Predictably, the glass breaks and Kyle's arm gets cut. Kyle is justifiably pissed, but what's impressive is that he doesn't get up and beat the crap out of Marilyn, which is probably the course I would have taken. There's a tender scene where Fainter Philippe is bandaging up Kyle's arm and I have to say that some of these guys actually seem really nice, when they're not trying beat the crap out of people.
I think that's at least worth a smack upside Marilyn's drunken blond head.
After turning things over in his alcohol befuddled mind, Marilyn comes to the conclusion that he's probably going to be thrown out of the house for throwing the glass. And, Roli, the tall, skinny, cute guy, points out that, "You'd think, after something dramatic like that, Junie would start mellowing out to save his ass. No, not so much."
For any women or gay men reading this, isn't he cute?.
Ryan Bader, our winner from last week, steps in to pull Marilyn away from Kyle. And this is where I begin to get a really clear picture of the size difference between the light heavyweights and the lightweights. Marilyn seems a lot like a an obnoxious little terrier taunting a bunch of good natured Rottweilers.
Inspired by his example, Marilyn's new BFF decides to step up and shoulder his share of the tequila inspired asshole trainwreck. This is especially unfortunate because as Cutie Roli explains, "Shane has the alcohol tolerance of a 12 yr old girl."
Shane starts getting in Roli's face, which is more than annoying me. Do not FUCK with the cutest boy in the house!!! And, he actually goes so far as to push Roli out of his chair and remind him that he's in the house by default.
This is how a real man acts.
The gist of a lot of the drunken rhetoric that Marilyn and Shane are spouting is based on a basic prejudice against wrestlers as fighters. It seems to me that some of the best fighters have their roots in wrestling, but what do I know? FreewayShark or HeyBuddy, care to share some of your wisdom on this one?
Anyhoo, Krazy and Ryan break up this little standoff ushering Roli out of the room. I'm thinking that Big Daddy should seriously be kissing Ryan's and Crazy's asses for keeping an all out brawl from breaking out. Being a determined little turdling, Shane then starts getting in Efrain's face. I have to say that even though Efrain has a cocky air that makes me want to bitch slap him around the octagon, he handles himself really well when Shane starts trying to push him around. Of course, big brother Ryan breaks this little interlude up as well.
Still acting like a real man
At this point, Marilyn and Shane decide they want some privacy to further their BFF bonding and they head downstairs to drink some more. Goodness knows that all they really need is to loosen up and let go of a few more inhibitions.
I wonder how many relationships have been consumated under the influence of tequila?
Since, all of the other 'contendahs' have sensibly stayed upstairs, Marilyn and Shane turn their destructive urges to inaminate objects and make some determined attempts to beat up the downstairs wicker furniture by pounding it on the ground while making a lot of unintelligible, but I'm sure very manly noises. Because the evil furniture is refusing to die and paranoia seems to be growing, the next logical step is for Shane and Marilyn to attempt to drown as much of the furniture as possible.
To all single people out there, DO NOT DATE THESE MEN!!
Hearing the insane ruckus taking place outside, the sane and rational housemates gather on the balcony to see what the hell is going on. There's a few well intentioned attempts to recall the BFF's to their senses, but, not surprisingly, the dynamic drunken duo ignore the calls to leave the furniture alone.
Realizing that their babysitting duties are not over for the night, the contendahs decide to go downstairs to join the romantic couple by the pool. After all, drunken, violent, paranoid people are such good company. And, as Marilyn picks up a bottle and threatens to break it across his brethrens collective skulls if they say anything, the cameramen quickly retreat to a safe distance across the lawn.
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Comments (8)
This has got to be the funniest recap ever!!
Marilyn is totally and completely disgusting. I don't understand how he can still be on the show. His poor parents must be so embarrassed.
The other fighters seem nice, so I hope they get rid of Marilyn just so we can see more of them.
Thanks for the laughs.
1 of 8 | Posted by rosesarered | Posted on October 11, 2008 4:33 PM
Great recap!
I will have to say that after seeing the show I as unsure how anything funny was going to come from that disaster.
Thanks-
2 of 8 | Posted by bmcl | Posted on October 11, 2008 5:35 PM
Great recap Yenta. Junie is really disappointing me. You're absolutely right, he is perpetuation the negative stereotype, but I can't see him staying past next week. And now his coach is really pissed at him, and Dana was easy on him once, that won't happen twice. Don't let this fool you, yents, Dana White has a history of kicking guys off this show. He kicked a guy out of the finals last season when he caused an uproar after the show ended. Junie can't last.
And for your other question about wrestlers, yes and no. Based on a lot of what I've seen, many of the best fighters have extensive backgrounds in Jujutsu because it incorporates most of the aspects of MMA, i.e. striking, grappling, and submission. Yenta, I encourage you to look at a lot of UFC events and become familiar with some of the techniques and fighters.
3 of 8 | Posted by FreewayShark | Posted on October 11, 2008 5:35 PM
Junie Browning is the best fighter on the show and is going to be one of the best in the UFC. Hes just acting like that cus hes bored and he wants camara time.
I heard he makes it to the finals and beats all the other LH asses.
4 of 8 | Posted by ufcfan | Posted on October 12, 2008 9:13 AM
Another outstanding recap.
I hope Dana puts a stop to this ugly Junie business. After this week, if he doesn't kick the guy out, he - and the UFC - will have very little credibility left with me.
And who is Dana kidding with his excuse for giving them all that alcohol?
Dana has built a wonderful brand with UFC - and did a lot to save a strugling MMA. It pains me to see him allow this much credibility loss over a few rating points.
5 of 8 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on October 12, 2008 8:58 PM
Hey! Thanks for the shout out - I'm pretty sure that's my first one ever. Is that sad?
In answering your question about wrestling - it is a very important part of MMA, and at one time, it was considered perhaps THE most important part, but times change. I'll spare you a long story, but suffice it to say that muay thai, boxing, wrestling and jiu jitsu - in some combination are some of essential martial arts to know.
It's not uncommon for "stand up" fighters to hate on others with great wrestling skills because most fights go to the ground. If the wrestler is able to control the fight on the ground, the stand up fighter is at a huge disadvantage.
Let's play a game. Pick a fighter and choose theme music for them. I'll start with an easy one. Junie Allen Browning - "My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit.
Yenta, great recap. It is always embarrassing when the guys in the house act like jackasses. All the work that has been done by the likes of Anderson Silva, Noguiera, Randy Couture and Rich Franklin to prop up the image of MMA goes to waste when the Junies, Chris Lebens and Lee Murrays of the world act the way they do.
+1 to you Yenta if you can find out who and what Lee Murray is (in)famous for.
6 of 8 | Posted by Hey Buddy | Posted on October 13, 2008 7:15 AM
Yenta, honey, that was bee-YOO-ti-fullll! You're making me see the human part of some of these guys, and that's a wonderful thing... although I still don't understand why none of them can seem to understand how COMPLETELY DISGUSTING it is to put their FEET up on all of their EATING surfaces (yick!).
Of course, then there's Marilyn, and in him I see every asshole bully who ever tried to kick my ass on the way home from school (they used to get SO mad when they couldn't even catch the school fag, much less beat the shit out of me). It wasn't even any good to try and verbally trounce guys like him, because any insult other than "fuck you, asshole" would go way over their heads. With any luck he will make somebody a wonderful organ donor (except for his liver)...
love to you, fantastic job!
love, J-Mo :)
7 of 8 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on October 13, 2008 8:30 AM
Hi Guys,
Love the comments, thanks so much for taking the time to post.
Rosesarered: As a mom, I look at Junie's behavior and give thanks every day. You're absolutely right, his poor family.
Bmcl: I'm hoping that next week is a little less violent and a little more slapstick : )
FreewayShark: Thanks so much for your input. Much to my hubby's amusement I am finding myself downloading MMA fights and cruising some of the boards. OMG, what if I'm an addict?
Fire@will: Somebody sent me a link to Dana ranting about how somebody recently did something that could lower the MMA reputation after all his years of trying to build it up. Sigh. I can't help wondering if he's actually seen his show? Heart as always...
HeyBuddy: Okay, I did the requisite googling and as far as I can tell there's actually 2 things that Lee Murray could be famous for. 1) beating up Tito Ortiz outside of a nightclub, and/or 2) possibly participating in a bank robbery. OMG, I couldn't stop giggling when I was reading about him. What a sociopathic nightmare.
My song title would be for Junie as well, Manic Depression from Jimi Hendrix.Thanks for your info on the wrestling versus Jujuitsu. I really appreciate it.
J-Mo: I wish I had been in high school with you. Seriously, I was one mean little bitch, I would have had those bastards crying in no time. And, I totally agree about the feet on the table thing. Why is it that when a group of gay men live together the place is inevitably to die for and when a group of straight men live together the place becomes a pigpen? Ick!!
Hugs,
Yenta
8 of 8 | Posted by yentapatrol | Posted on October 13, 2008 5:03 PM