skill level as all of these fighters look like regional level talent. The coaches had absolutely no heat whatsoever. I missed many episodes as there just wasn’t any need to watch them. The only saving grace is that the two best contestants are fighting each other.
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I think Ramsey has some skill
His wrestling looks good enough to hang with most WW’s and his BJJ seems solid, too.
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Ramsey is kind of small for the weight class. I actually expect him to cut down to Lightweight. The things that Ramsey does have is youth and that he hasn’t had too many fights yet (which could work to his benefit as nothing is really ingrained in him yet, or it could work to his detriment as he’s inexperienced), so there’s potential for him to get a lot better.
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Me too
I think he’ll be a LW. His wrestling would be pretty high on the food chain there IMO.
He seems to be a winner and finisher, you can’t teach that. I know the level of competition isn’t very high, but his taking guys out. Most wrestler(especially TUF guys) aren’t.
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I am stunned, STUNNED
that someone who described himself as a “classy guy” turned out to not be one.
But he wears dress pants
That has to account for something.
I’m surprised anyone gets surprised when someone who punches people in the face for a living turns out to be a giant dick. I’m not saying all fighters are dicks, but it really shouldn’t be surprising if they are.
by d.rok on Jun 3, 2011 1:11 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I’ve watched the whole season, but really I can’t bring myself to care about that incident. If the guy (Ferguson) can prove his worth in the UFC, I don’t really give a fuck that he flipped out and said some nasty things in the TUF house. Sometimes stuff like that will happen, at least he apologized.
I expect Chuck will get a contract just because Dana likes sloppy brawlers. But he will be washed out quickly, just not a UFC level fighter. He’s like Cody McKenzie except without the wicked guillotine.
man I want TUF 13 to pas and let TUF 14 to get here just for the Bantam and Feathweights
could care less about the coaches the fighters on that season will actually be you know good
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Depends on how it's edited.
They could have the best prospects possible but splice the film together to make the “Mayhem Pisses Off Bisping Show”.
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by Scott C. Broussard on Jun 3, 2011 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
man it's a good thing no one watched
seriously who the fuck are these fighters?
The return of The Dragon is at hand.
This season jsut wasn't ineteresting at all
I’m actually looking forward to next season with the tiny guys. With the way those two divisions are we might actually get a decent prospect or two out of the house.
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by xFenixKnightx on Jun 3, 2011 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think Tony will win this. His boxing is very sound, and he has enough power to get stoppages. He has a wrestling background too, so he should be able to keep from getting smothered for 3 rounds.
Ramsey’s striking is much more rudimentary. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him eat an uppercut if he tries to unleash the flurryhooks like he did vs Cope.
I consider myself a softcore fan.
Umm ... am I missing something?
The Falmouth, MA, native watched the defeat to Ferguson for the first time this week
Why would you wait so long when you’re such a developmental fighter? He has a fight tomorrow and he just watched film from his most recent loss this week?
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Because he didn't have access to it?
Did the semifinals just air last week? I’d assume the UFC would be very careful about not letting film leak before air date, so he probably didn’t get a copy. That’s just a guess on my part, though.
Definitely not the case. The fighters know who won.
If they can be trusted to keep their mouths shut, they can be trusted to watch tape of their fight.
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A little more than developmental...
He said he got the tape this past week (he got into Vegas Tuesday) so my guess is he saw it when he came into town. I think Bevedog is right: they didn’t want it to be released.
Also, O’Neil went into this season at 8-3 and has already won regional titles. He’s preparing for a guy that had five pro fights going into TUF. It’s not like he’s battling an established veteran where every little bit helps. What could he learn from it?
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ALSO!
Tony didnt brush his teeth every night and often used incorrect grammar with several past participles.
This guy should be a reporter like jerardo rivero or whatever what a snitches got stitches situation for this dude and hes sober… Id like to see him after a bottle of Patron
Trying so hard to make others look bad doesnt make him look ANY better
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