Major Points
- Charles McCarthy is sulky. Or depressed. Or just too sad to play dodgeball. Or, as he would have you believe, so empathetic that Mikey Burnett's loss to Din Thomas is affecting him greatly. His housemates have nicknamed him "Captain Miserable." And, despite the taunting, he's enough of a good sport to wear a homemade "Captain Miserable" cape and pretend to fly.
- Shonie exacerbates the situation by adding 'personality' to McCarthy's shopping list. And McCarthy blames Pete Sell, leading to much hilarity. And again, no use of abject fluids in the execution of this prank.
- Personally, I attribute McCarthy's moroseness to being named after a ventriloquist's dummy.
- Evidently Jorge Rivera's partner is expecting a child while he is in the house. Randy shows up and tells Jorge that he has a new daughter, and gives him an AMP'D mobile phone with which he can see video of his new crap factory. Clever. Product placement disguised as a tender heartwarming moment.
- I'm impressed that Jorge made the decision to come to the house with a child on the way. Especially when you consider Season 3's Noah abandoned the house because his girlfriend MIGHT have been told he is cheating on her, and he wants to clear things up. That's dedication.
- Rich Franklin shows up as a guest trainer. Considering he is might be fighting the middleweight TUF4 winner, he probably wants to scout potential opponents. Plus, he hasn't fought since March 03, so Dana probably wanted to remind people he was around, and still champion. Of course, he is scheduled to fight Anderson Silva at UFC 64, so who knows what will happen there.
- Franklin doesn't align himself with either team, and makes clear that there is no Team Franklin. Really Rich? You mean, exactly the same way as there is no Team Couture or Team St. Pierre? Shocking.
- The next middleweight fight is announced. Pete Sell vs Charles McCarthy. McCarthy says he was planning on that, and has been training for Drago. Which, of course, won't help one bit if he makes it to the next round.
- Speaking of Drago, how can he use that name and not drop "I Must Break You?"
- The fight goes three full rounds. In the third, Sell is on top, even getting full mount, with McCarthy going for some submissions. He doesn't seem to be fighting enough though, and the judges give Drago the match.
- We get a couple of replays of McCarthy in pain when he thinks he blew his knee out. Including a cool slomo one.
- Next week, Matt Serra finally gets in the ring, facing Pete Spratt.
- Because Drago is already one of Serra's fighters, he probably had an easy time of it, but Matt Serra is a definite factor in Team Mojo's success.
- Showing Pete Sell's controversial loss to Nate Quarry was interesting, because it already sets up a match for Sell, even if he doesn't win TUF4.
- I was glad Dana allowed Jorge an opportunity to learn of his daughter's birth. The whole "cut off from the world thing" is stupid enough, but a man deserves to know when he has another mouth to feed.
- Okay, they gave Jorge Rivera a CELL PHONE so he could see video of his new daughter. Call me crazy, but couldn't he also use that PHONE to CALL his partner to talk to her. Have people forgotten that's what cell phones were originally intended for? Or did I just have a Helio moment?
- When they announced the fight before 10:30, my roommate looked at me and said "It's going three rounds." That is not dramatic foreshadowing. Thats predictability. If the producers would just mix it up once, people wouldn't know how long a fight was going to be based on the time it starts.
- Thankfully, the length of the fight meant that there was no need to add filler. Which means less opportunity for ugliness.
- Although, the use of a child's birth to plug a cell phone isn't pretty.
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