First let me say great recap. You make all of this entertaining.

Because the show was not.

This is what this show has come to? Really?
They get paid to show this on TV?

This was easily the most disgusting episode ever! The worst was the balut (which I confirmed with my Filipino friend is a great delicacy). Bleeeccchhhh!

The fight was great though. I knew Phillipe would win - Kaplan seems to be a lot of hot air just like Junie. And how hypocritical was it of old Marilyn to point out that Dave is all talk??

I loved the confused expression on Frankie's face when Phillipe won.....HA! Take that "coach"! :)

I might be in the minority here, but I thought the urine in the fruit was hilarious. But after watching this episode late, I have come to the conclusion that neither team ate any contaminated food. The production probably switched out the food while no one else was there. My biggest reason for believing this is the fact that urine has a very noticeable smell and Phillipe as a nurse should have been able to detect that. And the level of piss was so obvious, that one of them HAD to have noticed it.

Wild Heart I completely agree with you--the most DISGUSTING episode ever. And I loved "Coach" Frankie's expression, as well.

FreewayShark my husband thought the marinated fruit was hilarious too!! I think it might be a guy thing to be more tolerant around that stuff : ) But eeeewwwwww!!!!! I wonder if you're right about the producer's switching the fruit. That would explain a lot. Also, I can't help wondering if there couldn't be some sort of liability involved?

Anyway, Yenta it was a great recap. GO RED TEAM!!

I don't even watch this show, but with that intro I had to read the recap!!

I have to agree with previous posters who said they thought the producers switched it. When reading the recap, I kept thinking "I can't believe they are letting them eat that!" On other shows when people have done something like clean the toilet with someone's toothbrushes, there has always been some sort of intervention. I can't believe the same wouldn't happen here. After all, what if one of the eaters got hepatitis from the urine? There would be lawsuits a-plenty! I'm sure all of the folks were tested before coming on the show, but still.

This was perhaps the worst episode ever. I did enjoy seeing long persecuted (and incredibly stoic) Phillipe win the fight over yet another crude blowhard.

I hadn't thought of it, but I hope you guys are right about the food switching.

More than any other, this episode made me glad I hadn't talked a non-UFC fan into watching. So many bad examples to choose from. (And a few good ones).

A agree with your picks - Bader and Phillipe. They are certainly in the hunt to win it... and they set good examples as well.

Oh! I almost forgot! Thanks for the screencaps of the ring girl!

Hi Folks:

I have to say that I'm excited about the next couple of weeks. The fight matchups at least promise to be interesting.

Bmcl: I agree the shows a big leap from anything else I've seen on TV. It even sets a new low for reality TV. Yikes!!

Wild Heart: OMG the balut. Wow, talk about an eclectic palate!! I'm hoping that "Coach" Franke's expression of amazement stays on his face over the next couple of episodes.

FreewayShark: I have to admit that even though I was horrified and would think twice about having him in my house, I was giggling over Tom Lawlor peeing in the fruit tray. My hubby was actually more disgusted than I was. I must be getting desensitized watching this show.

After thinking it over, I have to wonder if you aren't right about the producers intervening--Clever fellow

Rosesarered: Let's keep our fingers, toes, and challah crossed for the red team : )

Fire@will: From reading some of the fighter's blogs I gather that next week is going to be even worse, so you may want to wait another week before introducing your friend to this trainwreck. Oy Veh!!

Thanks so much for posting. After a particularly yucky weekend, it was so nice to read your comments : )

Hugs,
Yenta

Snootchy Bootches: Thanks for reading and posting

"The production probably switched out the food while no one else was there."

My boyfriend said the same thing and I agree. He also thinks that the fighters made too much of a show out of how "delicious" the fruit was, so they may have been in on the switch and were just told to play it up. There's no way they would let anyone unknowingly consume the bodily fluids of another person. Like Snootchy Bootches said, that's a lawsuit waiting to happen.

People! It's called Suspension of Disbelief. If you are going to "enjoy" - and I use that term in it's most liberal sense - this show you have to be able to stop thinking about what is plausible. If the show tells us that the guys ate wee and man juice, then they ate wee and man juice.

Gross.

Awww, come on, what's a little man-juice? I can't believe these big, tough guys are so freaked out by something that the ladies (and some of us fellas) have to ingest every other day (or every day if I'm having a particularly good week). Of course, they're not gay, so I'm sure that in their minds "ingesting jizz = major homosexualness" but personally I think as far as sexual deviants go, the piss-drinking crowd are a tad worse (not to mention unfuckingkissable). Too funny!

Sorry I've been incommunicado Yenta, but I was in Vegas being forced to watch the likes of ring-girl "dance" (which mostly involved a lot of walking back and forth, ass-shaking and touching/flipping her hair)... so sad.

Great recap!

love, J-Mo :)