‘TUF 12’ Preview Goes Viral
Jake Rossen Sep 9, 2010
The first five minutes of Spike’s 12th “Ultimate Fighter” season
are below, and if you’re a pro wrestling fan, you’re going to see
obvious allusions to the indestructible “face vs. heel” angle
that’s put asses in seats for decades. If Josh
Koscheck didn’t watch any WWE growing up, then he’s the world’s
most naturally gifted jerk.
That’s not any kind of insult: Koscheck knows he irritates a significant portion of fans, and if that’s how they’ve chosen to respond to you, you roll with it. (Not that he gave them much choice: The guy was cutting Ric Flair-style promos and spraying people with garden hoses from day one.) It’s a nice contrast to Georges St. Pierre, who is such a respectable guy that he’s got American crowds regularly cheering for a French-Canadian. St. Pierre even says in the clip that “it’s the perfect good guy against the bad boy,” which is a little too on the nose, but who’s keeping score?
The show itself has a formula that works, and it’s not going to rock the boat: You cram a bunch of high-attitude dudes in a house and watch them antagonize one another. For my money, “Ultimate Fighter” represents the only true reality in reality television: Everything else is a metaphor for kicking someone’s ass. This is the only show that actually delivers.
That’s not any kind of insult: Koscheck knows he irritates a significant portion of fans, and if that’s how they’ve chosen to respond to you, you roll with it. (Not that he gave them much choice: The guy was cutting Ric Flair-style promos and spraying people with garden hoses from day one.) It’s a nice contrast to Georges St. Pierre, who is such a respectable guy that he’s got American crowds regularly cheering for a French-Canadian. St. Pierre even says in the clip that “it’s the perfect good guy against the bad boy,” which is a little too on the nose, but who’s keeping score?
The show itself has a formula that works, and it’s not going to rock the boat: You cram a bunch of high-attitude dudes in a house and watch them antagonize one another. For my money, “Ultimate Fighter” represents the only true reality in reality television: Everything else is a metaphor for kicking someone’s ass. This is the only show that actually delivers.
