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Originally Posted by TheBranMan
honestly, i don't understand all the gabe bashing. yes, he fucked up pretty severely but other fighters have done worse. how many people have tested positive for roids? tito no-shows his match against dana. lee murray pulled off the biggest heist in english history but a guy eats a few pieces of ice cream cake and suddenly he's a piece of crap. i don't get it.
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It's not just eating a few pieces of cake.
TUF--whether it's justified or not--is a projectile, hurtling relatively unknown guys into bigger fights with better payouts. There are a ton of guys who would have given just about anything to be on that stupid show, and would have had the discipline to cut from day one. The fact that Gabe didn't do any work until the day before the fight is the issue...if he was cutting the whole time, sure, eat the cake...he'd pay for it the next day, but he'd still make weight.
I don't think the show is worthy of any respect...but it clearly gives the contestants bigger payouts, and they should take it seriously, even if I don't. I think a lot of people see Gabe's colonics as disrespectful to every fighter who would have worked their asses off--win or lose, just worked their asses off--but who didn't make the cut.
That being said, the cake doesn't take anything away from Gabe's fighting ability...the apparent mental breakdown might, but the cake isn't anything six weeks with a more disciplined camp couldn't fix. If the fight were today, Gabe would walk through Corey. Hill does seem to pick up stuff quick, though, so in a year, maybe two, different end of story.
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