It seems that threatening people with a broken bottle is more than Krazy is willing to accept in a housemate's behavior. I'm thinking that Marilyn passed my own personal tolerance levels last week, but that's just me. I'm uptight about drunken scenes and broken furniture. Anyway, Krazy decides that he's had enough of Marilyn's behavior and it's time for Marilyn to go home. I'm not really sure how Krazy plans on facilitating this move, maybe by packing Marilyn's bags and calling a cab, or maybe by simply calling the police. Personally, I would have called the police and packed the bags.
The editors then start to integrate clips of a sober Marilyn's recollection of the night's events. He tells us that he started getting a little drunk and started talking a lot of crap. Adding, of course, that it was the alcohol talking not him.
And the house made me drink the alcohol, so, really, I had nothing to do with any of this.
Meanwhile, possibly to incite him into actually striking someone so he gets hauled out of the house, Krazy puts Marilyn's clothes into the pool. Oh, right, I forgot to mention that Marilyn has stripped down to his baby blue boxers in order to take a refreshing, moonlit swim. Unfortunately, with his round little midsection, this really is not an attractive look for Marilyn. Why, oh, why isn't cutie Roli wandering around in his boxer shorts?
Marilyn eventually notices his garments sadly floating on the water and demands to know who put his clothes in the pool. After last week, I confess that I was pretty sure Krazy was going to chicken out and not fess up. But I guess he was just feeling shy last week. Instead, he's totally cool and calmly says "I did."
Marilyn is a little annoyed that Krazy doesn't understand that throwing the house furniture into the pool is okay, but throwing Marilyn's clothes into the pool, well, that's crossing the line. Marilyn pretty much pleads with Krazy to hit him, which is interesting because I'm pretty much pleading for Krazy to hit him as well. Please, Krazy, please hit Marilyn. You will so be the hero of the viewing public. Now, I don't know for sure, because I've only seen Krazy in the one fight, but I suspect that if Krazy clocked Marilyn he might just break him. Sadly, Krazy is showing some wild self-control and tells Marilyn that he's not going to hit him, but that Marilyn is the biggest bitch in the house. I'm guessing that, in this particular scenario, bitch has more of a prison connotation than a girl's boarding school connotation.
While Marilyn is in Krazy's face, Ryan Bader is throwing his clothes back into the pool. I have to say that, as disgusted as I am by Marilyn, I felt a little bad for him as his alcohol soaked brain tried to process this new development. You can almost see smoke come out of Marilyn's ears, as these actions do not compute, and he quite simply goes insane. Grabbing on to Ryan's jacket and shirt, Marilyn jumps into the pool hauling Ryan head first after him in a spirited attempt to drown him.
Battery: The harmful or offensive touching of another.
Eliot catches hold of Ryan's leg and after some serious struggling, Ryan manages to stand up, pulling Marilyn up with him, still clutching Ryan's shirt. So, now, surely, somebody is going to step in and A) call the police B) call the men in the little white coats, and/or C) beat the crap out of Marilyn. But, no, the camera people keep filming from across the lawn and the housemates join forces to wrench Marilyn away from Ryan. Amazingly, Ryan manages to hold on to his temper and doesn't beat the crap out of the little turd. He tells the camera that, "Even if he hits me, I'm not swinging back. I'm not missing this opportunity."
I have to say that Ryan Bader is definitely impressing me, and, for all the negatives that Marilyn is piling onto the UFC image, Ryan and the other fighters, who have kept their tempers around Marilyn and Shane tonight, are showing another very cool side.
Living proof that not all UFC fighters are out of control sociopaths.
Meanwhile, the editors treat us to another sober Marilyn clip, where he tells us that, "I have a real bad temper. I have an explosive anger problem. I don't really think about consequences I just go nuts."
A man who is truly comfortably with his inner child.
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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