Junie stays? - Page 4

Chuteb · #31 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 02:25 AM

I love how the whole time Junie is punching, kicking, pushing and threatening all the other fighters around him and you just know if any of them had hit him back Dana would kicked them off the show no doubt.. lol talk about double standards. This kid is ridiculous, for the next episode let him fight Anderson Silva that'll shut him up.

SumsNews · #32 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 02:40 AM

There was a commercial or something, flipping through clips real fast and Dana was talking to someone (didn't have their face in the shot but no doubt Junie) and he says something like 'you should have been kicked off this show 4 times already'. So, apparently he stays for a good while.

Piz · #33 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by thumper

But see that's the problem. You and I would love to watch an hour show dedicated to the training and work involved. but the other 99.9% of the world doesn't care in the slightest, and the drunken stupors are what's kept the show afloat as it is.

In all reality? This show ran it's course years ago. Had it been on any real network it wouldn't have made it past season 3, if it got on the air at all. In fact, I highly doubt that Spike is the network they wanted to land in the first place.

I enjoy watching it but let's not kid ourselves here

There are shows on NBC,ABC,CBS that track-in worse ratings at-times, and there still going. I actually got a couple friends over the last week to start watching it, they now have it programed on there DVR's.

Not sure what all the complaining is about, that last show was the most entertaining TUF I have seen in a while. Junie is an ass and def needs some help, but the kid has skills, and I think that is part of the reason Dana didn't throw him off.

Maybe he is like what I was when I was his age, sometimes (Depending on the individual) you just need to be told something more then once to listen (Or learn your lesson).

Junie jumping in the ring is nothing to get kicked off for. It was a retarded move, but no one got hit or hurt, it was simply anger from the mouth, nothing that broke the rules.

GEEZER · #34 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by jhell

I agree. UFC should be doing more to promote the excellent, dedicated, skilled MMA fighters of the Octagon instead of a bunch of punks getting drunk running their mouth, acting like heathens. IMO that only feeds the stereotype of fighters being meatheads.

I guess they don't feel ike they can do that in a way that can be interesting
enough to the casual fight fan, all by itself , without some kind of dramatic enhancement . The analogy would be that they're going for the easy laugh ,
the gimmick, because it's easier , and plays to a wider, more dumbed-down audience . I wish they'd put more work into trying to make it interesting and entertaining for it's technical and mma -related content ,
but the ratings probably spiked when Jesse Taylor was pissing his shorts last 'season' , so this is what we get now

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DS

pimpslappd · #35 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 01:59 PM

I just found it funny when he says the LHW's are bullying the smaller guys when in fact, Junie is the one bullying everyone or at least trying to.

ColdMolasses · #36 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 03:05 PM

Ya or how he said he'll take any one of you "205ers" yet he is always saying "if you guys were only my size... blah blah blah"

Bones McGee · #37 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 04:36 PM

I don't think he's going anywhere for awhile. The UFC has been doing a little of the circus show act lately, he's just another example. Also I find it hard to believe that they boot him off the show then allow him to do the official blog for the show.

What's with all the TUF hate lately?

GEEZER · #38 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Bones McGee

I don't think he's going anywhere for awhile. The UFC has been doing a little of the circus show act lately, he's just another example. Also I find it hard to believe that they boot him off the show then allow him to do the official blog for the show.

What's with all the TUF hate lately?

self explanatory . they're showcasing idiotic behavior to get ratings.
like every other reality series , sure, but does it have to be like that?.

Ramma · #39 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 06:48 PM

Actually, if you watch The Contender: Asia (reality show for Muay Thai fighters), you will see those fighters (minus one fighter who is no longer on the show, and did not even do close to what Junie or Leben did) act like professionals. They don't act like 5 year olds

MirJitsu · #40 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Ramma

Actually, if you watch The Contender: Asia (reality show for Muay Thai fighters), you will see those fighters (minus one fighter who is no longer on the show, and did not even do close to what Junie or Leben did) act like professionals. They don't act like 5 year olds

Have to agree 100 percent with you there. Anything that Rafik did on the show doesn't come close to Junie, not by a long shot, and the rest of the fighters treat each other and the loft with respect. I really like the dynamic of The Contender more, they all have fun and everything, but none of them get wasted and start destroying furniture. Of course having Stephan Fox around compared to Dana is a pretty big difference.