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Al Iaquinta sent a message to everyone in the TUF house, and everyone watching the show Friday night. He is not to be taken lightly, and showed that he’s one of the toughest, hardest working fighters on the show. The tough Andy Ogle was no match for the quickness and impressive striking of Iaquinta, who picked Ogle a part before knocking him out at the end of the first round. That’s where it all ended let’s take a minute to go back where Friday’s episode began. Continue Reading
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With Iaquinta’s fight just over a week away there’s been a lot of speculation around the internet of who Al’s next opponent will be. While different writers and bloggers have given there opinion, the truth is no one really knows except Dana White himself. White will announce the final two quarter final fights at the conclusion of this Friday’s episode. As I discussed the other day Al can either fight Vinc Pichel, or teammates Andy Ogle or Chris Saunders. Yesterday in his weekly Newsday interview Al commented saying he’d like to fight Pichel, as it wouldn’t be ideal fighting one of your own teammates. Regardless of the opponent there’s no doubt Iaquinta will step up to the challenge. Team Faber’s Andy Ogle gave some insight into who he’d like to fight HERE via MMA Junkie. He said he’d like to fight Pichel or Saunders, but didn’t mention Iaquinta in the conversation.
I asked this last week but it’s a bit easier now that the list is shorter. Who would you like to see Al fight in the quarter finals? Vinc Pichel, Andy Ogle, or Chris Saunders. I’m anxious to hear from all of you, your feedback is appreciated. Thank you!
-Matt Pellicane
This weeks episode gets right back into all the after math after Chris Tickles loss over Joe Proctor. Back in the locker room Coach Cruz is very hard on Tickle following the loss. He is very adamant in telling Tickle about everything he did wrong. He stresses to Tickle that the loss “shouldn’t have happened. If you listen you win the fight.” Cruz went on to discuss that he isn’t here to be on TV he’s here to win. He hate’s loosing, especially to Faber. During one point of the very public conversation between Tickle and Cruz, Faber put in his two cents and tries to offer Tickle some support. He let him know he did good, it was a good fight, and to keep his head up. Cruz get’s angry with Faber for getting involved and the two exchange some heated words back and fourth. Cruz instructs Urijah to mind his own business. Continue Reading
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