In this week’s fights, Matt and Troy went just the way I thought. Matt’s style is throw a couple punches, set your takedown up, and take him down and try to beat him on the ground. He’s very confident on the ground and it showed in his win. The Richie fight really surprised me because I thought Richie did real well. I thought George did not want to get hit by Richie; that was pretty obvious since he kept his right hand very high because he knew Richie liked to throw his hook and he knew Richie had some power. I thought George was not overly impressive in that fight, even though he won, so that really let us coaches come up with gameplans for both guys if we need them.
We’re coming down the home stretch here, and people have started asking me about my fight with Serra on December 29th, and whether I’m getting any added incentive by watching the show. All I can say is, anytime I don’t feel like training or practicing or working hard, all I have to do is watch The Ultimate Fighter and watch that guy run his mouth, and it’s pretty easy to get motivated again.
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