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BURBANK, Calif. -- Dana White knows the drill by now. He's promised the greatest, most amazing season in the history of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) so often that such talk runs the risk of going in one ear and out the other.
But the UFC president couldn't resist making the pitch again Wednesday during a media luncheon. With the 17th season of the company's flagship reality show set to kick off with coaches Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen on Tuesday, Jan. 22 on FX, well ... we'll let White take it from here:
"I know you guys are going to call bulls--- on me and all that," he said. "I told you guys, last season of The Ultimate Fighter was the worst season in the history of TUF. This next season is so awesome and so badass. We have a guy on this season of The Ultimate Fighter, every fight he's in, someone goes to the hospital."
If that's not enough to convince you to check out this nameless fighter who gives all his foes free ambulance rides, here's more:
"The whole house is terrified of this guy," White said. "F-- terrified. Everybody. I picked this fight, and this guy is lined up with the guy I'm telling you about, and the guy has a nervous breakdown in the house over the weekend. Has a f-- nervous breakdown. Freaks out and has a nervous breakdown. This guy scared the living s--- out of everyone. It's awesome."
White was equally exuberant about TUF's move from Friday nights to Tuesday.
"Fridays suck," White said. "I think it's the worst night on TV. It's supposed to be the second-worst night on TV. Saturday's supposed to be the worst. But, for instance, The Ultimate Fighter F inale on Friday, the one from Australia, did a million [viewers]. Saturday did 1.3 million. The male 18-34 demos were off the charts on Saturday night. I honestly think Friday night is the worst night on TV. ... You have people getting off work. No one gets off work on Friday and runs home and watches TV. You get off work on Friday, you're going out, no one's watching TV.
"Everyone has that Saturday where you're laying around and you'll watch TV on Saturday night or whatever," White continued. "Friday's the worst night for television. It's all older people watching TV on Saturdays. That's where there's all these myths when we do these things on Saturday, [people say] ‘Murder She Wrote' beat you on Saturday.' Of course they did. That's all the old people at home watching people on TV. Saturday night. That's why they beat us. But the male viewers in our demos are off the charts, number one."
But one entity's definition of success in a demo isn't necessarily the same as another's. White says he appreciates his television partner's willingness to switch TUF's run night.
"Everyone was taking about the death of TUF on Friday nights," White said. "Not for FX it wasn't. For us it was. It was terrible for us. But for them, they were top three all season in males 18-34 on a night when they'd be running a movie that would be hit or miss for them in different demos. So, believe me, they wanted to keep us on Fridays. They made me a promise that if the thing didn't pick up and the numbers didn't pick up, they'd move it. They stuck by their word. But the numbers on Fridays, they wanted us to stay there."
So, to go through our TUF checklist: Greatest season ever: Check. New fighter who will blow your mind: Check. New, more favorable timeslot: Check. What's left? How about something about the coaches?
"The chemistry between those two is actually really weird," said White. "It starts off bad, gets a little better, then it gets weird again. You know, Chael likes to play the bad guy."
Maybe this is all hype.. probably is but I am now interested in seeing who this fighter is that is causing such a stir. I don't remember Dana hyping last season of TUF maybe he's not lying...I guess we will have to see..
Does this make you even half interested in watching the first airing of this TUF season?
Besides Chael trolling Jones there maybe a reason to watch this season's TUF.
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http://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/2012/...ied-of-one-guy
BURBANK, Calif. -- Dana White knows the drill by now. He's promised the greatest, most amazing season in the history of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) so often that such talk runs the risk of going in one ear and out the other.
But the UFC president couldn't resist making the pitch again Wednesday during a media luncheon. With the 17th season of the company's flagship reality show set to kick off with coaches Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen on Tuesday, Jan. 22 on FX, well ... we'll let White take it from here:
"I know you guys are going to call bulls--- on me and all that," he said. "I told you guys, last season of The Ultimate Fighter was the worst season in the history of TUF. This next season is so awesome and so badass. We have a guy on this season of The Ultimate Fighter, every fight he's in, someone goes to the hospital."
If that's not enough to convince you to check out this nameless fighter who gives all his foes free ambulance rides, here's more:
"The whole house is terrified of this guy," White said. "F-- terrified. Everybody. I picked this fight, and this guy is lined up with the guy I'm telling you about, and the guy has a nervous breakdown in the house over the weekend. Has a f-- nervous breakdown. Freaks out and has a nervous breakdown. This guy scared the living s--- out of everyone. It's awesome."
White was equally exuberant about TUF's move from Friday nights to Tuesday.
"Fridays suck," White said. "I think it's the worst night on TV. It's supposed to be the second-worst night on TV. Saturday's supposed to be the worst. But, for instance, The Ultimate Fighter F inale on Friday, the one from Australia, did a million [viewers]. Saturday did 1.3 million. The male 18-34 demos were off the charts on Saturday night. I honestly think Friday night is the worst night on TV. ... You have people getting off work. No one gets off work on Friday and runs home and watches TV. You get off work on Friday, you're going out, no one's watching TV.
"Everyone has that Saturday where you're laying around and you'll watch TV on Saturday night or whatever," White continued. "Friday's the worst night for television. It's all older people watching TV on Saturdays. That's where there's all these myths when we do these things on Saturday, [people say] ‘Murder She Wrote' beat you on Saturday.' Of course they did. That's all the old people at home watching people on TV. Saturday night. That's why they beat us. But the male viewers in our demos are off the charts, number one."
But one entity's definition of success in a demo isn't necessarily the same as another's. White says he appreciates his television partner's willingness to switch TUF's run night.
"Everyone was taking about the death of TUF on Friday nights," White said. "Not for FX it wasn't. For us it was. It was terrible for us. But for them, they were top three all season in males 18-34 on a night when they'd be running a movie that would be hit or miss for them in different demos. So, believe me, they wanted to keep us on Fridays. They made me a promise that if the thing didn't pick up and the numbers didn't pick up, they'd move it. They stuck by their word. But the numbers on Fridays, they wanted us to stay there."
So, to go through our TUF checklist: Greatest season ever: Check. New fighter who will blow your mind: Check. New, more favorable timeslot: Check. What's left? How about something about the coaches?
"The chemistry between those two is actually really weird," said White. "It starts off bad, gets a little better, then it gets weird again. You know, Chael likes to play the bad guy."
Maybe this is all hype.. probably is but I am now interested in seeing who this fighter is that is causing such a stir. I don't remember Dana hyping last season of TUF maybe he's not lying...I guess we will have to see..
Does this make you even half interested in watching the first airing of this TUF season?
Besides Chael trolling Jones there maybe a reason to watch this season's TUF.
Probably all Dana hype. Remember when everyone was scared of Diego Brandao on that season of TUF and then he ended up getting smashed in the TUF finale before that miracle comeback and then lost his fight right after that due to gassing lol?
It most likely means that this season of TUF will have even less competitive fighters then the last couple which have progressively gotten worse.
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Remember the TUF season with the lightweights.. Dana said 1 guy was the next Anderson Silva? Yea.. that was Efrain Escudero lol.
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I will watch but I'm keeping my expectations low. Especially now that Jones and Chael are sucking each others D, how can we expect any true beef in the show. At least Rampage and Rashad looked legit. Jones and Chael will be fake and scripted.
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Originally Posted by 1800_Cool_Guy
Jones and Chael will be fake and scripted.
Those 2 are the definition of fake and scripted 
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Originally Posted by Clean
Probably all Dana hype. Remember when everyone was scared of Diego Brandao on that season of TUF and then he ended up getting smashed in the TUF finale before that miracle comeback and then lost his fight right after that due to gassing lol?
I thought Brandao was going to do well that arm bar was awesome, sadly he lost his next fight... I think he has the potential to make it into the top 10.
It most likely means that this season of TUF will have even less competitive fighters then the last couple which have progressively gotten worse.
It seems TUF has always had a favorite and another talented fighter then the rest seem to be there for entertainment value.
Originally Posted by jamez123
Remember the TUF season with the lightweights.. Dana said 1 guy was the next Anderson Silva? Yea.. that was Efrain Escudero lol.
lol, I did not remember hearing Dana say that, but I do remember the season which had kimbo slice had so much hype and failed when kimbo was eliminated in his first fight. I think they had over a million viewers during the first 2-3 episodes because spike was trying to lure people into watching the rest of the season to see if kimbo would replace someone and fight again.
Originally Posted by 1800_Cool_Guy
I will watch but I'm keeping my expectations low. Especially now that Jones and Chael are sucking each others D, how can we expect any true beef in the show. At least Rampage and Rashad looked legit. Jones and Chael will be fake and scripted.
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So this season of TUF is coached by a fake good guy that's really a shallow arrogant douche, and a fake a-hole that's really a pretty smart tactician ... one thing is for sure, they'll be handing out Oscars for all the acting that'll be going on in the house.
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Originally Posted by jamez123
Remember the TUF season with the lightweights.. Dana said 1 guy was the next Anderson Silva? Yea.. that was Efrain Escudero lol.
rofl
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Originally Posted by jamez123
Remember the TUF season with the lightweights.. Dana said 1 guy was the next Anderson Silva? Yea.. that was Efrain Escudero lol.
Nah even worse, it was actually Philippe Nover. The guy who fainted
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Nah even worse, it was actually Philippe Nover. The guy who fainted
Was going to look up name. I knew it wasn't escudero.
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Originally Posted by Jeremy90
Nah even worse, it was actually Philippe Nover. The guy who fainted
Lmao as soon as I saw the thread title I thought of this. I remember a lot of hype around cb dollaway too.
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I think the trash talk between jones and chael is going to be cringeworthy and awkward as all fuk.
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Originally Posted by jamez123
Remember the TUF season with the lightweights.. Dana said 1 guy was the next Anderson Silva? Yea.. that was Efrain Escudero lol.
Lol nah it was phillipe nover
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It's gotta be the black guy, Uriah Hall.
Dana, is he scary cus he looks like the guy from Blood Diamond or cus he's black???
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Originally Posted by jamez123
Remember the TUF season with the lightweights.. Dana said 1 guy was the next Anderson Silva? Yea.. that was Efrain Escudero lol.
Phillipe Nover, and I think Dana said he reminded him of GSP?
Originally Posted by Cannonsex
It's gotta be the black guy, Uriah Hall.
Chris Weidman didn't think he was scary.
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Definitely interested now even though it's probably hype. Should make for an entertaining season.
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That smiley faced guy looked scary in his first fight to get into the house last season of TUF. He made Shane Carwin $hit his pants when he knocked the other dude out. So I don't think this "scary" guy is necassarily going to be the winner. Maybe he's the one who goes to the hospital in his 2nd fight. Dana White did say "Someone" goes to the hospital every fight.
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Originally Posted by Jeremy90
Nah even worse, it was actually Philippe Nover. The guy who fainted
Thnx for correction.. i was having trouble remembering exactly who it was. Still funny as fux tho
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Figured this thread needs a bump.
Living on the west coast I still have another 30 mins to watch.
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post videos if you have it
i haven't watched a tuf since it left spike tbh
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Besides justin lawrences fight to get into the house on tuf live I haven't been very impressed with any recent seasons. However, I did watch the prelim fights and I think this season actually has potential.
After watching the preview at the end of the episode it looks like the first ambulance ride will be on the next episode.. if so I'm glad they're not delaying the hype like usual.
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I'll say this, the production of this season's TUF looks a lot more professional than previous seasons.
Not sure who Dana thinks the scariest fighter is so far. That guy who is 6-6" could be interesting to watch....but we'll see.
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I liked the opening episode, this season will be interesting IMO.
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It's been a while since i've watched tuf but damn they've stepped up the production this series.
Haha just started but looks like harley made them push it extra hard after that guy at the last tuf finale totally dissed them.
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production looks much better, and in addition to that the fighters look much better then the usual scrubs. i havent watch in a few seasons but might get back into it this year
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Originally Posted by chroneos
Besides justin lawrences fight to get into the house on tuf live I haven't been very impressed with any recent seasons. However, I did watch the prelim fights and I think this season actually has potential.
After watching the preview at the end of the episode it looks like the first ambulance ride will be on the next episode.. if so I'm glad they're not delaying the hype like usual.
Did you spot a guy with a team Sonnen tshirt was looking on as the ambulance was loaded up...
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