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#1 ·
How did you guys like the 1st episode? Damn what a comeback from that mohawk dude. He was completely gassed!
 
#201 ·
I was the first guy on the band wagon and I'm feeling really really really good right now

Just to keep up the tradition, I'll give 100k credits to whomever guesses the winner of Season 12.
Obviously, the 1st ep has come out already, so the limit for you to post your answers is til the 2nd episode.

John8204 - Jonathan Brookins
Guymay - Kyle Watson
Danm2501 - Michael Johnson
Couchwarrior - Jonathan Brookins
smittyssports - Marc Stevens
oldfan - Sako Chivitchian
the ultimate - Jonathan Brookins
R3353 - Jonathan Brookins
TheBadGuy - Cody McKenzie
Hawndo - Kyle Watson
Uchaaa - Spencer Paige
TheCleeM - Kyle Watson
drmz - Bruce Leeroy
morninglightmt - Jeff Lentz
420atalon - Aaron Wilkinson
Killstarz - Jeff Lentz
jonniz - Nam Phan
Dan0 - Michael Johnson
Toroian - Cody McKenzie
Budhisten - Jeff Lentz
BobbyCooper - Michael Johnson
SJ - Andy Main
Joabbuac - Cody McKenzie
Atilak - Dane Sayers
UFC OWNS - Cody McKenzie
Hammerlock2.0 - Jonathan Brookins
Light Speed - Bruce Leeroy
SideWays222 - Cody McKenzie
 
#202 ·
Episode 9 Recap

Good fights. Brookins vs Chivitchian and Phan vs Mckenzie.

TUF 12 – GSP Vs Kos – Episode 9 Recap
By: Keith Grienke

Jonathan Brookins
The semi-finals are on Episode 9. Psycho Sako Chivitchian is taking on Jonathan Brookins. Brookins beat Sako’s friend and training partner Sevak Magakian in the first round. Nam Phan will take on Guillotine sensation Cody McKenzie.
Georges St-Pierre talks about tactical training. He wants his fighters hungry when they enter the cage. Koscheck focuses on Chivitchian keeping the fight standing and not giving up his back to a Rear Naked Choke.
Brookins is keeping his head on straight. He just wants to ride his bike, go to the library, and pay his rent on time.
Jonathan Brookins vs Sako Chivitchian
R1. The two throw jabs to start out before Sako pushes Brookins against the cage. Brookins throws Chivitchian and gets his back.After methodically working at the RNC, Brookins finally locks it in and Chivitchian taps. Dana White calls Brookins “the real deal.” As Koscheck says, Brookins won the same way as he did against Magakian – same throw and same choke.
Jonathan Brookins submits Sako Chivitchian by Rear Naked Choke in Round 1
Brookins advances to the semi-finals. Now Nam Phan vs Cody Mckenzie is up next.
Mckenzie is a big believer in himself. The strategy against Phan, whose jits and standup is better, is putting Phan against the fence and then putting Phan onto his back.
Koscheck wants to see Mckenzie get his ass kicked as Cody likes to trash talk with him. Koscheck has the whole team attacking Phan’s neck with Guillotines. Phan is the intelligent fighter. He realizes Mckenzie is very dangerous, who does most techniques incorrectly, but very effectively.
Nam Phan vs Cody Mckenzie
R1. Cody waves off the hand tap once again. Mckenzie pushes Phan against the fence just like coach told him. Mckenzie, who has a huge reach and height advantage, works Phan over against the fence but cannot take him down in the first minute. A minute and a half in and Mckenzie takes him downs and lands some punches from top. Phan gets to his feet and misses a punch and kick. Cody listens to everything GSP says. Pushes him against the fence, throws knees when told. A minute left and the two are trading in the middle when Phan lands his first strikes and lands a very hard right. McKenzie shoots but Phan sprawls and punishes him with some elbows. Nice kick to the body by Mckenzie at the end. Mckenzie wins the round but is definitely the most tired fighter at the end of the round. Top MMA News scores the round 10-9 Mckenzie
R2. Phan is the fresher fighter and comes out head hunting with a series of right head kicks that do not really connect. Then Mckenzie pushes Phan against the fence but Phan escapes. Phan starts landing some strikes and is winning the standup and the right high kick is landing now as well as several hard body shots. Phan is picking Mckenzie apart on the feet and lands a very hard body shot with a left. Mckenzie drops to his knees and the ref steps in.
Nam Phan defeats Cody Mckenzie by TKO (Body Shot) in Round 2
Koscheck says this is the best day of the show seeing Mckenzie get his ass kicked. First loss for Mckenzie. Phan looks good in the standup.
Next episode: Bruce Leeroy vs Michael Johnson and Aaron Wilkinson vs Kyle Watson
http://topmmanews.com/2010/11/10/tuf-12-gsp-vs-kos-episode-9-recap/
 
#204 ·
i hate you nam phan, you have no chance of beating wilkinson,brookins or johnson or watson i really wanted cody to win too because he was winning the 1st round too
 
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#211 · (Edited)
I became a fan of Brookins in this episode. Brilliant attitude. I'd like to see him work on his stand-up more, though.

And Mr. Guillotine was fun for a while, but when it comes to it, he is a low level fighter with 1 good move and I'm happy that Phan won. He is the one guy from team Kos I've always liked. (I just really wish he was on team GSP :D)

By the way, I think it's safe to say that Nam's boxing is one of if not the best we've ever seen on TUF. The way he leans in to his combinations and lands those sledgehammers of body shots is delicious.
 
#213 ·
I became a fan of Brookins in this episode. Brilliant attitude. I'd like to see him work on his stand-up more, though.

And Mr. Guillotine was fun for a while, but when it comes to it, he is a low level fighter with 1 good move and I'm happy that Phan won. He is the one guy from team Kos I've always liked. (I just really wish he was on team GSP :D)

By the way, I think it's safe to say that Nam's boxing is one of if not the best we've ever seen on TUF. The way he leans in to his combinations and lands those sledgehammers of body shots is delicious.

Taking one body shot is bad enough but Cody ate a few. I know how it feels I lost my last fight to body shots....And just recently I got jacked sparring with a liver shot. I would rether get punched in the face any day
 
#212 ·
I ate a body shot like that last week. Put me on my knees, and we were doing " medium" sparring. True, the guy who hit me weighs 60 pounds more than Nam, but he's not a pro fighter. When he hit Cody with that, my legs jumped a bit in sympathy.

That said, I like Cody a lot, and wished him well. I'd love to see him with a more dedicated, well rounded game. Nam is just too complete and experienced a fighter for him. Nam looked good once he figured out his game. I'd like to see him fight Brookins. I think they said nam is a BJJ BB last night, and Brookins jits looks sick, though I don't know his rank/pedigree. Brookins stand up would very possibly be his downfall in that fight, though.
 
#217 ·
Brookins may win this tournament. The guy is a great wrestler and has solid submissions. St. Pierre was right when he called him his secret weapon.

I was happy to see Phan beat McKenzie. I was surprised that so many people picked McKenzie by guillotine choke in the first round. Phan is a BJJ black belt and has never been submitted in his professional career. Also throw in how much experience he has and you can tell that most people made that prediction because of the hype that was surrounding McKenzie and his "signature move".
 
#218 ·
i dont think nam phan has any potential though to be a decent UFC fighter, he could be, but no i mckenzie,wiliknson,johnson and brookins have the potential and watson is somewhat of a darkhorse
 
#219 ·
You never know, being on the ultimate fighter has ways of improving fighters or at least giving them motivation to step up their game even more after the show. If Phan wins, I don't think that he will be a top contender or anything, but he could be a decent mid carder giving the fans exciting fights. Sort of like Spencer Fisher, Dennis Siver, Jeremy Stephens, and more. There is nothing wrong with that if that is the route he ends up taking.
 
#220 ·
You never know, being on the ultimate fighter has ways of improving fighters or at least giving them motivation to step up their game even more after the show. If Phan wins, I don't think that he will be a top contender or anything, but he could be a decent mid carder giving the fans exciting fights. Sort of like Spencer Fisher, Dennis Siver, Jeremy Stephens, and more.
at least marc stevens is gone, but the lightweight div is packed enough without these lads.
 
#223 ·
Last episode was my first time seeing Jon Brookins. Very impressed, he’s cocky but he’s got skills. I really like his outlook on life and fighting as he could really relate to a lot of younger viewers. He just seems like that regular skater kid that skipped class to smoke weed and play hacky sack.
 
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