The Ultimate Fighter 7, Episode 2: Still Fighting to make the Show

The show starts and the fights are on!

• Dan Simmler (1-0) vs. Matthew Riddle (1-0): The first round starts and ends without much to write about. Let's just say that the second round was a little different. As the round starts, Riddle throws a huge left hook that absolutely floors Dan Simmler. As Simmler lays on the ground, everybody wonders if he is alright. They show a clip of him being carted off to an ambulance all the while he is asking "was that a real fight or practice?" Seems like he asks that question at least three or four times.
• Luke Zachrich (7-1) vs. Patrick Schultz (7-1-1): Schultz starts the fight with a lot of intensity, but it is immediately obvious that he is lacking some MMA skills. Zachrich eventually secures a rear-naked choke to win the fight.
• Tim Credeur (10-2) vs Erik Charles (10-5): This fight looked like an instructional video. Credeur proceeds to take down Charles, move to side control and then sink in an arm bar. Chareles has no choice but to tap and Credeur wins the fight. I am glad that Chareles loses the fight as he was running his mouth. Something about being a great striker and how he would love to fight everybody in the house. I guess he won't get his chance.
• Brandon Sene vs. Aaron Meisner: Meisner isn't fighting particularly well, so Rampage goes down by the rink to give him advice. Meisner doesn't listen to the advice and eventually Rampage walks away saying "he didn't listen." He should have listened as Sene is able to secure a rear-naked choke and win the fight. Once Rampage returns to the coaches table, Griffin gets in a good jab and tells Rampage that he wouldn't listen to him either.
• Mike Marrello vs. Gerald Harris: Harris wins a decision
• Daniel Cramer vs Jerimiah Riggs: The fight starts and the fighters work their way to the mat. One fighter (I can't remember which) upkicks the other fighter and true to form Rampage asks "is that illegal?" Dana White looks at Rampage with a dumbfounded look and informs him that it was illegal. Cramer goes on to win the fight via a decision.
• Nick Rossborough (8-3) vs. Jesse Taylor (6-2): For some reason, the coaches refer to Rossborough as the Eminem of the MMA world. Not sure where they get that from, but it didn't help him much in the ring. Taylor wins the fight by rear-naked choke. Again Rampage throws out a priceless quote, "[Taylor] is a one trick pony."
• Josh Hall (3-2) vs Matt Brown (9-6): This was a really entertaining fight. Hall comes out and looks very strong and manages to secure a triangle on Brown. Brown is able to escape and gains mount position. At this point, you can tell that Hall is out of gas and Brown starts to land bombs. Brown wins via TKO with only 2 seconds left in the first round.

A great start to the Ultimate Fighter. The new format is a huge success and the coaches should provide endless humor for the upcoming shows.