TUF 19 - Penn, Edgar + Pendred & Fields! Spoilers

Nappy · 17-04-2014 7:10pm

Cathal did well to be chosen before other fighters considering he didn't get to showcase his skills. It's a huge advantage for him considering he didn't have to take any damage going into his first fight.

Tom.D.BJJ · 17-04-2014 7:38pm

I almost puked when I seen the dogbar in the last fight.

darced · 17-04-2014 8:07pm

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MrStuffins · 17-04-2014 11:44pm

Cathal

obviously wins next week as one of the clips in the outro was him squaring up to a guy with a Mexican flag wrapped around his head while people sing Olé Olé Olé.

D35 · 18-04-2014 1:17am

Very clever editing at the end, it looks like BJ's team is really pissed at the decision but this is not "K-Hills" fight if you pause it you can see one of the trainers in a dark blue shirt with his hand on the Irish flag, not the same T-shirt from the pissed of scene. Come on the Irish

osl · 18-04-2014 2:11am

The clip with Cathal in the outro was of next weeks square off so not a spoiler

hefferboi · 18-04-2014 3:35am

D35 wrote: »

Very clever editing at the end, it looks like BJ's team is really pissed at the decision but this is not "K-Hills" fight if you pause it you can see one of the trainers in a dark blue shirt with his hand on the Irish flag, not the same T-shirt from the pissed of scene. Come on the Irish

That wasn't showing next weeks highlights, though. It was showing what was to come from the whole season.

The way they pronounce Cathal is annoying already.

cletus · 18-04-2014 9:44am

Delighted to see The Hammer in as an assistant coach.

MrStuffins · 18-04-2014 9:56am

osl wrote: »

The clip with Cathal in the outro was of next weeks square off so not a spoiler

Actually, this would make sense as Urbina is the only 185er on Edgar's team who is of Mexican decent............. carry on

Mr. Manager · 18-04-2014 9:57am

Felt pretty bad for that lad coming in for a 2nd attempt. Was absolutely dominating the fight but obviously became a bit complacent and left the arm in.

D35 · 18-04-2014 11:24am

New preview of next weeks show http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=xDzSf3hymIM

CM24 · 18-04-2014 11:48am

Next week......

Looks like he gets floored with a hard uppercut there near the end. It's going to be unusual for Cathal not being able to physically overpower his opponents like he does at welterweight.

El Guapo! · 18-04-2014 2:25pm

Just a quick reminder lads....Put spoiler tags on your posts that refer to future episodes, even if it's only speculation as to what may happen based on the previews.

Devastator · 18-04-2014 3:28pm

John_D80 wrote: »

Anyone else think BJ was very relaxed about his first fight selection?

I mean, if I was a coach I would have selected a guy I had seen fight already and win well and pick an opponent to suit him. He didn't even realise he could pick the opponent until it was pointed out to him and even then he just said 'whoever was their last pick'. Giving up control can be disastrous for a team in TUF.

Dont get me wrong here, I am absolutely delighted for Pendred that he has a chance to prove himself, as he must have been very disappointed when he got the bye but I just though BJ was far too easy going about it.

I think BJ played the fool very well. He was a coach back in series 5(?) so he knows the score alright.

I thought Fields was very lucky getting through as he was behind in the fight, good luck to the Irish lads, I'm looking forward to next weeks show.

Lot of respect between BJ & Edgar on show which I'm delighted about, should mean no over dramatic coaches fued that usually gets dreamt up

amkin25 · 18-04-2014 7:11pm

Can someone tell me why cathal got a by, i cant figure it out they never said why on the show?

hefferboi · 18-04-2014 7:33pm

amkin25 wrote: »

Can someone tell me why cathal got a by, i cant figure it out they never said why on the show?

Dana said at the start that everyone they lined up to fight him had to pull out due to injury, not making weight, etc.

Dtp1979 · 18-04-2014 9:43pm

It's not cathal.... It's Cah Hawl

Gumbi · 18-04-2014 11:15pm

Dtp1979 wrote: »

It's not cathal.... It's Cah Hawl

No, it's Coth-al.

kearneybobs · 19-04-2014 1:10am

Watching it, I was quite nervous actually. Wanted the lads to do well even though it was fairly well known that they were in the house before the episode aired. Was unfortunate that they got into the house the way they did but sure, they're in there.

The last fight was brilliant and by the sound of Pendred on Twitter he seems to have gotten on well with King in the house.

Nordine was also a member of the TUF Nations cast and fought at the weekend in the UFC. Seems as though that if the UFC want you in there they're willing to give you a couple of chances.

Looking forward to the rest of it. Penn seemed a little aloof when chatting to Dana/Frankie during the fight. As if he wasn't listening to what they said, didn't get their jokes or was just ignoring them.

amkin25 · 19-04-2014 2:22am

CM24 wrote: »

Next week......
Looks like he gets floored with a hard uppercut there near the end. It's going to be unusual for Cathal not being able to physically overpower his opponents like he does at welterweight.

It's not really a spoiler unless you have inside information from someone,i doubt if that punch was a factor in the outcome that it would have been shown in the previews.

Zero-Cool · 19-04-2014 4:00am

Just watched it, nice few fights, felt bad for the French guy going home when lesser fighters got through but I guess that's the way it goes. Had to laugh when conor said luck of the irish.

Did I read something here that fields had an injury going into the fight?

Also, of the thousands of people who applied for the show, surely one person would have been ready to be called up to fight ca-haawl ?

Can't wait to see his fight next week!!

John_D80 · 19-04-2014 2:16pm

Cathal Pendred's TUF blog. Explains how he ended up getting a bye into the house and also sheds light on Nordine Taleb's crossover to TUF Nations.

themmacorner.com/2014/04/16/cathal-pendreds-ultimate-fighter-19-blog-week-one/

csallmighty · 19-04-2014 8:56pm

Glad to see the knockout in the trailers wasn't Pendred. He has a slight advantage now being fresh but it could also be detrimental the first fight can settle nerves and help with sharpness.

Looked like Fields was losing until the other guys injury but a win is a win.

Already annoyed with the Cathal pronunciation :pac:

Mr. Loverman · 20-04-2014 6:49am

Sorry if this has been mentioned already, but wasn't that French guy on TUF Nations - Canada vs. Australia?

EDIT: Sorry I can see it was mentioned.

sdowling04 · 20-04-2014 8:47pm

Really looking forward to this now. Cathal looks in great shape and it looks to be quite a war from the preview. Kinda worried about the big uppercut shown at the end.

dave1982 · 20-04-2014 11:06pm

Should be good fight, he has a lot to prove getting into the house without fighting.

(I not taking anything away from him before anyone jumps down my throat over it)

I assumed it was cause he had title he got a pass

Mellor · 21-04-2014 10:27am

dave1982 wrote: »

I assumed it was cause he had title he got a pass

His opponent slipped getting out of the bath making weight and couldn't fight.
They was 2 alternates ready, but both felled through - missed weight and injury respectively.
Just a lucky series of events

Cyber Ghost · 22-04-2014 10:02pm

Man that guy Chris Fields blew hard. Absolutely terrible performance. Never been a more accurate example of the luck of the Irish.

John_D80 · 22-04-2014 10:22pm

Cyber Ghost wrote: »

Man that guy Chris Fields blew hard. Absolutely terrible performance. Never been a more accurate example of the luck of the Irish.

Did you see the full fight??

Bit unfair to say he 'blew' based on the very short edit that was presented to us.

adamski8 · 22-04-2014 11:21pm

John_D80 wrote: »

Did you see the full fight??

Bit unfair to say he 'blew' based on the very short edit that was presented to us.

Was it a short edit? I thought it was a short fight in general! I thought he was getting beaten yes but he was also coming back into the fight and was throwing some good shots

amkin25 · 22-04-2014 11:34pm

With all due respect to chris field's and i'd hope i'm wrong and he goes on and does well ,i just can't see him getting past his next fight.
He doesn't look up to this level of competition at all ,we have a way to go before we have a few top mma fighters in ireland .Hopefully there's some coming through but chris fields doesn't look up to it at all .

hefferboi · 22-04-2014 11:39pm

Is the next ep on tonight or tomorrow?

amkin25 · 22-04-2014 11:42pm

Tomorrow night i think.

Jimmy Bottlehead · 23-04-2014 9:39am

amkin25 wrote: »

With all due respect to chris field's and i'd hope i'm wrong and he goes on and does well ,i just can't see him getting past his next fight.
He doesn't look up to this level of competition at all ,we have a way to go before we have a few top mma fighters in ireland .Hopefully there's some coming through but chris fields doesn't look up to it at all .

Fields had a popped rib going into that fight:

https://twitter.com/IrishMMAFan1/status/456763163229556736

Zero-Cool · 23-04-2014 9:49am

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

Fields had a popped rib going into that fight.

I knew I read that somewhere before, that would definitely explain it.

MagicIRL · 23-04-2014 10:41am

Underestimate Chris Fields at your own peril. The chap has terrifying kicks. I don't know much about his ground-game, but if he can get a fight that stays on the feet, he could go really far.

I think it was pointed out in Cathal's blog post

that the knee that popped on Fields' opponent was the same knee/leg he had been working with kicks

.

darced · 23-04-2014 4:13pm

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rolexeagle1 · 23-04-2014 7:05pm

c'mon KAZ!!!

hefferboi · 24-04-2014 3:29am

Anyone watching this? Don't like that Urbina lad.

Roar · 24-04-2014 10:12am

Cathal's lack of head movement has gotta be a concern moving forward, he took some pretty big shots in that first round. Showed some great heart to stay in the fight after being rocked. Did exactly what he needed to do in the third round. Delighted to see him win!

davidsatelle100 · 24-04-2014 10:13am

Thought the knees were going to finish the fight in the wrong way. Good to see him going through but seemed to lack any ideas in the third other than hold him down

Oregano_State · 24-04-2014 10:23am

Just watched ep2 there.

Cathal did very well to come back after that uppercut in R1, it looked like he was pretty much out for a second or two. I thought his striking looked pretty slow and clumsy if I'm being honest, although after the first round he did a very a good job of out-wrestling an american-trained wrestler. Although he was clearly dominant after R1, I thought he could have made more of an effort to work a submission or land telling strikes instead of seemingly being happy to take Urbina down and control him.

If Cathal has aspirations of being successful in the UFC proper, then he should be making lighter work of fighters like Urbina.

Am I being too harsh?

24-04-2014 10:47am

Am I the only one who thinks he should be a lot faster coming up from Welterweight, half the fight looked slow motion.
Mazzagatti got it right though it was a hard fought decision and he showed an unreal amount of heart in that fight.

Mr. Loverman · 24-04-2014 10:53am

I also thought he seemed very slow and lacked ideas. I almost felt like I was watching Mark Coleman...

Mellor · 24-04-2014 11:01am

hefferboi wrote: »

Anyone watching this? Don't like that Urbina lad.

Racist

raze_them_all_ · 24-04-2014 12:51pm

Mr. Loverman wrote: »

I also thought he seemed very slow and lacked ideas. I almost felt like I was watching Mark Coleman...

Lacking ideas?? He was obviously a round down after 1. He needed to win the next two rounds aftdr which he did. What ideas should he of come up with. His game plan worked.

darced · 24-04-2014 1:05pm

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scudzilla · 24-04-2014 1:51pm

Pretty easy win but there's so much more to come from Cathal, i thought he looked very rusty in there.

As for Hector, i think he spent most of the third trying to entice Cathal into an illegal knee, after Mazagatti had warned him during the break

Gumbi · 24-04-2014 1:58pm

scudzilla wrote: »

Pretty easy win but there's so much more to come from Cathal, i thought he looked very rusty in there.

As for Hector, i think he spent most of the third trying to entice Cathal into an illegal knee, after Mazagatti had warned him during the break

I hate it when people play the system like that. I remember in the GSP Hendricks fight when Hendricks was doing that Herb was trying to discourage him from doing it which I thought was really cool.

amkin25 · 24-04-2014 2:20pm

Glad he got past him but i can't see his style ever being successful in the ufc that just cut jake shields also cut okami, fitch these type of fighters dont last in the ufc.
He needs more offense when in control he tends to just lie on top of guys a lot i noticed that in some of his other fights, hes always gonna be a wrestler more than a stand up fighter but hes gotta be an exciting wrestler to last, that means lots of elbows and punches when u got someone down .
Hopefully he improves in the house and becomes a bit more offensive with some help from bj.

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TUF 19 - Penn, Edgar + Pendred & Fields! Spoilers