Ultimate Fighter Season 12 Episode 4

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

More Bruce Leroy drama, they show clips of him shouting "beat the s**t out of him!" and "f**k him up!” Sevak is not a fan of that and I'm sure he's not the only one, this is not the end of this drama... Later in the episode Sevak calls Leroy disrespectful and he definitely has a point. Lentz agrees, obviously he is a little burned by Leroy because he lost to him but Leroy does act like a 16 year old. Yes you want to cheer on your teammate but is that language really necessary? Other teammates are shouting out tips on technical things they could be doing, trying to help, but just shouting for the sake of hearing their own voice. These guys have to live, eat, train, everything with each other in the same house, there is no point to rub it in people's faces. Once they're out, they are fully aware, even more so because they see the man they lost too moving on. Of course Leroy doesn't take the hint to just shut up, he keeps going, and shouting at Sevak across the table and Sevak yells right back. I really have no idea what the conversation was, it was 98% beeps with some random words thrown in that I don’t really want to understand how they fit. Obviously it gets to Sevak and he jumps up ready to knock Leroy clean out. Phan does stop him in time but I'm not sure he will be able to if it happens again. Leroy mentions there has to be someone in the house everyone loves to hate. He's right but that person is already in every episode, the wonderfully awful coach, Josh Koscheck. Leroy needs to smarten up and show some respect, there is still the wildcard and these guys he's insulting could be right back in the race.

Mike Tyson continues his inspirational talk to team GSP. He says in fighting, its all about confidence, confidence breeds success, success breeds confidence. I completely agree, you can't go into a fight thinking, hmm I don’t know, he's pretty amazing, this could be hard. Especially when its something like mma, if you go in nervous, anxious and not confident you're just going to get plain knocked out. This is kind of how I justify all the trash talking. Some people need to build up the confidence within them, they have to try to convince themselves that they are superior and sometimes that means simply putting the other guy down. Not something I agree with but I can see where they're coming from.


Team GSP announces the fight, Kyle Watson vs. Andy Main. Kyle Watson is Matt Hughes' jui jitsu coach. Oldest (30) vs. youngest (21). Main is also very experienced in jui jitsu. Neither of their fights was really featured in the premiere episode but both did win by submission. Watson talk about his team having confidence in him helps his confidence. The support system is very important and motivation to a fighter. He likes to run the fight, control the pace and where they are whether it be standing or on the mat. Main understands his striking is his weakness. He is extremely focused in working with the trainers both in his striking and in his ground game. Funny how he never mentions the rest of his team or his "coach". The game plan for both fighters seems to be they want to be on top. There is no point in two jui jitsu fighter to keep a fight standing if that is not where they are the strongest. Main seems to want to push the pace a bit more while Watson likes a slower fight.

Koschecks training is the same thing, again. He says that he wants to motivate his team in a positive way but I feel like he constantly does the opposite. He says things like I can't believe we're loosing to GSP, we're loosing to a bunch of nerds that talk like robots, and I don't want to loose to a French guy. I don't like the negative motivation. There is a big difference mentally going into the fight saying "I can't loose" compared to "I will win". Confidence in yourself should be more important than lack of confidence in your opponent. You can only control yourself in the fight. The only good thing I feel like he said to Main was I believe in you. Main even mentions it’s an odd emotional push.

GSP focuses on his team and training and avoids confrontation with Koscheck. He parks by the fire hydrant so they can’t park on either side again. Of course Koscheck has to try to get under his skin in a different way by wearing the tight shorts for training. Koscheck is not impressed with GSPs lack of reaction. Typical bully, he feeds off the reaction and when he doesn't get it, he gets bored. One of GSPs coaches mentions the emotional pressures of the fight. Watson is the "unofficial team captain" and Main knows his team is down 2-0 and there is immense pressure for him to turn it around. The battle isn't only going to be about the stronger fighter physically, but emotionally as well. Watson is very nervous before the fight, GSP tries to help him visualize. Rehearse the entrance so he's prepared for the fight, for the pressure, to make him feel like it’s not the first time he's fighting this fight. Both fighters respect each other, they know they also deserve to be here but neither will allow the other to take the opportunity away from them.

Round 1
Both fighters get a few early punches. Main gets Watson's back and after throwing a few hits to his head doesn’t make much progress as Watson has control of his other arm. They go to the mat and Main is going for the armbar but Watson doesn't give it to him. Main did get a few big kicks while he's on his back, those up kicks look so painful. Main's punches while he was on Watsons back didn’t seem to do a whole lot of damage and with Watson getting the takedown and keeping Main on his back I do think Watson took that round. 

Round 2
Main throwing some combinations, chasing Watson around the ring. Watson gets the takedown. You can hear the frustration in Koschecks voice as he continues to yell lets go, and get up to Main form outside the cage. Watson gets his back and manages to move into position for a submission. He grabs the rear naked choke.

After the fight Koscheck says if he had just listened to me he would have won, sweep submit or get off the matt. Main is disappointed in himself. Koscheck says don’t think about it now, they'll talk later. Ortiz did the opposite when he was a coach. As soon as one of his fighters lost yes he would give them a minute to cool off but them immediately went to them and coached. He told them what they did wrong, what they will do next time and how to improve.

GSPs team is very happy with Watson’s performance. Watson is not as happy with his own performance, obviously he did not start off the fight strong but he still got the W and will improve for the next fight.

Kyle Watson wins by submission, rear naked choke. Team GSP still maintains control. All three fights so far have shown my initial top picks pull off the Win.

Next Episode...
Leroy pisses off his own team now
Another guest coach for team GSP
John Fitch comes to see team Koscheck as well as Chuck Liddell