Ultimate Fighter: HEAVYWEIGHTS Week 3 - Reviewed!

Viewing Date: 9-30-2009
Show Title: Ultimate Fighter: HEAVYWEIGHTS Week 3
Network: SpikeHD
Reviewed By: Mike Wilkerson

Mike Wilkerson collects his thoughts and engages the power of his electrified pencil to give you a breakdown of what is clearly one of the most anticipated Mixed Martial Arts events of this young fall season. Tonight, we'll witness Kimbo Slice and Roy Nelson take center cage and show us a much anticipated event. Will it stack up to the hype? Will we finally see the spawning of skill set in the corner of Kimbo Slice? Will the veteran of the IFL put that bell of his squarely on Kimbo's shoulders and win? We'll find out more this week as we launch into our SavageScience.Com Review of Week Three of SPIKE's The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights!

As with many of my online reviews, I'll be reviewing this episode in a "stream of consciousness" format, giving you essentially what I'm thinking as the show airs. This is the perfect opportunity for you to chime in and tell us what you think about this season of Spike's The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights and be sure to listen to our TUF Tally - a quick, no-holds-barred call of this episodes fight via the Savage Style Podcast!

-- Strange Vibe and Pace to this Episode: I'm not sure how to collect my thoughts here, but there's something amiss in this episode. Is it that we're just wanting to get to the fight and - CAN'T instantly? Is it just that there's a TON of focus on Kimbo during the entirety of this episode? It's hard to put an electrified pencil on but there is a very strange vibe in process here.

-- "Found Myself Doing One-on-One Connecting with God": Kimbo here provides us with some very rare perspective on his own thoughts about his life, his situation and his "enemy" his "inner me" which "was his enemy." I'm sorry, is there something wrong with having a bad disposition and fighting? While I understand that "hate and ill will" can only feed you so long, how about we have a Kimbo that walks in, opens can of whoop ass, soaks up some needed skill sets like a biscuit, and waits until the next time pain needs to be unleashed? I'm all for people finding their best path, but is anyone watching REALLY interested in what Kimbo Slice is going to offer HIMSELF? I'm not. I'm eager to know more about him, but is the period of short weeks he'll be on The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights the proper time to investigate introspection? Not really. How about a whole reality series that focuses on the plight of Kimbo Slice? You could call it "A Slice of Kimbo" - note: Mike Wilkerson will take a meager 5% of the kitty, and autographed hairnet and a photo with he who is Kimbo.

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