TUF3 Thoughts

• Once again this week, Tito Ortiz came across as a reasonable, intelligent, sensitive (in a manly way) human being. I'm really beginning to seriously question the whole Tito is a bad guy mythology. Tito may have an ego, and may think he deserves more money, but that doesn't make him a monster. And the disrespect thing? I can't help but think Ken is just one of those guys who think 'respect' is another word for 'kissing ass'. Besides, the Gay Mezger shirt is pretty funny. I think Dana could make money marketing them.
• I must question Joe Rogan's taste in friends. Because Taint Fletcher is just about the world's most pathetic excuse for a human being. As I said about another person this week, "I would hang out with him only if I could watch him slowly die of cancer."
• The same holds true for Jesse Forbes. Dude, you may be able to kick my ass, but you are a childish little nothing. I know its just a basketball, but its the principle of the thing. Meaningless destruction is just that, meaningless, whether its being done by an MMA fighter, or by a bunch of children who think they're fighting the system. I derived great pleasure seeing Noah tap you out this week, and the only thing that would have made it better would have been if he had broken your arm like a twig.
• Dear Michael Bispingandmoaning...shut your limey yap. Tito recognized that Matt needed something extra, and went out and got an interpreter. What a selfish, heartless bastard! Give me a break. Bisping is the kind of guy who would complain that people in wheelchairs get ramps and blind people get canes. If I have to hear him whine about how he "came all the way across the ocean" to train, Imma snap. Tito is trying to ensure that every member of his team gets the best training possible, and if that means getting an interpreter for Matt, I don't see what the big deal is. And the man even came to the house to cook dinner, and you're complaining about that? Bispingandmoaning needs to grow up.
• I'm enjoying the lack of challenges and the focus on training. Particularly when Ken Shamrock goes off on guys, and then the guys get lippy back. Kalib is either the dumbest man on the show, or the bravest. Lipping back to Ken Shamrock, who hasn't exactly shown himself to be a proponent of the Socratic method was ballsy. Cerebral ballsy.
• This is definitely shaping up to be a really good season. The only problem with the show, and it's a problem that is inherent in the format, is that you can tell how long the fight will be by the amount of time left in the show when the fight starts. They could do something about this by starting the fights earlier, and then showing some of the after-fight goings-ons. This would help to eliminate the first problem, and could add some entertainment. Although it is nice watching the Walk of Shame, particularly when it's someone like Forbes.