You’ve come a long way baby. The Ultimate Fighting Championship loves a milestone; the first Ultimate Fighter Finale, the UFC/Pride Unification bout and of course UFC 86: Jackson vs Griffin – where a winner of The Ultimate Fighter reality show reaches the pinnacle of the sport and attempts to become a UFC Champion…
Author: Ian Allen
Not even three or four deep into the long list of featured knock outs, I endeavoured to count the number of times UFC commentator, Joe Rogan would flex his expertise and proclaim ‘On the button’. Unfortunately a few KO’s later, I had given up. It was simply too much for one man to take, sometimes several repetitions per highlight. And considering my childhood affinity with counting, I felt I had let myself down. Whether it was counting how long I could hold my breath or generally just counting for counting sake, I loved it and never before had I been beaten. Dam you Rogan…
Having heard much about The Ultimate Fighter 6 series before watching it, I was half expecting this year’s search for new talent, which has almost single-handedly catapulted the UFC into American mainstream and the very reason the Fertitta’s and White can churn out series after series, to take a back seat to the Serra – Hughes pantomime…