Dear Gasmii,
This week not only do we get to learn about Hugger John's personal boundaries, we also get to see a real fight!! Finally, a toe-to-toe face 'em and slug 'em fight!! Well, at least until the fighters hit the ground, then not so much.
Look ma, turtles can fight, too!
You think I'm kidding?
Look ma, those guys are humping like turtles!
This week's more of a beer and chips type week, so grab a brewski and take the jump. Holy crap, I can't believe this show has reduced me to typing 'brewski'...
We start this week with the obligatory flashback of Shrek and Kyle's light heavyweight fight. And, like normal, the editors intersperse clips of our wannabe fighters giving their carefully considered analysis of the fight.
"My sister could have arm barred Kyle." She does it all the time with our kids.
However, this week we're not going to waste a lot of time on incidentals like pee, sperm, or the fights of yesteryore. Instead, this week the editors are going to be focused on the main event. Finally, an episode about a fight, and, well, one or two other things. But, mainly, about the fight. This week we have the final two lightweights, Hugger John Polawkowski and George Roop, battling it out for a spot in the semifinals. Not wasting any time, we go straight to the up close and personal interviews.
Hugger John Polakowski
Hugger John is a genuinely likeable guy who has the misfortune of strongly resembling a meth addict.
Hugs for Drugs!!
Not to despair, though. A makeover always helps these pesky image problems.
It's much better to look like you spend your days dropping syringes in Tompkins Square park.
Shane Primm describes Hugger John as legally insane. Normally, I would take this description with a grain of salt, but you have to figure that Shane Primm has spent the last six weeks living with Marilyn, peemeisters Vinnie and Tom Lawlor, sperm donator Kyle, and a completely delusional leprachaun. If, out of that cast of characters, Hugger John is the one he designates as legally insane, well then, that's a pretty good indicator that he's a complete wackbait, psychodoodle, freakshow. And, I would like to stress that I mean that in the best possible way. After all, Marilyn tells us that "you can't help to like him." Of course, with Marilyn's state of chronic dysfunction, there's a good chance that anybody who feels comfy to him is traveling in their own alternate reality.
Hugger John has a sole purpose in life, that being to bring hugs to the masses because nobody gives real hugs anymore. So, when he gives a hug, he makes damn sure he does it right and he holds on real tight for a second.
The first UFC sexual harassment suit is born.
George Roop
Out of the blue team, George Roop seems to have kept a singularly low profile during this season. Possibly because he doesn't incite or participate in pranks, drama, or people bashing. He is in fact a decent hardworking fighter. You've got to wonder what the hell he's doing on the blue team, but he does where an awful lot of red t-shirts.
It's hard being the token nice guy.
George tells us that he grew up kind of rough and got in a lot of trouble, but when he turned 18 he turned his life around and started training to fight in mma. Apparently, he was a skinny white guy growing up in Tuscon who got beat on a lot until he learned to fight back. As I'm listening to George share his story, I keep getting this weird sense that I've heard something like this before from one of the other fighters. Then, finally, it clicked; George is the guy that Marilyn wants to be. But, while Marilyn is all talk, I'm taking it pretty seriously when George matter-of-factly tells us that while Hugger John is one of the nicest guys in the house, he is still going to go into the ring with bad intentions and make him bleed.
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Comments (5)
Good recap.
Pretty good fight - Roop almost got knocked out in the 2nd round. I thought he barely won, but don't disagree with Dana about it being worth a third round.
I did like/respect these two, which has been rare this season.
I agree that Marilyn should lose. I'd have to pick Vinny over Shrek based on ground skills - ans Shrek seems to be the more obnoxious, so I hope it happens that way.
I really like Bader and he has awesome skills, so I'll pick him over Elliot.
I like both Phillipe and Roop (you described him well), and that could go either way. But I'll declare for Phillipe just because of all the abuse he's had to take in the house.
If the blue team did well, it was despite their coach, not because of it. The display of poor sportsmanship after the fight should have been an embarassment to the UFC and to the sport. Is Dana trying to be more like the pro wrestling?
1 of 5 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on November 23, 2008 11:36 AM
Great recap Yenta. Of all the guys on the Blue team, I can only tolerate Shrek and Roop.
As for the judges, the UFC doesn't pick the judges. They're chosen by the Nevada athletic commission and usually they are boxing judges so their decisions aren't always liked.
As much as I like Roop, Phillepe is an animal and I can't see him losing.
I hope like Hell Efrain humiliates Junie.
I liked Bader from the start and I think he'll beat Elliot.
If Shrek can keep Vinny standing, then he'll take it easily, but if Vinny gets it to the ground, then it's over.
2 of 5 | Posted by FreewayShark | Posted on November 23, 2008 2:37 PM
Great recap.
Nice poke at (pun intended) the "supple ass" review/comment craziness going on.
Now that the group is a bit more weeded out there may be some actual bouts in this shows future.
It will be interesting to see if this show continues now that it has become middle school boys met the local steroid dealer.
3 of 5 | Posted by bmcl | Posted on November 23, 2008 2:56 PM
I meant to put this n my earlier comment, but I think that all the footage of the ring girl is recycled. It's always the exact same shots and you never see the inside of the ring. I think it's the same footage they used in season 1.
4 of 5 | Posted by FreewayShark | Posted on November 23, 2008 4:54 PM
Hey folks,
I'm sooo sad this season is drawing to a close. I've totally enjoyed recapping this show.
Fire@will: I strongly agree about with your opinion of the poor sportsmanship demonstrated by the blue team after the fight. What amazes me is that none of the blogs or interviews that I've read seem to address this. I would really have liked to have read Mir's thoughts on the show as it aired, just to know if he's completely clueless, or just unaware of his behavior.
FreewayShark: Thank you so much for the information on the judges. That clears up a total mystery for me, and it's been driving me nuts. And the ring girl shots being recycled would definitely be interesting. I'm going to try hold on to my pictures from this season and see if they match next season. Heh-heh!!
Bmcl: I agree the semifinals should be good fights. I think I'm turning blood thirsty in my old age because I'm pretty excited to see them.
There are some rumors flying around, as usual, that Marilyn gets tossed in the next episode. Apparently, in Dana's video blog on YouTube, there's a clip of him talking to Marilyn and Marilyn mumbles something about having been kicked out of the house. But nobody seems to be really clear on what he says.
However, it would fit his MO, where he seems to try and get kicked out before he has to actually step in the ring...
Hugs,
Yenta
5 of 5 | Posted by yentapatrol | Posted on November 24, 2008 5:56 AM