The Ultimate Fighter Review: Week 10 Team Nogueira V. Team Mir - Fire the Cannons

Show Viewing Date: 11-19-2008
Show Title: Ultimate Fighter: Week 10 Team Nogueira V. Team Mir - Fire the Cannons
Network: SpikeHD
Reviewed By: Mike Wilkerson

The tenth week of SpikeHD's The Ultimate Fighter provides us with what is one of the best match-ups to date, and it continues what we hops is a trend of upward progressing quality in a show that has inspired in past seasons. We've arrived to the final set of lightweight fights and it's time for these two 155ers to step up and throw down as we review The Ultimate Fighter's Season 8, episode 10, "Fire the Cannons".

As with many of my online reviews, I'll be reviewing this initial episode in a "stream of consciousness" format, giving you essentially what I'm thinking as the show airs. I encourage everyone to send feedback in regard to any of the points below and let's use this opportunity as a rallying and sounding-off point for our love, of the truly SAVAGE SCIENCE...

-- A Twist in the Pace: Wow - those of you that have anything to do with what is the format of the show that may be reading - KEEP THIS TREND UP. Out has gone much of the frathouse nuttiness that - while it has short legs, has long taken the show by the heels and drug it into worthlessness. The insert of the fight match up being announced almost immediately was a definitive step up and it makes you want to sit forward in your seat to see what's going to be showcased next.

-- Twister: While training Roop catches his thumb in the cage and - wow - his hand looks like a misshapen in-the-sun pork chop. As they show him training it's something that is clearly going to be a factor in the outcome of the fight. His best friend for the next several days will end up being a short bucket of icy hope and positive thinking. Will it be enough? Will he be able to take the odds stacked against his ability to and make something completely different to pound Polakowski with?

-- The Harley Davidson Power Lifting Ad: I have seen this ad probably 30 times now - yes - the one with the stumpy flesh-colored hulk-looking guy that comes in and bench-presses an entire custom motorcycle. Have you ever visited the URL that's provided to wards the end of the commercial? I didn't think so. Take a moment to check it out and see more of the motorcycles that are showcased there.

-- The Weigh-In: Ha! In a move that rivals any pre-football game or wrestling meet gooneyness I can remember, Polakowski dyes his hair pink. You know: it takes a special someone to pull off the pink hair but - it works. It fits his pop, it fits his outland attitude and I'm trying to remember someone else that pulled off a change like that.

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